Ryton-on-Dunsmore

Discontinued 1907 – 1976 Mainstream & Utility

Founded in Coventry in 1907 by William Hillman with designer Louis Coatalen, Hillman became the everyday family-car brand of the Rootes Group, best known for the Minx, the…

Discontinued 1887 – 1976 Luxury / Prestige Mainstream & Utility

Thomas Humber's cycle company began building cars in 1896 and grew into a respected maker of solid, comfortable upper-middle-class cars. As the senior brand of the Rootes Group…

Discontinued 1901 – 1976 Sports & Specialist

Sunbeam grew from John Marston's Wolverhampton cycle works into one of Britain's leading car makers of the early twentieth century, winning Grands Prix and setting land speed records…

Discontinued 1903 – 1994 Mainstream & Utility Sports & Specialist

Clément-Talbot was founded in London in 1903 by the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, and its Georges Roesch-designed cars of the 1920s and '30s were among Britain's finest.…