Jaguar
Jaguar was founded in 1922 by William Lyons and William Walmsley as the Swallow Sidecar Company, officially adopting the Jaguar name in 1945. Headquartered near Coventry, England, the manufacturer established its reputation through post-war sports cars and luxury saloons, reinforced by five Le Mans victories in the 1950s and the launch of the E-Type in 1961.
Acquired by Ford in 1989 and subsequently sold to India's Tata Motors in 2008, Jaguar merged operations with Land Rover to form JLR. In recent decades, its primary lineup spanned performance sedans like the XE and XF, the F-Type sports car, and crossovers such as the F-Pace and electric I-Pace.
The company is currently undergoing a complete strategic pivot. Jaguar has retired its legacy internal combustion models as part of a brand reset aimed at transitioning the automaker exclusively into an ultra-luxury electric brand.
Models over time
Jaguar D-Type
Jaguar XKSS
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar XJR-15
Jaguar XJ220
Jaguar F-Type
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Facts
On January 14, 1957, William Lyons decided to convert 25 remaining D-types into road-going XKSS cars.
Pendine's historical catalog records 16 XJR-15s prepared in competition specification for the Intercontinental Challenge.
Production and deliveries of the road-going XJ220 began in 1992.
Early F-types were manufactured at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant in the United Kingdom.
According to Jaguar Heritage, a total of 72,512 E-types were produced from 1961 to 1974.
The Browns Lane fire destroyed cars and components intended for the remaining nine XKSSs in the planned run.
Jaguar created the XKSS in 1957 as a road-going version of its Le Mans-winning D-type.
JaguarSport revealed the XJR-15 in November 1990 as a road supercar closely related in concept to TWR and Jaguar racing prototypes.
Jaguar unveiled the XJ220 concept at the 1988 British International Motor Show in Birmingham, where it drew enormous attention.
Jaguar publicly unveiled the production F-type roadster at the 2012 Paris motor show.
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