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Rover Jaguar Triumph Rover Jaguar Triumph Rover Jaguar Triumph Land Rover supplies the British Army Jaguar's business was founded as the The Triumph Motor Company was a with vehicles. Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, British car and motor manufacturing originally making motorcycle sidecars company in the 19th and 20th before developing bodies for centuries. The original Land Rover car dates The company changed to Jaguar in The Triumph Motor Company was back to 1948, and was designed by 1945. founded by Siegfried Bettmann. Maurice Wilks. He set up a company to import bicycles in 1885. The Rover Company Limited was a Jaguar first appeared in September The first car produced was the Lea- British car manufacturing company 1935 as a model name on an SS 2½- Francis-designed Triumph 10/20, that operated from its base in litre sports saloon. though the firm’s car making Solihull in Warwickshire. endeavours were small-scale until the arrival of the Triumph Super Seven in 1927, which became a big seller up until 1934. In 1888, James Starley made an The first car to bear the big cat The end of the Triumph name came in electric car, but it never was put into moniker was the 1935 SS Jaguar 2.5l 1984, when the Acclaim was replaced production. Saloon. It was produced under the by the Rover 200. Three years after Starley's death in Swallow Sidecar name, the company 1901, the Rover company began first set up under William Lyons and producing automobiles with the two- William Walmsley in 1922. seats. During the First World War, Rover Jaguar are one of the most respected Triumph was seen as an aspirational made motorcycles, lorries and car brands in the world, and they are brand for other car manufacturers. ambulances. very British cars. Land Rover supplies the British Army with vehicles. The first Land Rover car dates back to 1948, and was designed by Maurice Wilks. The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company in Solihull in Warwickshire. In 1901, the Rover company began making cars with two-seats. In the First World War, Rover made motorcycles, lorries and ambulances. The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first car produced was the Lea-Francis-designed Triumph 10/20 in 1923. The Triumph Motor Company was created by Siegfried Bettmann. He set up a company to import bicycles in 1885. The end of the Triumph name came in 1984, when the Acclaim was replaced by the Rover 200. Triumph was seen as an inspiration for other car manufacturers because it gave them ideas. .