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  • Defunct British Car Manufacturers

    Do you know that there were 381 British car manufacturers born in the United Kingdom over a century? 40 car manufacturers among them are still manufacturing cars and export worldwide today but the remaining 341 manufacturers have become history. Some of the defunct manufacturers appeared in the history for a few decades while some just last for a few years due to many reasons. Indeed, some of the British car manufacturers produce very limited cars in a short period of time. This is one reason why there are very unique British antique cars appear in some major antique car shows and you may not be able to recognize the car brand through the logo. Let’s see the list of car manufacturers in the United Kingdom from A to Z which on longer in business today. See also: list of car brands, list of Chinese car brands.

    A

    Abbey (1922)
    ABC (1920-1929)
    Aberdonia (1911-1915)
    Abingdon (1902-1903)
    Abingdon (1922-1923)
    Academy (1906-1908)
    Accles-Turrell (1899-1901)
    Ace (1912-1916)
    Achilles (1904-1908)
    Adams (1905-1914)
    Adamson (1912-1925)
    Addison (1906)
    Advance (1902-1912)
    AEM (1987)
    Aero Car (1919-1920)
    Aeroford (1920-1925)
    Africar (1982-1988)
    AGR (1911-1915)
    Airedale (1919-1924)
    AJS (1930-1932)
    Albany (1903-1905)
    Albany (1971-1997)
    Albatros (1923-1924)
    Alberford (1922-1924)
    Albert (1920-1921)
    Albion (1900-1913)
    ALC (1913)
    Alex (1908)
    Allard (1899-1902)
    Allard (1937-1960)
    Alldays & Onions (1898-1918)
    Allwyn (1920)
    All-British (1906-1908)
    Alta (1931-1947)
    Alvechurch (1912)
    Alvis (1919-1967)
    Amazon (1921-22)
    André (1933-1934)
    Anglian (1905-1907)
    Anglo-American (1899-1900)
    Anglo-French (1896-1897)
    Angus-Sanderson (1919-1927)
    Arab (1926-1928)
    Arbee (1904)
    Archer (1920)
    Arden (1912-1916)
    Argon (1908)
    Argyll (1899-1928)
    Argyll (1976-1990)
    Ariel (1898-1915; 1922-1925)
    Arkley (1970-1995)
    Armadale (1906-1907)
    Armstrong (1902-1904)
    Armstrong (1913-1914)
    Armstrong Siddeley (1919-1960)
    Armstrong Whitworth (1904-1919)
    Arno (1908)
    Arnold (1896-1898)
    Arnott (1951-1957)
    Arrol-Aster (1927-1931)
    Arrol-Johnston (1896-1928)
    Arsenal (1898-1899)
    Ascot (1904)
    Ascot (1928-1930)
    Ashley (1954-1962)
    Ashton-Evans (1919-1928)
    Asquith (1901-1902)
    Aster (1922-1930)
    Astra (1954-1959)
    Astral (1923-1924)
    Atalanta (1915-1917)
    Atalanta (1937-1939)
    Atlantis (1981-1986)
    Athmac (1913)
    Atkinson and Philipson (1896)
    Atomette (1922)
    Attila (1903-1906)
    Aurora (1904)
    Ausfod (1947-1948)
    Austin (1906-1989)
    Austin-Healey (1952-1971)
    Autotrix (1911-1914)
    Autocrat (1920s) (see Hampton)
    Autovia (1936-1938)
    AV (1919-1924)

    B

    Baby Blake (1922)
    Baker & Dale (1913)
    Bantam (1913)
    Barnard (1921-1922)
    Barnes (1904-1906)
    Batten (1935-1938)
    Baughan (1920-1929)
    Bayliss-Thomas (1922-1929)
    Bean (1919-1929)
    Belsize (1901-1925)
    Berkeley (1956-1961)
    Bifort (1914-1920)
    Billings-Burns (1900)
    Black Prince (1920)
    Blériot-Whippet (1920-1927)
    Bond (1948-1974)
    Bound (1920)
    Bow-V-Car (1922-1923)
    BPD (1913)
    Bradwell (1914)
    Brotherhood (1904-1907)
    Brough Superior (1935-1939)
    Breckland Technology (2000-2009)
    Britannia (1913-1914)
    British Salmson (1934-1939)
    Broadway (1913)
    Brooke (1901-1913)
    BSA cars (1907-1926; 1929-1940)
    Buckingham (1914-1923)
    Buckler (1947-c.1962)
    Burney (1930-1933)
    Bushbury Electric (1897)

    C

    Calcott (1913-1926)
    Calthorpe (1905-1926)
    Cambro (1920-1921)
    Carden (1912-1923)
    Carlette (1913)
    Castle Three (1919-1922)
    CFB (1920-1921)
    Centaur (1974-1978)
    Chambers Motors (1904-1929)
    Charawacky (1894-1914)
    Chater-Lea (1907-1922)
    Chota (1912-1913)
    Christchurch-Campbell (1922)
    Clan (1971-1974)
    Clan (1982-1985)
    Clarendon (1902-1904)
    Climax (1905-1909)
    Cluley (1921-1928)
    Clyno (1922-1930)
    Connaught (1952-59)
    Coventry Motor Company (1896-1903)
    Coventry Premier (1912-1923)
    Coventry-Victor (1926-1938)
    Crossley (1904-1937)
    Crouch (1912-1928)
    Crowdy (1909-1912)
    Croxted (1904-1905)

