Car Manufacturers
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…
Swallow Doretti
Built by the Swallow Coachbuilding Company in Walsall in 1954 and 1955, the Swallow Doretti was a handsome two-seater on Triumph TR2 mechanicals, designed for the American market.…
Swift
Swift of Coventry grew from James Starley's Coventry Sewing Machine Company, the cradle of the city's cycle industry, and built cars from 1900 until 1931, when the little…
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.…
Trident
Trident grew out of an abandoned TVR project: Bill Last bought the rights to a Fissore-built design shown at Geneva in 1965 and built the Trident Clipper and…
Triumph
A Coventry marque with roots in Victorian bicycle manufacturing, Triumph became one of Britain's best-loved sports car makers through the TR series and Spitfire, alongside mainstream saloons like…
Trojan
Trojan built some of Britain's most eccentric cars: the solid-tyred, two-stroke Trojan Utility Car of the 1920s, sold with the slogan "Can you afford to walk?". The Croydon…
Turner
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.…
TVR
TVR built raucous, lightweight sports cars in Blackpool for sixty years, from the Grantura through the Chimaera, Cerbera and Tuscan, wrapping powerful engines in featherweight glassfibre bodies. Production…
Ultima
Ultima began in 1983 as a mid-engined sports car designed by Lee Noble, later of Noble Cars. Built at Hinckley in Leicestershire by the Marlow family since 1992,…
Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas began as a Belgian coachbuilder, and its English company, formed in 1923 in Kingsbury, north London, built bodies for more than 700 vintage Bentleys. Austin bought…
Vauxhall
Vauxhall began as a London engineering firm in 1857, built its first car in 1903 and moved to Luton in 1905. Owned by General Motors from 1925 and…
Westfield
Westfield Sportscars, founded by Chris Smith in 1982, builds Lotus Seven-inspired two-seaters as kits and complete cars. A Westfield XTR2 once beat a Pagani Zonda round the Top…
Wolseley
Wolseley was one of Britain's earliest car makers, set up by Vickers in 1901 with Herbert Austin as managing director. Bought by William Morris in 1927, it became…
