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Glasgow

  • Albion

    Discontinued 1899 – 1972 Mainstream & Utility

    Albion was founded in Glasgow in 1899 by two former Arrol-Johnston engineers. It built sturdy cars until 1915, but made its name with lorries and buses, built at…

  • Argyll

    Discontinued 1899 – 1932 Mainstream & Utility

    By the mid-1900s Argyll was Scotland's biggest car maker, with a vast, palatial factory at Alexandria near Loch Lomond. It never filled the works, and after two collapses…

  • Arrol-Johnston

    Discontinued 1895 – 1931 Mainstream & Utility

    One of Britain's very first car makers, founded in Glasgow in 1895 by the engineer George Johnston with backing from Sir William Arrol, builder of the Forth Bridge.…