Ford owned Jaguar and Land Rover for awhile, late 90s Ford Taurses had just about the same body style as a Jaguar s-type. Ford owned Jaguar until 2008 it was just reciently sold to an Indian company that also bought land rover. Just like Lexuses are just Toyotas with leather and more bells and whistles, at one point a couple of the toyotas and the lexuses has almost the exact same body style and engine. Car companies do this shit all the time
True shit but.....
The Taurus and any Jag were never on the same "platform"/"chassis" although they may have shared some pieces out the parts bin. Im glad Ford sold Jaguar because Jag is much better than that
You are right about car companies doin that type of shit all the time though since a long time ago. GM was/is infamous for that, through the sixties and especially seventies mostly the whole GM lineup were versions of essentially the same chassis...different ones.
In time a lot or car companies started doing this;
Toyota made Lexus and then Scion
Nissan made Infinity
Chrysler was in bed with Mercedes for a few years thats how the 300-Magnum-Charger-Challenger came about.....but they just recently broke up. Those cars are pretty much half of a Mercedes E class, they have the same underpinnings....oh yea and the Chrysler Crossfire is a re-skinned 1st gen Mercedes SLK.
Ford bought Jaguar and then sold it like you said.
BMW owns Mini
GM is in bed with Daewoo
GM also works with Toyota (Pontiac Vibe/ Toyota Matrix)
The new VW van is a Chrysler Town & Country with a different face and ass.
There is more if anybody wants to continue on.....
edit: and VW aquired Bently and Rolls Royce.