List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

As of 2018 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 United Kingdom.

This list is incomplete. You can help by adding correctly sourced information about other manufacturers.

Major current marques

2018 Aston Martin DB11

2017 Bentley Continental GT

2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake

2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar

2017 Lotus Evora

2018 Mini Clubman

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII

2016 Vauxhall Astra

• Aston Martin (1913–present)
• Bentley (1919–present)
• Jaguar (1935–present)
• Land Rover (1948–present)
• Lotus (1952–present)
• McLaren (1985–present)
• Mini (1959–present)
• Nissan UK (1986–present)
• Rolls-Royce (1904–present)
• Toyota UK (1992–present)
• Vauxhall (1903–present)[1] – with all models except the Astra and the Vivaro now being manufactured abroad

Current manufacturers

A

• AC (1908–present)
• Arash (2006–present)[2]
• Ariel (1999–present)
• Aston Martin (1913–present)
• Atalanta Motors (2011–present)
• Atlantis Motor Company Ltd (1981–2020)[3][4]

B

• BMW UK (2000–present) – MINI assembly
• Bentley (1919–present)
• BAC (2009–present)
• Brooke (1991–present)
• Bowler Offroad (1985–present)

C

• Caterham (1973–present)

D

• David Brown (2013–present)

E

• Eagle E-Types (2013–present)
• Elemental Cars (2014–present)

F

G

• Gibbs (2004–present)
• Ginetta (1957–present)
• Grinnall (1993–present)
• Gardner Douglas Sports Cars (1990–present)
• Great British Sports Cars (2006–present)

H

• Hawk (1986–present)

J

• JZR (1989–1998; 2000–present)
• Jaguar Land Rover (2013–present) – Jaguar and Land Rover production

K

• Keating (2008–present)

L

• Lister (1954–1959; 1986–2006; 2013–present)
• London EV Company (2013–present)

M

• Marlin (1979–2019)
• McLaren (1969–1970; 1993–1998; 2005–present)
• MEV Ltd (2003–present)
• Midas Cars (1978–present)[5]
• MK Automotive Ltd. (1996–present)
• Morgan (1910–present)
• Metrocab (1987–present)

N

• Noble (1998–present)

P

• Pembleton Motor Company (1999–present)
• Pilgrim Cars (1985–present)
• Perrinn (2011–present)
• Prodrive (1984–present)

R

• Radical (1997–present)
• Riversimple (2007–present)[6]
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (1998–present)
• Ronart (1984–present)

T

• Triking (1978–present)
• TVR (1947–present)
• Tempest of England (1988–present)
• Trident Sports Cars (2002–present)
• TR-Supercars (2018–present)

U

• Ultima (1992–present)

W

• Westfield (1982–present)
• Williams (1977–present)

Z

• Zenos (2012–present)

