Jaguar is a luxury vehicle brand owned by Jaguar Land Rover, a British automaker. Jaguar's business was founded in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company, which initially made motorcycle sidecars before moving into vehicle bodies and cars. The company went through several ownership changes over the decades, including a merger with the British Motor Corporation in 1966 and British Leyland in 1968. It is now owned by Indian automaker Tata Motors.