Car companies grow, evolve, merge and separate over time, buying each other out for survival and economic gain. When times are good, corporations go on spending sprees, but when times are bad, those straggler brands are cut loose, either for bargain prices or just euthanized.

Back in 1999, Ford formed the PAG or Premier Auto Group. Thinking that having an eclectic array of independent, high-end, European automakers could result in shared parts and engineering, thereby improving their collective bottom line, Ford rounded up Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and threw in their own Lincoln brand to make up PAG.

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