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McLaren Automotive (previously McLaren Cars) is an English automaker established in 1989 with the object of producing road cars based on Formula One technology. It works closely with the Team McLaren Formula One constructor and is part of the McLaren Group.
Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell and started racing in 1958, but started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one constructors' championship with Jackie Stewart. The team never reached such heights again, although it continued to win races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, taking the final win for the Ford Cosworth DFV engine at Detroit in 1983. The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997 and completed its final season as Tyrrell in 1998, before forming the basis for the new B.A.R. team in 1999.
AC Cars: Alan Lubinsky is the current owner of, having purchased it from Brian Angliss in 1996, and has produced cars sporadically ever since. Lubinsky moved production from England to Malta, and in the fall of 2005 announced plans to begin building cars in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In March 2006, Lubinsky announced a deal with Texas-based Unique Performance to produce a Cobra-style AC MkV for the US.
Daimler Motor Company was founded in 1896, and based in Coventry. The company became a subsidiary of BSA in 1910, and was acquired by Jaguar Cars in 1960. The Daimler brand stayed with Jaguar Cars through its mergers into British Motor Holdings and British Leyland, and also when it became a private company following floatation in 1984. In 1989 the Daimler brand transferred to the Ford Motor Company when Jaguar Cars became a subsidiary of Ford's Premier Automotive Group. In March 2008 the Daimler brand was included in the deal by Ford to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors of India.
Matchless in 1938 became part of Associated Motorcycles (AMC), producing models under its own marquee. During the amalgamations that occurred in the British motorcycle industry in the 1960s, the Matchless four-stroke twin was replaced with the Norton twin ending a long history of independent production. By 1967, the Matchless singles had ceased production. It was over.
AJS Motorcycles Ltd was established in the early 1970s when the AJS name was acquired by Fluff Brown who transferred the business to Hampshire in 1974. The business continues with a range of motorcycles from 50cc to 250cc and has a UK wide network of dealers.
BSA (motorcycle) Company merged with Andover Norton International Ltd. in 1991 to form a new BSA Group, largely producing spare parts for existing motorcycles. In December 1994, BSA Group was taken over by a newly formed BSA Regal Group. The new company, based in Southampton, has a large spares business and has produced a number of limited-edition, retro-styled motorcycles.
Brough Superior motorcycles and motor cars were made by George Brough in his Brough Superior works on Haydn Road in Nottingham, England from 1919 to 1940.
Velocette is the name given to motorcycles that were made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. The late 1960s were the last years of production for Viper and Vogue ending in 1968, "Special", Scrambler and Endurance in 1969, and MSS Venom and Thruxton in 1970. Veloce Ltd. closed in February 1971,
Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufactured based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England. Car production moved to Coventry in 1911. Ariel motorcycles ceased production in 1967. In 1970 BSA used the name for the "Ariel 3", a 3-wheeler 50cc 2-stroke moped, different at the time because it was a tilting vehicle. The front half was hinged to the rear and could tilt into corners whilst keeping all three wheels on the ground. Production of the "Ariel 3" was short and was dropped along with the Ariel name shortly afterwards.
The company name was reused in 1999 for the formation of Ariel Ltd, a sports car producer.
McLaren Automotive (previously McLaren Cars) is an English automaker established in 1989 with the object of producing road cars based on Formula One technology. It works closely with the Team McLaren Formula One constructor and is part of the McLaren Group.
Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell and started racing in 1958, but started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one constructors' championship with Jackie Stewart. The team never reached such heights again, although it continued to win races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, taking the final win for the Ford Cosworth DFV engine at Detroit in 1983. The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997 and completed its final season as Tyrrell in 1998, before forming the basis for the new B.A.R. team in 1999.
AC Cars: Alan Lubinsky is the current owner of, having purchased it from Brian Angliss in 1996, and has produced cars sporadically ever since. Lubinsky moved production from England to Malta, and in the fall of 2005 announced plans to begin building cars in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In March 2006, Lubinsky announced a deal with Texas-based Unique Performance to produce a Cobra-style AC MkV for the US.
Daimler Motor Company was founded in 1896, and based in Coventry. The company became a subsidiary of BSA in 1910, and was acquired by Jaguar Cars in 1960. The Daimler brand stayed with Jaguar Cars through its mergers into British Motor Holdings and British Leyland, and also when it became a private company following floatation in 1984. In 1989 the Daimler brand transferred to the Ford Motor Company when Jaguar Cars became a subsidiary of Ford's Premier Automotive Group. In March 2008 the Daimler brand was included in the deal by Ford to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors of India.
Matchless in 1938 became part of Associated Motorcycles (AMC), producing models under its own marquee. During the amalgamations that occurred in the British motorcycle industry in the 1960s, the Matchless four-stroke twin was replaced with the Norton twin ending a long history of independent production. By 1967, the Matchless singles had ceased production. It was over.
AJS Motorcycles Ltd was established in the early 1970s when the AJS name was acquired by Fluff Brown who transferred the business to Hampshire in 1974. The business continues with a range of motorcycles from 50cc to 250cc and has a UK wide network of dealers.
BSA (motorcycle) Company merged with Andover Norton International Ltd. in 1991 to form a new BSA Group, largely producing spare parts for existing motorcycles. In December 1994, BSA Group was taken over by a newly formed BSA Regal Group. The new company, based in Southampton, has a large spares business and has produced a number of limited-edition, retro-styled motorcycles.
Brough Superior motorcycles and motor cars were made by George Brough in his Brough Superior works on Haydn Road in Nottingham, England from 1919 to 1940.
Velocette is the name given to motorcycles that were made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. The late 1960s were the last years of production for Viper and Vogue ending in 1968, "Special", Scrambler and Endurance in 1969, and MSS Venom and Thruxton in 1970. Veloce Ltd. closed in February 1971,
Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufactured based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England. Car production moved to Coventry in 1911. Ariel motorcycles ceased production in 1967. In 1970 BSA used the name for the "Ariel 3", a 3-wheeler 50cc 2-stroke moped, different at the time because it was a tilting vehicle. The front half was hinged to the rear and could tilt into corners whilst keeping all three wheels on the ground. Production of the "Ariel 3" was short and was dropped along with the Ariel name shortly afterwards.
The company name was reused in 1999 for the formation of Ariel Ltd, a sports car producer.
