Scotland

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…

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…

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.…

Discontinued 1919 – 1966 Mainstream & Utility

Beardmore, the Clydeside shipbuilding and engineering giant, built cars and, from 1919 to 1966, the rugged Beardmore taxi, nicknamed "the Rolls-Royce of taxicabs". Production moved from Paisley to…

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 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.…