SS Cars Ltd

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SS Cars Ltd was a British automobile manufacturer of the 1930s and early 1940s that later became known as Jaguar Cars.

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SS Cars Ltd canonical 4
SS Cars Limited 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company
automobile manufacturer
activePeriodEnd early 1940s
activePeriodStart 1930s
alsoKnownAs SS Cars Limited
linked to: SS Cars Ltd

SS Jaguar
linked to: Jaguar SS 100
basedInCity Coventry
bodyStyleProduced coupé
saloon
sports roadster
collaboratedWith Standard Motor Company
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1945
fate renamed as Jaguar Cars
linked to: Jaguar vehicles
foundedBy William Lyons
William Walmsley
headquartersLocation Coventry
England
United Kingdom
historicalSignificance predecessor of Jaguar marque
inception 1934
industry automotive industry
keyPerson Walter Hassan
William Heynes
William Lyons
locatedInTime Second World War era
linked to: World War II era

interwar period
mainMarket United Kingdom
nameChangedTo Jaguar Cars Limited
linked to: Jaguar Land Rover
notableCar SS Jaguar saloon
linked to: SS Jaguar 2½ Litre

SS100 sports car
linked to: Jaguar SS 100
notableModel SS Jaguar 1½ Litre
SS Jaguar 2½ Litre
SS Jaguar 3½ Litre
SS100
originatedAs motorcycle sidecar manufacturer
parentCompany Swallow Coachbuilding Company
predecessor Swallow Sidecar Company
product automobiles
motorcycle sidecars
reasonForNameChange association of initials "SS" with Nazi Germany
regionServed Europe
specializedIn sports cars
sporty saloon cars
stockExchangeListing London Stock Exchange
successor Jaguar Cars
linked to: Jaguar Land Rover
usedCoachworkFrom Swallow Coachbuilding
usedEnginesFrom Standard Motor Company

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Swallow Sidecar Company successor SS Cars Ltd
William Walmsley coFounded SS Cars Ltd
SS Cars Ltd alsoKnownAs SS Cars Limited
linked to: SS Cars Ltd
Jaguar SS 100 manufacturer SS Cars Ltd
Sir William Lyons coFounded SS Cars Ltd