    D

    Dalgliesh-Gullane (1907-1908)
    Dawson (1919-1921)
    Deasy (1906-1911)
    Dellow (1949-1959)
    De Lorean (1981-1982)
    Diva (1961-1966)

    E

    Eadie (1898-1901)
    Economic (1921-1922)
    Edismith (1905)
    Enfield (1969-1973)
    Ekstromer (1905)
    Electric Motive Power (1897)
    Electromobile (1901-1920)
    Elswick (1903-1907)
    Elva (1958-1968)
    Emms (1922-1923)
    Endurance (1899-1901)
    Esculapeus (1902)
    Evante (1983-1994)

    F

    Fairthorpe (1954-1973)
    Frazer Nash (1924-1957)

    G

    Galloway (1920-1928)
    Garrard (1904)
    Garrard & Blumfield (1894-1896)
    Geering (1899-1904)
    Gerald (1920)
    Gibbons (1917-1929)
    Gilbern (1959-1973)
    Gilbert (1901)
    Gilburt (1904-1905)
    Gill (1958-1960)
    GN (1910-1925)
    Godfrey-Proctor (1928-1929)
    Gordon-Keeble (1960-1961; 1964-1967)
    Grose (1898-1901)
    Guy (ca1919-1932)
    GWK (1911-1931)
    Gwynne (1922-1929)
    Gwynne-Albert (1923-1929)

    H

    Hampton (1911-1933)
    Healey (1946-1954)
    Hewinson-Bell (c.1900)
    Hill & Stanier (1914)
    Hillman (1907-1976)
    Horstmann Cars (1914-1929)
    HRG (1936-1956)
    Hubbard (1904-1905)
    Humber (1896-1976)

    I

    Iden (1904-1907)
    Imperial (1901-c.1906)
    Imperial (1904-1905)
    Imperial (1914)
    Invacar (1947-1977)
    Invicta (1900-1905)
    Invicta (1913-1914)
    Invicta (1925-1950)

    J

    James and Browne (1901-1910)
    Jappic (1925)
    Jensen (1936-1976; 1983-1992; 1999-2002)
    Jensen-Healey (1972-1976)
    Joel-Rosenthal (1899-c.1902)
    John O’Gaunt (1901-1904)
    Jowett (1906-1954)

    K

    Karminski (1902)
    Kieft (1954-1955)
    Kingsburgh (1901-1902)
    Kyma (1903-1905)

    L

    LAD (1913-1926)
    Ladas (1906)
    Lagonda (1906-1964)
    Lambert (1911-1912)
    Lammas-Graham (1936-1938)
    Lanchester (1895-1956)
    Land Master (1970s-1980s)
    Lee Stroyer (1903-1905)
    Lems (1903-1904)
    Lester Solus (1913)
    Leuchters (1898)
    Leyland (1920-1923)
    Light Car Company/LCC
    Lloyd (1936-1950)
    Lonsdale (1982-1983)
    Lotis (1908-1912)
    Lucar (1913-14)

    M

    Madelvic (1898-1900)
    Maiflower (1919-1921)
    Marauder (1950-1952)
    Marcos (1959-2007)
    Marendaz (1926-1936)
    Marlborough (1906-1926)
    Maudslay (1902-1923)
    MG (1923-2010)
    Mini (1959-2000)
    Morris (1913-1983)
    Motor Carrier (1904)

    N

    Napier (c.1900-1924)
    Napoleon (1903)
    Neale (electric car) (1896)
    New Carden (1923-1925)

    O

    Ogle (1960-1972)
    Omega (1925-1927)
    One of the Best (1905)
    Oppermann (1898-1907)
    Orpington (1907-20s)

    P

    Palm (1922-1923)
    Palmerston (1920-1922)
    Panther (1972-1992)
    Paramount (1950-1956)
    Paydell (1924-1925)
    Payze (1920-1921)
    Peel (1955-1966)
    Peerless (1957-1960)
    Perry (1913-1916)
    Phoenix (1903-1926)
    Phoenix (1905)
    Piper (1967-1975)
    Projecta (1914)

    Q

    Quadrant (1905-1906)
    Quasar-Unipower (1968)
    Queen (1904-1905)

    R

    Railton (1933-1950)
    Railton (1989-1994)
    Ralph Lucas (1901-c.1908)
    Rapier (1933-1937)
    Reliant (1952-2002)
    Rex (1901-1914)
    Rickett (1858-1860)
    Ridley (1901-1907)
    Riley (1898-1969)
    Rochdale (1952-1968)
    Rodley (1954-1956)
    Roper-Corbet (1911-1913)
    Rover (1904-2005)
    Rudge (1912-1913)
    Russon (1951-1952)
    Ruston-Hornsby (1919-1924)
    Ryley (1901-1902)
    Rytecraft (1934-1940)

