Jaguar Land Rover was founded in 1922 in Coventry, UK by Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley. It merged with British Motor Corporation in 1966 and British Leyland in 1968, before being demerged in 1984 and taken over by Ford in 1989. In 2008, Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover from Ford. Some of Jaguar's most notable models include their successful racing cars of the 1980s and 1990s. The company continues to develop new models and has plans for future expansion.