About Jaguar

Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer, originally based at Browns Lane, Coventry, England but now at Whitley, Coventry. It was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, changing to SS Cars Ltd in 1934, and becoming Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1945. The company has been owned by Ford since 1989 and currently forms a part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group with Volvo and Land Rover. Ford is currently considering divesting all three Premier units, with India's Tata Motors being the front-runner in the race to acquire one of the world's most prestigious automotive marques.

Notable models

Sports cars:

• XK120 (1948–54)
• XK140 (1954–57)
• XK150 (1957–60)
• Jaguar E-type (1961–75)
• XJ-S/XJS (1975–96)
• XJ220 (1988–93)
XK8(X100)(1997–2006)
• XK (X150) (2007)

Large Saloons

• 2.5 Litre (1935–48)
• 3.5 Litre (1937–48)
• Mark IV (1945–48)
• Mark V (1949–51)
• Mark VII(M) (1950–57)
• Mark VIII (1957–59)
• Mark IX (1958–61)
• Mark X/420G (1961–70)
• XJ6 (1968–97)
• XJ12 (1972–97)
• XJ8 (1998 to present)

Small Saloons

• 1.5 Litre (1935–49)
• Mark 1 (1955–59)
• Mark 2 (1959–66)
• S-type (1963–68)
• 240/340 (1967–69)
• 420 (1966–70)
• S-type (1999 to 2007/2008)
• X-type (2001 to present)
• XF (2007) New Model Replacing S-Type

Engines

Jaguar has designed in-house four generations of engines.

• Historical engines:
  • Jaguar XK6 engine – inline-6
  • Jaguar V12 engine – V12
  • Jaguar AJ6 engine – inline-6
• Current engines:
  • Jaguar AJ-V8 engine – V8
  • Jaguar AJ-V6 engine – V6

Current Models

• XJ
• S-Type (To be replaced by the Jaguar XF)
• X-Type
• XK

Concept Models

• Pirana (1967)
• XK180 (1998)
• F-type (2000) – Roadster, similar to the XK8 but smaller
• R-Coupé (2002) – Luxury four-seater coupé, closest competitor being the Bentley Continental GT.
• Fuore XF 10 (2003)
• R-D6 (2003) – Compact four-seat coupé
• XK-RR – A high-performance version of last generation XK coupé
• XK-RS – Another performance-spec version of last generation XK convertible
• Concept Eight (2004) – Super-luxury version of the long-wheelbase model of the XJ
• C-XF (2007)