Jaguar

Jaguar was founded on September 11th, 1922, as Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley and originally built motorcycles before they moved on to build passenger cars. The brand changed its name to Jaguar shortly after the Second World War in order to avoid the unfavorable connotation to the Nazi German SS (Schutzstaffel, eng. Protection Squadron).

In 1999 Jaguar Cars became part of the Ford's Premier Automotive Group alongside with Aston Martin and Volvo cars. In 2008 the Jaguar brand was sold to the Indian car company Tata Motors. Jaguar also owns the Land Rover brand.