Former manufacturers

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Abbey (1922)
• ABC (1920–1929)
• Aberdonia (1911–1915)
• Abingdon (1902–1903)
• Abingdon (1922–1923)
• Academy (1906–1908)
• Accles-Turrell (1899–1901)
• Ace (1912–1916)
• Achilles (1904–1908)
• Adams (1905–1914) (article)
• Adamson (1912–1925)
• Addison (1906)
• Advance (1902–1912)
• AEM (1987)
• Aero Car (1919–1920)
• Aeroford (1920–1925)
• Africar (1982–1988)
• AGR (1911–1915)
• Ailsa (1907–1910)
• Ailsa-Craig (1901–1910)
• Airedale (1919–1924)
• AJS (1930–1932)
• Albany (1903–1905) (steam)[7]
• Albany (1971–1997)
• Albatros (1923–1924)
• Alberford (1922–1924)
• Albert (1920–1921)
• Albion (1900–1913)
• ALC (1913)
• Alex (1908)
• Allard (1899–1902)
• Allard (1937–1960)
• Alldays & Onions (1898–1918)
• Allwyn (1920)
• All-British (1906–1908)
• Alta (1931–1947)
• Alvechurch (1912)
• Alvis (1919–1967)
• Amazon (1921–1922)
• AMC (1910) (steam)[8]
• André (1933–1934)
• Anglian (1905–1907)
• Anglo-American (1899–1900)
• Anglo-French (1896–1897)
• Angus-Sanderson (1919–1927)
• Arab (1926–1928)
• Arbee (1904)
• Archer (1920)
• Arden (1912–1916)
• Argon (1908)
• Argyll (1899–1928; 1976–1990)
• Ariel (1898–1915; 1922–1925)
• Arkley (1970–1995)
• Armadale (1906–1907)
• Armstrong (1902–1904)
• Armstrong (1913–1914)
• Armstrong Siddeley (1919–1960)
• Armstrong Whitworth (1904–1919)
• Arno (1908)
• Arnold (1896–1898)
• Arnott (1951–1957)
• Arrol-Aster (1927–1931)
• Arrol-Johnston (1896–1928)
• Arsenal (1898–1899)
• Ascari (1995–2010)
• Ascot (1904)
• Ascot (1928–1930)
• Ashley (1954–1962)
• Ashton-Evans (1919–1928)
• Asquith (1901–1902)
• Aster (1922–1930)
• Astra (1954–1959)
• Astral (1923–1924)
• Atalanta (1915–1917)
• Atalanta (1937–1939)
• Athmac (1913)
• Atkinson and Philipson (1896)
• Atomette (1922)
• Attila (1903–1906)
• Aurora (1904)
• Ausfod (1947–1948)
• Austin (1906–1989)
• Austin-Healey (1952–1971)
• Autocrat (1920s) (see Hampton)
• Autotrix (1911–1914)
• Autovia (1936–1938)
• AV (1919–1924)
• Axon (2005–2020)[9]

B

• Baby Blake (1922)
• Baker & Dale (1913)
• Bamby (1984)
• Banham Conversions (1970s–2004)
• Bantam (1913)
• Barnard (1921–1922)
• Barnes (1904–1906)
• Batten (1935–1938)
• Baughan (1920–1929)
• Bayliss-Thomas (1922–1929)
• Beacon (1912–1914)
• Bean (1919–1929)
• Beardmore (1919–1966)
• Bell (1920)
• Belsize (1901–1925)
• Berkeley (1913)
• Berkeley (1956–1960)
• Bifort (1914–1920)
• Billings-Burns (1900)
• Black Prince (1920)
• Blériot-Whippet (1920–1927)
• BMA (1952–1954)
• Boncar (1905–1907) (steam)
• Bond (1948–1974)
• Bolsover (1902) (steam)[10]
• Bound (1920)
• Bow-V-Car (1922–1923)
• BPD (1913)
• Brabham (1962–1992)
• Bradbury (mainly motorcycles, 1902–1924)
• Bradwell (1914)
• Breckland (2000–2009)
• Bremer (1892, first British car)
• Bridgwater (1904–1907)[11]
• Bristol (1946–2020)
• Britannia (1913–1914)
• British Racing Motors (1949–1997)
• British Salmson (1934–1939)
• Briton (1909–1928)
• Broadway (1913)
• Brooke (1901–1913)
• Brotherhood (1904–1907)
• Brough Superior (1935–1939)
• BSA (1907–1926; 1929–1940; 1958–1960)
• Buckingham (1914–1923)
• Buckler (1947–circa 1962)
• Butler (1888–1896)
• Burney (1930–1933)
• Bushbury Electric (1897)

C

• C & H (car) (Corfield & Hurle) (article)
• Calcott (1913–1926)
• Calthorpe (1905–1926)
• Cambro (1920–1921)
• Campion (1893–1926)
• Cannon[12]
• Caparo (2006–2019)
• Carden (1912–1923)
• Carlette (1913)
• Carter
• Castle Three (1919–1922)
• Certus (1907–1908)
• CFB (1920–1921)
• CFL
• Centaur (1974–1978)
• Chambers (1904–1929)
• Charawacky (1894–1914)
• Chater-Lea (1907–1922)
• Chota (1912–1913)
• Christchurch-Campbell (1922)
• Clan (1971–1974; 1982–1985)
• Clarendon (1902–1904)
• CLEVER (2006–2012?)
• Climax (1905–1909)
• Climax Cars Ltd (2007–2018)2018[13]
• Cluley (1921–1928)
• Clyno (1922–1930)
• Connaught (1952–1959)
• Connaught (2004–2016)
• Cook (circa 1901–1902) (steam)
• Cooper (1947–1951)
• Corona (1920–1923)[14]
• Coronet (1904–1906)[15]
• Coronet (1957–1960)
• Coventry (1896–1903)
• Coventry-Eagle (1899)
• Coventry Premier (1912–1923)
• Coventry Victor (1926–1938)
• Cripps
• Crompton
• Crossley (1904–1937)
• Crouch (1912–1928)
• Crowdy (1909–1912)
• Croxted (1904–1905)
• Cubitt (1920–1925)
• Cumbria (1914) (article)
• CWS

