Jaguar – Ace of Roads

With the leaping Jaguar as the badge, Jaguar cars have its manufacturing plant in Coventry, England. Its founder was Sir William Jones and the manufacturing plant was established in the year 1922. The name ‘Jaguar’ was kept much after the company began producing the cars. Originally, the cars used to bear the logo name SS Jaguar. From time alone Jaguar had its ownership changed. Now, Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Motor Companies is the present Chairman of Jaguar.

In 1968, the Leyland Motor Company merged with Jaguar and had taken over Rover and Standard Triumph. But the financial crisis of Jaguar led to transform into ‘British Leyland Limited’ in 1975. The Thatcher Government helped Jaguar to be called of as a private company in 1984. In 1990, when Ford Motor Company purchased it, the Jaguar was removed from London Stock Exchange Listings.

With all these ups and downs change of ownership Jaguar received Royal Warrants, an honor from His Majesty queen Elizabeth II and His Respectable Highness Prince Charles. The Jaguar models earned fame all over the world with its range of superfine cars. The improved version of the Mark 1 car called Mark 2 was liked by the British Police. The Mark range of cars also earned fame and reputation from magazines like ‘Road and Track’ and ‘The Motor’. In 1956, Mark VII won the prestigious Monte Carlo Rally.

                                       

The Jaguar also entered into the production of sports car. Victories in 1951, 1953 with the C-Type of models and later, in 1955, 1956, 1957 with the D-Type of models of Jaguar Sports Car gave the company a lot of success. Tom Walkinshaw’s TWR team designed and prepared a V12 engine for sports cars of Jaguar. The team started winning car races from 1987. The Jaguar motors also entered into production of Formula 1 racing cars but could not prove successful and they stopped making its production.