London
Trojan
Trojan built some of Britain's most eccentric cars: the solid-tyred, two-stroke Trojan Utility Car of the 1920s, sold with the slogan "Can you afford to walk?". The Croydon…
Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas began as a Belgian coachbuilder, and its English company, formed in 1923 in Kingsbury, north London, built bodies for more than 700 vintage Bentleys. Austin bought…
Vauxhall
Vauxhall began as a London engineering firm in 1857, built its first car in 1903 and moved to Luton in 1905. Owned by General Motors from 1925 and…
Designers and coachbuilders connected with London
- Colin Chapman Designer 1928 – 1982
- Keith Duckworth Engineer 1933 – 2005
- Freestone & Webb Coachbuilder 1923 – 1958
- H. J. Mulliner Coachbuilder 1897 – 1961
- Harold Radford Coachbuilder
- Walter Hassan Engineer 1905 – 1996
- Ron Hickman Designer 1932 – 2011
- Hooper Coachbuilder 1805 – 1959
- James Young Coachbuilder 1863 – 1968
- Harris Mann Designer 1938 – 2023
- Park Royal Vehicles Coachbuilder 1930 – 1980
- Park Ward Coachbuilder 1919 – 1961
- Thrupp & Maberly Coachbuilder
- Vanden Plas Coachbuilder founded 1870
Museums near London
- Brooklands Museum about 11 km away
A motoring and aviation museum on part of the former Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey. It opened formally in 1991 and is run by…
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