By the late Nineties, Ford Motor Company had grown to incorporate a lot of other brands the automaker had purchased through the years. Along with longtime Ford stablemates Lincoln and Mercury, the Blue Oval owned Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin. Those premium brands were placed under a single umbrella called the Premier Automotive Group in 1999, but by the tip of 2010 nearly every considered one of those brands had been sold off. Jaguar and Land Rover were a few of the last marques to be sold, the results of the brand needing some quick money and a refocusing of its efforts. – Lawrence Hodge Read More
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