List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

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As of 2014 there are approximately 35 active British car manufacturers and over 500 defunct British car manufacturers. This page lists car manufacturers that build or built cars in the UK.

Current manufacturers

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  • Jaguar (1945–present)
  • JBA (1982–present)
  • JZR (1989–1998; 2000–present)
  • Javan (2006–present)
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  • Suffolk Jaguar (1990–present)
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Former manufacturers

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  • YEC (1907–1908)

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See also

Notes

  1. established 1999 as Farboud
  2. Note: As of 2014, the brand appears to be dormant.
  3. Note: Wholly Chinese-owned assembly plant
  4. Note: Wholly owned by Alternative Cars Ltd
  5. Note: Wholly owned by BMW
  6. Note: Wholly owned by General Motors via Adam Opel subsidiary
  7. known as Albany-Lamplough
  8. Automobile Manufacturing Company
  9. makers of the Bolsover Express boiler, used for steam launches and replacement for Stanley steam cars.
  10. Bridgwater Blake Museum, Timeline, page 12
  11. Hill Climb Cars
  12. Meteor Manufacturing, London N4
  13. Coventry
  14. Silent Transport Ltd, Woking. Electric.
  15. Renamed Arash
  16. merged with Ginetta
  17. North London
  18. Gordon Armstrong (East Riding Engineering)
  19. Vernon Industries, Cheshire
  20. Sold as Vapomobile
  21. Note: As of 2014, the brand appears to be dormant.
  22. "About The Orpington Car". Trevor Mulligan. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  23. Possibly the first British production car
  24. Battle Museum of Local History (2012). Battle in Pictures. Biddenden: YouByYou Books. p. 27.
  25. Sharps & Bond
  26. Chapman, Frank (1995). Tales of Old Tonbridge. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1 872337 55 4.

Other sources

G.N. Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1

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