Who Makes Jaguar Cars? Owner, Factories and 2026 Update

Jaguar cars are made by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a British company that Tata Motors bought from Ford on 2 June 2008. As of October 2026, JLR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, which is part of Tata Sons. This page covers every owner of Jaguar since 1922, the plants where Jaguar and JLR build cars, and what is confirmed about Jaguar’s all-electric relaunch.

Who Makes Jaguar Cars? The Short Answer

Jaguar is a brand of JLR, and JLR is owned by India’s Tata group. That is the whole chain: Tata Sons, then Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, then JLR, then the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Per JLR’s June 2026 investor update, JLR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, which is part of Tata Sons. The cars themselves are engineered in the UK and, according to the same update, Jaguar is to be built at Solihull in England.

Facts on this page come from JLR and Tata Motors announcements and filings, plus reputable press, and each time-sensitive fact is dated. Where we could not confirm an older claim, we removed it (the last section lists what went).

Who Owns Jaguar Today?

Tata owns Jaguar. Tata Motors announced on 2 June 2008 that it had acquired the Jaguar Land Rover businesses from Ford Motor Company for a net consideration of US $2.3 billion, paid in cash. Ford also put about US $600 million into the Jaguar Land Rover pension plans as part of the deal. The package included the brands, the plants, two design centres in the UK, the intellectual property and a worldwide network of national sales companies.

One detail that trips up searchers: the name Tata Motors no longer points at the same company. A demerger took legal effect on 1 October 2025, splitting Tata Motors into a passenger vehicle business and a commercial vehicle business. Per press reports of the company’s exchange filings, the passenger side, which includes the Tata car range, electric vehicles and JLR, stayed in the existing listed company and was renamed Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited in October 2025. The commercial vehicle business moved into a new company that took the Tata Motors Limited name. So when an older page says Tata Motors owns Jaguar, the legally precise owner today is Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, still inside the Tata group.

Jaguar Land Rover Limited is a British-registered company with its head office in Whitley, Coventry. That is why Jaguar is still described as a British brand even though the money behind it is Indian.

Jaguar Ownership History: Every Owner Since 1922

The table below puts every owner and structure in order. Ford held Jaguar for 19 years (1989 to 2008), and Tata has now owned it for more than 18.

Date	Owner or structure	What changed
1922	Swallow Sidecar Company	William Lyons and William Walmsley start a business making motorcycle sidecars, later moving into car bodies.
1935	SS Cars Limited	The first car to carry the Jaguar name, the SS Jaguar 2 1/2 Litre, appears. Walmsley sold his shareholding in January 1935.
23 Mar 1945	Jaguar Cars Limited	Shareholders agree to rename the company Jaguar Cars Limited, dropping the SS initials.
1966	British Motor Holdings	Jaguar merges with the British Motor Corporation. In 1968 the group merges again to form British Leyland.
1975	British Leyland (nationalised)	The UK government takes British Leyland into state ownership.
1989	Ford Motor Company	Ford buys Jaguar. Ford later bought Land Rover from BMW in 2000, putting both brands under one owner.
2 Jun 2008	Tata Motors	Tata buys Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for a net US $2.3 billion in cash.
1 Jan 2013	Jaguar Land Rover Limited	Jaguar Cars Limited is renamed Jaguar Land Rover Limited and takes over Land Rover’s operations, so the two stop being separate carmaking companies.
Oct 2025	Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles	After the Tata Motors demerger, JLR sits under the renamed passenger vehicle company.

Jaguar returned to private ownership between British Leyland and Ford (in 1984, as widely reported), but we could not confirm the details in a source this session, so it is not in the table.

Tata Is Not the First Foreign Owner

Many readers assume Tata was the first non-British owner. It was not: Ford, an American company, owned Jaguar for 19 years before Tata. What changed in 2008 was that Jaguar and Land Rover moved together to a single owner whose main business was not selling cars in Europe or America. At the handover ceremony at Gaydon, the announcement said Jaguar Land Rover would retain their distinctive identities. For how other brands compare, see our guide to who owns the most car companies and the broader list of what car brands own what.

Where Are Jaguar Cars Made?

