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{{Infobox brand
| name                = Jaguar (marque)
| logo = 
| image               = 
| producttype         = Cars
| currentowner        = {{nowrap|[[Jaguar Land Rover]] (since 2013)}}
| producedby          = Jaguar Land Rover
| origin              = United Kingdom
| introduced          = {{start date and age|1935|09}}
| related             = [[Land Rover]]
| markets             = Worldwide
| previousowners      = Jaguar Cars Limited
| website             = {{URL|jaguar.com}}
}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Jaguar Cars Limited
| image = 1991 Jaguar XJR-15 6.0.jpg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| image_caption = 1991 Jaguar XJR-15 with a 6.0-litre engine
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| fate = Merged with [[Land Rover]]
| defunct = 31 December 2012
| successor = [[Jaguar Land Rover]]
| predecessor = [[Swallow Sidecar Company|Swallow Coachbuilding Company Limited]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|1933|10|26}}
| founder = [[William Lyons]]
| hq_location_city = [[Whitley, Coventry|Whitley]]
| hq_location_country = England
| former_name = [[SS Cars|S.S. Cars Limited]] (1933–1945)
| parent = {{ubl|{{nowrap|[[British Motor Holdings]] (1966–1968)}}
| {{nowrap|[[British Leyland]] (1968–1984)}}
| {{nowrap|Jaguar plc (1984–1990)}}
| {{nowrap|[[Ford Motor Company]] (1990–2008)}}
| {{nowrap|[[Tata Motors]] (2008–2012)}}
}}
}}

'''Jaguar Cars''' was a British [[car]] manufacturer and the Jaguar marque is now owned by [[Jaguar Land Rover]]. The original company was established in 1922 by [[William Lyons]] and was renamed Jaguar in 1935. Jaguar is known for its [[luxury car|luxury]] [[Sedan (automobile)|saloon]]<nowiki/>s and [[sportscar]]s. [[1922]]

== History ==
Jaguar was a private [[company]] until it merged with the [[British Motor Corporation]] in 1966. The new company was called British Motor Holdings. In 1968 that company joined with [[Leyland Motors]] to became British Leyland. In 1975 British Leyland was [[nationalised]]. In 1984 Jaguar was made private again by [[Margaret Thatcher]]. Ford bought Jaguar in 1989. In 1999 it was made part of Ford's "Premier Automotive Group" along with [[Aston Martin]], [[Land Rover]], [[Volvo]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]]. In 2008, Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover to [[Tata Motors]]. Jaguar is now a brand of the merged company called Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).

The company was originally in [[Blackpool]], but moved to [[Coventry]]. Today Jaguar automobiles are made at the JLR [[factory]] in Castle Bromwich in [[Birmingham]]. In late 2018 was open new plant in Slovakia.

Jaguar owns the [[Daimler]] brand (not Daimler-Benz). Jaguar bought the British Daimler Company in 1960. Daimler became a brand for some of Jaguar's saloon automobiles, but is not used now.

As of 2017, JLR sells the following different Jaguar automobile ranges: [[Jaguar XJ|XJ]], [[Jaguar XF|XF]], XE, [[Jaguar XK|XK,]] [[Jaguar F-Pace|F-Pace]], E-Pace, iPace, and the [[Jaguar F-Type|F-Type]].

== Sportscar racing ==

Jaguar has won many [[sportscar racing|sports car races]], like the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] and other races.

== Related pages ==
* [[Jaguar Racing]]

== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Jaguar Cars}}
* [https://www.jaguar.com/market-selector.html Jaguar International]
* [http://www.jaguarusa.com/ Jaguar USA]
* [http://www.jaguar-me.com/en/index.html Jaguar MENA]

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[[Category:British automobile companies]]