D

• Daimler (1896–2012)
• Dalgliesh-Gullane (1907–1908)
• Dallison (1913)
• Dawson (1919–1921)
• Dayton (1922)
• Deasy (1906–1911)
• Deemster (1914–1924)
• Derek (1925–1926)
• Dellow (1949–1959)
• DeLorean (1981–1982)
• Dennis (1895–1915)
• Dewcar (1913–1914)
• Diva (1961–1966)
• D.Ultra (1914–1916)
• DL (1913–1920)
• Douglas (1913–1922)
• Dunalistair (1925–1926)
• Duo (1912–1914)
• Duplex (1919–1921)
• Dursley-Pedersen (1912)

E

• Eadie (1898–1901)
• Eaglet (1948)[16]
• Economic (1921–1922)
• Edismith (1905)
• Edmond
• Edmund
• Edwards
• E.J.Y.R. (Rutherford) (1906–1912) (steam)
• Ekstromer (1905)
• Electric Motive Power (1897)
• Electromobile (1901–1920)
• Elswick (1903–1907)
• Elva (1958–1968)
• Emms (1922–1923)
• Endurance (1899–1901)
• Enfield (1969–1973)
• English Mechanic (1900–1913)
• English Racing Automobiles (Active from 1933–1954, later made the Mini ERA Turbo)
• Esculapeus (1902)
• Eterniti (2010–2014)
• Evante (1983–1994)
• Excelsior (1896 motorcycles; 1922–1926 cars)
• EYME

F

• Fairthorpe (1954–1973)
• Farboud (1999–2006)[17]
• Farbio (2005–2010)[18]
• Ford (1909–2002)[19]
• Foy Steel (1913–1916)
• Frazer Nash (1924–1957)

G

• Galloway (1920–1928)
• Garrard (1904)
• Garrard & Blumfield (1894–1896)
• GB
• Geering (1899–1904)
• Gerald (1920)
• Gibbons (1917–1929)
• Gilbern (1959–1973)
• Gilbert (1901)
• Gilburt (1904–1905)
• Gill (1958–1960)
• Gillyard
• Glover
• GN (1910–1925)
• Gnome
• Godfrey-Proctor (1928–1929)
• Godsal (1935)
• Gordano
• Gordon (1903–1904)[20]
• Gordon (1912–1916)[21]
• Gordon (1954–1958)[22]
• Gordon GT (1959)
• Gordon-Keeble (1960–1961; 1964–1967)
• Gordon Newey
• Grahame-White
• Grose (1898–1901)
• Guildford
• Guy (circa 1919–1932)
• GWK (1911–1931)
• Gwynnes (1922–1929)
• Gwynne-Albert (1923–1929)

H

• Hampton (1911–1933)
• HCE (1912–1913)
• Healey (1946–1954)
• Hewett Car (circa 1900)
• Hewinson-Bell (circa 1900)
• Heybourn
• Hill & Stanier (1914)
• Hillman (1907–1976)
• HMC
• Horstmann (1914–1929)
• Howard
• Howett
• HP (1926–1928)
• HRG (1936–1956)
• Hubbard (1904–1905)
• Humber (1896–1976)

I

• Iden (1904–1907)
• Imperial (1901–circa 1906; 1904–1905; 1914)
• Invacar (1947–1977)
• Invicta
• Invicta (1900–1905; 1913–1914; 1925–1950; 2004–2012)
• Iris (1906–1925)

