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Mainstream & Utility

  • Triumph

    Defunct 1923 – 1984 Sports & Specialist Mainstream & Utility

    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…

  • Land Rover

    Active 1948 – present Mainstream & Utility

    Britain's defining off-road and utility marque, launched by the Rover Company in 1948 and built at Solihull ever since. Land Rover has become shorthand worldwide for rugged, go-anywhere…

  • Reliant

    Defunct 1935 – 2002 Mainstream & Utility Sports & Specialist

    Best known for the three-wheeled Regal and Robin, which briefly made it Britain's second-largest British-owned car manufacturer, Reliant also built the Ford- and Ogle-styled Scimitar sports estate, famously…

  • Rover

    Defunct 1904 – 2005 Mainstream & Utility Luxury / Prestige

    Rover grew from a Coventry bicycle business into one of Britain's most respected makers of dignified family and executive saloons, from the P4 and P5 to the P6…

  • Standard Motor Company

    Defunct 1903 – 1963 Mainstream & Utility

    A Coventry maker of dependable family cars, the Standard Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Reginald Maudslay. It built the post-war Vanguard, bought Triumph in the mid-1940s…

  • 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…