Wolverhampton

Discontinued 1909 – 1929 Mainstream & Utility

Clyno began with motorcycles in 1909 and moved to Wolverhampton in 1910. Its cheap, reliable light cars made it Britain's third-largest car maker in 1926, behind only Austin…

Discontinued 1957 – 1961 Mainstream & Utility

The Frisky was a British microcar built at Henry Meadows' engine works in Wolverhampton from 1958. Its gull-winged prototype was styled by Giovanni Michelotti of Vignale, but the…

Discontinued 1914 – 1982 Mainstream & Utility

Sydney Guy left Sunbeam to found Guy Motors at Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, in 1914. It built light, tough lorries, the Arab bus chassis and the first British V8…

Discontinued 1908 – 1970 Mainstream & Utility

Karrier was a Huddersfield maker of municipal vehicles, light lorries and trolleybuses from 1908. It gave Britain the Cob "mechanical horse" and the Ro-Railer, and after being bought…

Discontinued 1898 – 1932 Mainstream & Utility

The Star Motor Company of Wolverhampton grew out of a bicycle business and built its first car, based on a Benz, in 1898. Known for well-engineered, long-lasting cars,…

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 1951 – 1966 Sports & Specialist

Jack Turner built small, light glass-fibre sports cars near Wolverhampton from 1951 until 1966, powered first by Austin A30 engines and later by Coventry Climax and Ford units.…