J

• James and Browne (1901–1910)
• Jappic (1925)
• J. A. Ryley (article)
• JBA (1982–2007)
• JBS
• Jensen (1936–1976; 1983–1992; 1999–2002)
• Jensen-Healey (1972–1976)
• Jewel
• Joel-Rosenthal (1899–circa 1902)
• John O'Gaunt (1901–1904)
• Jones
• Jowett (1906–1954)

K

• Karminski (1902)
• Keenelet (1904) (steam)
• Kendall
• Kieft (1954–1955)
• Kingsburgh (1901–1902)
• Knight (1895)
• Kyma (1903–1905)
• Kadirovich Motors (1897-1926)

L

• La Rapide
• LAD (1913–1926)
• Ladas (1906)
• Lagonda (1906–1964)
• Lambert (1911–1912)
• Lammas-Graham (1936–1938)
• Lanchester (1895–1956)
• Land Master (1970s–1980s)
• Laurence-Jackson (1920)
• LEC
• Lecoy (1921–1922)
• Lea-Francis (1903–1906; 1920–1935; 1937–1952; 1980; 1999)
• Lee Stroyer (1903–1905)
• Lems (1903–1904)
• Lester Solus (1913)
• Leuchters (1898)
• Leyland (1896) (steam)
• Leyland (1920–1923)
• Lifu (1899–1902) (steam)
• Lington
• LM (Little Midland) (1910–1922)
• Lloyd (1936–1950)
• Lonsdale (1982–1983)
• Lotis (1908–1912)
• LTI (sometimes Carbodies) (1919–2013)
• Lucar (1913–1914)

M

• Matchless (mostly motorcycles, but offered a cyclecar in 1912)
• Madelvic (1898–1900)
• Maiflower (1919–1921)
• Marauder (1950–1952)
• Marcos (1959–2007)
• Marcus
• Marendaz (1926–1936)
• Marlborough (1906–1926)
• Marshall-Arter (article)
• Maudslay (1902–1923)
• MCC (1902–1904) (steam)[23]
• Mead & Deakin (Medea) (article)
• Medinger (article)
• Menley
• Meteorite (article)
• Metro-Tyler (article)
• MG Cars (1923–2005)
• MG Motor (2006–2016)[24]
• Morris (1913–1983)
• Motor Carrier (1904)

N

• Napier (circa 1900–1924)
• Napoleon (1903)
• Neale (1896)
• New British (1921–1923)
• New Engine Company Ltd (1905–1921)[25]
• New Carden (1923–1925)
• New Hudson (1903–1943)
• New Imperial Motors (1887; 1901; various guises 1912–1939) (motorcycles)
• New Speedwell Motor Co. Ltd, London (1900–1908)
• Newey (1907–1921)
• Nomad (1925–1926) (article)
• North Star (article)
• Norma
• Nova (1971–1996)[26]

O

• Ogle (1960–1972)
• OK-Supreme (1899)
• Omega (1925–1927)
• One of the Best (1905)
• Oppermann (1898–1907)
• Orpington (1907–1920s)[27]
• OVIK Crossway (2008–2020)[28]
• Owen Petelectra (1906)[29]

P

• Palm (1922–1923)
• Palmerston (1920–1922)
• Panther (1972–1992)
• Paragon (article)
• Paramount (1950–1956)
• Parker (1899–1902) (steam)
• Paydell (1924–1925)
• Payze (1920–1921)
• Pearson & Cox (1913) (steam)
• Peel (1955–1966)
• Peerless (1957–1960)
• Perry (1913–1916)
• Phoenix (1903–1926)
• Phoenix (1905)
• Pickering, Darley & Allday (PDA) (1912–1913)
• Piper (1967–1975)
• Premier (PMC) (article)
• Princess
• Projecta (1914)
• Pyramid (article)

Q

• Quadrant (1905–1906)
• Quasar-Unipower (1968)
• Queen (1904–1905)

