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'''Jaguar Cars Ltd.''', better known simply as ''Jaguar'' ({{pronounced|ˈdʒæɡjuːər}}) is a [[United_Kingdom|British]] luxury car manufacturer, headquartered in [[Coventry]], England, and now operated as part of the [[Jaguar Land Rover]] business owned by <!-- ThisConsensus firsthas paragraphagreed isto subjectkeep toBritish debatein andthe vandalismintroductory paragraph. Do not change the wording of this paragraph without engaging in the discussion first, your changes will be reverted. --> [[United_Kingdom|British]] luxury car manufacturer, headquartered in [[Coventry]], [[England]]. It has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indian company [[Tata Motors|Tata Motors Ltd.]] since March 2008 where it is operated as part of the [[Jaguar Land Rover]] group <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/26/officially-official-tata-buys-jaguar-land-rover-for-2-3-billio/ |title=Tata Buys Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3 Billion |publisher=Autoblog.com |accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref>

Jaguar was founded as the [[Swallow Sidecar Company]] by [[William Lyons|Sir William Lyons]] in 1922, originally making motorcycle [[sidecar]]s before switching to passenger cars. The name was changed to Jaguar after [[World War II]] due to the unfavourable connotations of the SS initials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaguar.com/uk/en/company/overview/heritage/1938_1953.htm |title=The Years 1938 to 1953 |publisher=Jaguar Cars Ltd. |accessdate=2009-06-18}}</ref> Jaguar cars are designed in an engineering centre at their headquarters in [[Coventry]], England and are manufactured in one of three English Jaguar plants; [[Castle Bromwich Assembly|Castle Bromwich]] in [[Birmingham]], [[Halewood]] near [[Liverpool]] and [[Gaydon]] in [[Oxfordshire]].