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Car Manufacturers

  • Bond Cars

    Defunct 1949 – 1974 Mainstream & Utility Sports & Specialist

    Bond built quirky three-wheeled Minicars in Preston, Lancashire, from 1949, followed by small sports cars, before Reliant took the company over in 1969. Its best-known model, the wedge-shaped…

  • Caterham

    Active 1973 – present Sports & Specialist Kit Car

    Caterham Cars has built the Seven, the lightweight sports car it took over from Lotus in 1973, ever since. Founded by Graham Nearn, a Lotus dealer in Caterham,…

  • Marcos

    Defunct 1959 – 2007 Sports & Specialist Kit Car

    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…

  • Buckler Cars

    Defunct 1947 – 1965 Sports & Specialist Kit Car

    Buckler Cars built lightweight spaceframe chassis and kits for road, rally and racing specials from a converted works in Reading, Berkshire. Founded by Derek Buckler in 1947, it…