Jaguar cars have been built mainly in the United Kingdom, with some models built under contract in Austria. JLR’s own June 2026 update says its UK operations include two vehicle manufacturing facilities, two design and engineering sites, a components and finishing facility, an electric propulsion manufacturing centre and a battery assembly centre, with other vehicle plants in China (a joint venture), Slovakia, India and Brazil. Here are the named sites, with what each is known for:

Site	What is built or done there	Source
Solihull, UK	Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and, per JLR, Jaguar	JLR update, June 2026
Halewood, Merseyside, UK	Builds on JLR’s EMA platform	JLR update, June 2026
Castle Bromwich, UK	Complete car production ended in May 2024; still makes pressed body panels	Wikipedia list of JLR plants
Wolverhampton, UK	Engine Manufacturing Centre, opened 30 October 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II	Wikipedia list of JLR plants
Nitra, Slovakia	Defender	JLR update, June 2026
Graz, Austria (Magna Steyr)	Built the Jaguar E-Pace (2017 to 2024) and I-Pace (2018 to 2024)	Wikipedia list of JLR plants
Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India	Tata Motors and JLR plant commissioned in February 2026; first output is Range Rover Evoque and Velar from kits	Indian press reports, Feb to May 2026

Two corrections to older versions of this page. First, the Indian plant is at Ranipet in Tamil Nadu (often described as the new Chennai-area plant), and the reports we read describe it as assembling Range Rover models from kits, not as a Jaguar factory. Second, Castle Bromwich no longer assembles complete cars, so the description of it as the main Jaguar assembly plant is out of date.

Is Jaguar Still Making Cars? What Is Confirmed as of October 2026

Jaguar is in the middle of a switch to all-electric cars, and the new cars are not on sale yet. JLR’s June 2026 update says Jaguar will be uniquely electric, built at Solihull, and that the Type 01, a luxury four-door grand tourer, would be revealed later in 2026. Press coverage dated 7 October 2026 says the Type 01 has now been unveiled and will be built at Solihull, with order books opening in early 2027 and deliveries in the second half of 2027. The same coverage quotes a starting price of 165,000 euros in Germany, up to about 720 km of range on moderate driving and a combined 758 kW from three electric motors, with official WLTP figures still to come.

What we could not confirm from JLR’s own pages is the exact sales status of the older Jaguar models today, so we do not list a current model lineup here. If you are shopping, check Jaguar’s own site and a local retailer for what is available right now. We also removed earlier figures about a production pause date, European sales drops and a dollar price estimate because the sources we found disagreed or did not state them.

Is Jaguar a British Brand?

Yes in origin and operations, no in ownership. The Swallow Sidecar Company that became Jaguar was a British business, JLR’s operating company is registered in England and Wales, and the plants that make Jaguars sit in the UK. But the owner since 2008 is an Indian group, and Jaguar spent 1989 to 2008 under American ownership. If you are comparing brands on this question, see is Audi a German car brand, is Lincoln a foreign car and what car brands General Motors owns.

What Else Does JLR Own?

Jaguar is one of JLR’s brands, alongside Range Rover, Defender and Discovery. JLR says those three will offer a choice of mild hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or fully electric powertrains while Jaguar goes fully electric. JLR also reconfirmed in June 2026 a five-year commitment to invest 18 billion pounds in future technologies, vehicle platforms and transformation by its financial year 2029, a plan that began in financial year 2024. A cyber attack announced on 2 September 2025 paused JLR production and retail for several weeks, and its November 2025 accounts put the cost at 196 million pounds, per press coverage. For a comparison with a European group, see what car companies Fiat owns and who owns BMW.

What We Removed From the Older Version of This Page

The earlier page carried several claims that we could not trace to JLR, Tata or a named news source, so they are gone: a 97.5 percent European sales drop, a dollar price range for the Type 01, a 1,000 horsepower figure, a 120 kWh battery figure, a late-2026 unveiling described before it happened, a Chennai plant start described as a Jaguar factory, and a list of past models with top speeds. If one of those numbers matters to your decision, check it against JLR before you rely on it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who owns Jaguar cars?

Tata owns Jaguar. Tata Motors bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford on 2 June 2008 for a net US $2.3 billion in cash. As of October 2026, JLR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, part of Tata Sons.

Who makes Jaguar cars?

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) makes Jaguar cars. JLR is a British-registered company with its head office in Whitley, Coventry, owned by the Tata group.

Where are Jaguar cars made?

Jaguar cars have mainly been built in the UK. JLR’s June 2026 update says Jaguar will be built at Solihull. Some past models, the E-Pace and I-Pace, were built by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, from 2017 and 2018 to 2024.

Is Jaguar still making cars?

Jaguar is relaunching as an all-electric brand. Press coverage dated 7 October 2026 says the Type 01 grand tourer has been unveiled, with order books opening in early 2027 and deliveries in the second half of 2027.

Is Jaguar still a British brand?

Yes in origin and operations: JLR’s operating company is registered in England and Wales and its plants are in the UK. Ownership is Indian, through the Tata group.

Did Ford own Jaguar?

Yes. Ford bought Jaguar in 1989 and owned it until it sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata on 2 June 2008, a period of 19 years.

Conclusion

Jaguar cars are made by JLR, a British company owned by the Tata group since 2 June 2008, after 19 years under Ford. The legal owner changed name in October 2025 to Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, the plants that matter are in the UK, and the all-electric Type 01 is due to reach customers in the second half of 2027 according to press coverage.