Jaguar History

Jaguar started in 1922 under the legendary name Swallow Sidecar Company or the SS. The original proprietors of the company were William Lyons and William Walmsley. The company officially changed its name to Jaguar in 1935. The production of cars stopped during the World War II and the company manufactured only sidecars and airplane parts during those hard times.

The company again regenerated its production in 1948 with the release of the XK120 sports car. Only 200 cars were originally planned to be placed in production. However demands has been high and the company since then released other editions based on the XK120 considered by some as the fastest car during that time. Production of this car went on until the late 50s.

The 1960 was the dawn of the E-type vehicles. These types of vehicles were also known as the XKE type of vehicles. It was during that time the company also merged with Daimler Cars originally owned by the Birmingham Small Arms Company. E-Type series continued its production until the early 70s.

1974 was the release of XJ series of Jaguar Cars with XJ12 Saloon. These types of cars continued in production until today. It was during the 1970 until late 80s the car was regarded to be reliable. However, its status as the premier sports and luxury car was revived when the company was officially bought by Ford in 1989. Four years after, JaguarXJ12 was born yet again with a different body.

Currently, the three latest cars designed by Jaguar are the XKR for sports-type vehicles, XJ8 for luxury cars and the C-XF for compact luxury cars. The XF was unveiled only in January, and is planned to be in production in 2008. C-XF is known to be a departure from other car designs. Its looks are still compact but it has a big of edgy sports car kind of feel– only that it has four doors instead of two.