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Jaguar Car is one of the luxurious car in the world and founded by one of the British subsidary of the Ford Motor Company and it is famous for Luxury Saloon and Sports Cars . It was first founded by two motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley with the name Swallow Sidecar Company around 1920s. Later in 1930s the name Jaguar was found in 2.5 litre saloon. Jaguar started its production with pre-war models which has used Standard Motor Company's engines. In 1948 it has lunched sports car.
According to some sources these are some of the models which Jaguar manufacture,
Sports car
- XK120 (1948-1954)
- XK140 (1954-1957)
- XK150 (1957-1960)
- XK(XK150) Lastest Model of 2006
Large Saloons
- 2.5 Litre (1935-1948)
- 3.5 Litre (1937-1948)
- Mark V (1949-1951)
- Mark VII(M) (1950-1957)
Small Saloons
- 1.5 Litre (1935-1949)
- Mark 1 (1955-1959)
- Mark 2 (1959-1966)
- S-type (1963-1968)
Jaguar company has major success with its sports cars in sports car racing mainly with C-Type and D-Type from 1951 to 1957 and later in 1980s again they have started designing and preparing Jaguar V12-engined sports prototypes for European sports car races through they have consecutively won the race from 1987.
The current Jaguar Models includes:
- X-Type - mid-size saloon
- S-Type - luxury saloon
- XJ6/XJ8/XJR - large saloon
- XK8/XKR - sports car/convertible