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Gloucestershire

  • Bersey

    Discontinued 1897 – 1899 Mainstream & Utility

    The Bersey electric cab was London's first motor taxi. Designed by electrical engineer Walter Bersey, it went into service in August 1897, and its fleet of up to…

  • Bristol

    Discontinued 1945 – 2020 Luxury / Prestige Sports & Specialist

    Bristol Cars began in 1945 as the car-making arm of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, building hand-made grand tourers to aircraft standards near Bristol. Famously private and selling from…

  • Straker-Squire

    Discontinued 1906 – 1926 Luxury / Prestige Sports & Specialist

    Straker-Squire of Bristol built steam wagons, buses and fast, well-made cars. By 1909 its Fishponds works supplied 70% of London's buses. After the First World War car production…