    S

    Santler (1889-1922)
    Scootacar (1957-1964)
    Scott (1921-1925)
    Sheffield-Simplex (1907-1920)
    Sheppee (1912)
    Siddeley (1902-1904)
    Siddeley-Deasy (1912-1919)
    Simplic (1914)
    Sinclair (1984-1985)
    Singer (1905-1970)
    Skeoch (1921)
    Skirrow (1936-1939)
    Smith & Dowse (1900)
    Sports Junior (1920-1921)
    Squire (1935-1936)
    SS (1934-1945)
    Standard (1903-1963)
    Star (1898-1932)
    Sterling (1987-1992)
    Storey (1920-31)
    Straker-Squire (1906-1925)
    Strathcarron (1998-2001)
    Sunbeam (1899-1937; 1953-1976)
    Sunbeam-Talbot (1938-1954)
    Swallow (1931-1934)
    Swallow Doretti (1954-1955)
    Swift (1900-1931)

    T

    Talbot (1903-1938)
    Tamplin (1919-1925)
    Tiny (1912-1915)
    Tornado (1958-1964)
    Tourette (1956-1958)
    Toward & Philipson (1897)
    Trident (1965-1978)
    Triumph (1923-1984)
    Trojan (1922-1936; 1962-1965)
    Turner (1951-1966)
    Tyseley (1912-1914)

    U

    Unipower (1966-1970)
    Urecar (1923)
    Utopian (1914)

    V

    Vale (1932-1935)
    Valveless (1908-1915)
    Vanden Plas (1960-1980)
    Vapomobile (1902-1904)
    Velox (1902-1904)
    Vulcan (1902-1928)

    W

    Warne (1913-1915)
    Warwick (1960-1962)
    Weigel (1906-1909)
    Whitlock (1903-1932)
    Wigan-Barlow (1922-1923)
    Wilbrook (1913)
    Williamson (1913-1916)
    Wilson-Pilcher (1901-1904)
    Wolseley (1896-1975)
    Woodrow (1913-1915)
    Wrigley (1913)

    X

    Xtra (1922-1924)

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  • British Car Manufacturers

    British cars
    Here is your delicious A-list of current British car manufacturers from A to Z you ever hunted. United Kingdom is one of the few countries that built cars before 1900s. The first car brand founded in the UK is Rickett which built steam-powered car in 1860. Since then, more and more British car brands appeared in the history. Without any surprise, there are 381 British car manufacturers since 1858. 40 of them are currently still manufacturing and selling cars. Some of them are now world’s famous car makers including MINI, Rolls-Royce, McLaren, Bentley, Aston Martin, Lotus, Land Rover, Jaguar, Daimler, and Caterham. See Defunct British Car Manufacturers for the list of car brands that is no longer in the business. See also: list of car brands, list of Chinese car brands.

    List of current British car manufacturers

    1. AC (since 1908) – One of the few notable AC cars are AC Cobra.
    2. Ariel (since 1999)
    3. Ascari (since 1995)
    4. Aston Martin (since 1921) – Aston Martin makes cars like no others, otherwise why James Bond always use it?
    5. Bentley (since 1919) – The Bentley was born inEnglandand it builds high-performance cars with discreet British elegance. If it talks, it must have a very sweet British accent.
    6. Berkeley (since 1991)
    7. Bristol (since 1946)
    8. Brooke (since 1991)
    9. Caparo (since 2006)
    10. Caterham (since 1973)
    11. Connaught Motor Company (since 2004)
    12. Daimler (since 1896) – One of the earliest car manufacturers in United Kingdom.
    13. Eterniti Motors (since 2010) – A new comer in automobile industry.
    14. Farboud (since 2004)
    15. Aquada (since 2004)
    16. Ginetta (since 1957)
    17. Grinnall (since 1993)
    18. Invicta (since 2004)
    19. Jaguar (since 1945) – One of the very famous car brands in the world.
    20. JZR (founded 1989)
    21. Land Rover (since 1948)
    22. Lea-Francis (founded 1903)
    23. Lister (founded 1954)
    24. Locost (since 1995)
    25. Lotus (since 1951)
    26. McLaren (founded 1969)
    27. MINI (since 2001, the original Mini was introduced in 1959) – Millions of MINI have been sold worldwide since 2001, anymore to say?
    28. MK Indy (since 1996)
    29. Morgan (since 1910)
    30. Noble (since 1998)
    31. Nova (since 1971)
    32. Prodrive (since 1984)
    33. Radical (since 1997)
    34. Rolls-Royce (since 1904) – Rolls-Royce is a British car manufacturer that produces luxury cars and supply the finest machine worldwide. The factory is currently located at the Goodwood plant in West Sussex, England.
    35. Trident (since 1999)
    36. Triking (since 1978)
    37. TVR (since 1954)
    38. Ultima (since 1992)
    39. Vauxhall (since 1903)
    40. Westfield (since 1982)

    As you can see from the list above, there are several car manufacturers who have been playing a role in the automobile industry for more than a century. Currently, the longest surviving British car manufacturer is Daimler. If you are in the market for high quality car, British cars are without doubt one of the best to be in your choice.