Passage's previous UK backups Jaguar and Land Rover, obtained in 1989 and 2000 individually, were sold to Tata Motors in March 2008. Passage claimed the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010. In 2011, Ford suspended the Mercury brand, under which it had promoted passage level extravagance autos in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East since 1938.