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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1945 in Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Headquarters | Brabazon, Filton, Bristol , |
Key people | Sir George White, Tony Crook |
| Products | Cars |
| Parent | Bristol Manufacturing Limited |
| Website | www |
Bristol Cars was a British manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Bristol, England.[1] It was formed from the car division of the Bristol Aeroplane Company after the Second World War and later became independent as Bristol Cars Limited. After being placed in receivership and being taken over in 2011, it entered liquidation in February 2020.
Bristol was always a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year.[2] The company also had only one sales showroom, on the corner of Kensington High Street and Holland Road in London.[1]
The company suspended manufacturing in March 2011, when administrators were appointed, 22 staff were made redundant at the factory in Filton, Bristol and subsequently the company was dissolved. In April 2011, a new company was formed by the administrator to sell the original assets to Kamkorp.[3] The new company was liquidated in 2020 in order to pay creditors.
- ^ a b "Die wundersame Welt von Bristol". Auto Bild (in German). 6 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ^ Lösch (1984), p. 402.
- ^ "Bristol Cars bought by Kamkorp Autokraft". BBC News. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.