Jaguar and Land Rover was British Luxury Sedan and SUV manufacturer. Founded in 1922, it is now 100% subsidiary of Tata Motors. Though it has thrived under various leaderships, it has come a long way in making most desirable cars in the world. In 2008, Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover from Ford Motors which was part of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group.
There were lots of speculation about a small car manufacturer acquiring a luxury car manufacturer, the future of JLR during the economic crisis, job security and technology theft. However Tata Motors have come back strongly out of all these speculations and it has turned JLR business unit to a successful and strong unit. In fact the sales of JLR business unit have increased worldwide under Tata’s leadership. All the three current models XJ, XF and SK sedan models are available in India. From the Land Rover division, Freelander, Discovery and Range Rover SUV models are also sold.