Warwickshire
Alvis
T. G. John founded Alvis in Coventry in 1919, and its 12/50 and Speed 20 made it one of Britain's most respected makers of quality sporting cars. Car…
Aston Martin
Founded in London in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, Aston Martin grew from a small maker of sporting light cars into Britain's best-known builder of luxury…
Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was born at the 1952 Motor Show, when Austin's Leonard Lord saw Donald Healey's Healey Hundred and agreed to build it as the Austin-Healey 100. The big…
Healey
Donald Healey set up his own car company at Warwick in 1945, and his Healey Elliott was claimed as the world's fastest production saloon in 1948. The Silverstone…
Hillman
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…
Humber
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…
Marcos
Marcos Engineering built low, elegant sports cars with an unusual plywood chassis, from its 1959 founding in Wales through decades based in Wiltshire. Best known for the Marcos…
Sunbeam
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…
Talbot
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.…
Designers and coachbuilders connected with Warwickshire
- Roy Axe Designer 1937 – 2010
- Walter Hassan Engineer 1905 – 1996
- Gerry McGovern Designer born 1956
- Malcolm Sayer Designer 1916 – 1970
Museums near Warwickshire
- Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
A registered charity set up in 1983 to share the story of Jaguar and its predecessor companies. It holds more than 170 vehicles, with over 70…
Website - British Motor Museum
At Gaydon in Warwickshire, the museum holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage…
Website - Coventry Transport Museum about 7 km away
Formerly the Museum of British Road Transport, it holds the largest collection of British-made road transport in public ownership: more than 240 cars and commercial vehicles,…
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