R

• Railton (1933–1950; 1989–1994)
• Ralph Lucas (1901–circa 1908)
• Ranger (article)
• Rapier (1933–1937)
• Raymond Mays V8 (1938–1939)
• Reliant (1952–2002)
• Renault (at least in 1951)[30]
• Rex (1901–1914)
• Richardson (1903)
• Richardson (1919)
• Rickett (1858–1860) (steam)[31]
• Ridley (1901–1907)
• Riley (1898–1969)
• Robertson (1915–1916) (article)
• Robinson & Price (1905–1914)
• Rochdale (1952–1968)
• Rodley (1954–1956)
• Rollo (1911–1913)
• Roper-Corbet (1911–1913)
• Rover (1904–2005)
• Royal Enfield (1899–1967)
• Royal Ruby (1909–1932)
• RTC (Rene Tondeur) (article)
• Rudge (1912–1913)
• Russon (1951–1952)
• Ruston-Hornsby (1919–1924)
• RW Kit Cars (1983–2000)
• Ryley (1901–1902)
• Rytecraft (1934–1940)

S

• Santler (1889–1922)
• Scootacar (1957–1964)
• Scott (1921–1925)
• Senlac (1901)[32]
• Sharp's (1949–1974)[33]
• Sheffield-Simplex (1907–1920)
• Sherpley (1997–2007)
• Siddeley (1902–1904; 1912–1919)
• Siddeley-Deasy (1906–1919)
• Simplic (1914)
• Simpson (1897–1904) (steam)
• Sinclair (1984–1985)
• Singer (1901–1970)
• Skeoch (1921)
• Skirrow (1936–1939)
• Smith & Dowse (1900)
• Speedex (1958-1962)
• Speedy (article)
• Sports Junior (1920–1921)
• Squire (1935–1936)
• SS (1934–1945)
• Standard (1903–1963)
• Star (1898–1932)
• Sterling (1987–1992)
• Stesroc (1905–1906) (steam)
• Storey (1920–1931)[34]
• Straker-Squire (1906–1925)
• Strathcarron (1998–2001)
• Suffolk Jaguar (1990–2020)[35]
• Sunbeam (1899–1937; 1953–1976)
• Sunbeam-Talbot (1938–1954)
• Swallow (1931–1934)
• Swallow Doretti (1954–1955)
• Swift (1900–1931)

T

• Talbot (1903–1938)
• Tamplin (1919–1925)
• T.B. (Thompson Brothers) (1919–1924)
• Tiny (1912–1915)
• Tippen (Frank) Ltd of Coventry, Invalid Carriages (1935–1967)
• Tornado (1958–1964)
• Tourette (1956–1958)
• Toward & Philipson (1897)
• Trident (1965–1978)
• Triumph (1923–1984)
• Trojan (1922–1936; 1962–1965)
• Turner-Miesse (1902–1913) (steam)
• Turner (1902–1928)
• Turner (1951–1966)
• Tyseley (1912–1914)

U

• Unipower (1966–1970)
• Unique (article)
• Urecar (1923)
• Utopian (1914)

V

• VAL
• Vale (1932–1935)
• Valveless (1908–1915)
• Vanden Plas (1960–1980)
• Vanwall (1954–1960)
• Vapomobile (1902–1904)
• Vee Gee (1913)
• Veloce (circa 1900)[36]
• Velox (1902–1904)
• Victor (1916–1920)
• Vulcan (1902–1928)

W

• Warfield (1903) (steam)
• Warne (1913–1915)
• Warren-Lambert (1912–1922)
• Westall
• Wherwell
• Warwick (1960–1962)
• Weigel (1906–1909)
• Whitgift (article)
• Whitlock (1903–1932)
• Wigan-Barlow (1922–1923)
• Wilbrook (1913)
• Williamson (1913–1916)
• Wilson-Pilcher (1901–1904)
• Willis (1913)
• Windsor (British automobile) (1924-1927)
• Winson (1920)
• Wooler (1919–1920)
• Winter (1913–1914)
• Wolseley (1896–1975)
• Woodrow (1913–1915)
• Wrigley (1913)
• WSC (Wholesale Supply Company) (1914) (article)
• Wyvern (1913–1914)

X

• Xtra (1922–1924)

Y

• YEC (1907–1908)

Z

• Zendik (1912–1913)
• Zenith (1905–1906)
• Zolfe Cars (2008–2016)

See also

• Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
• List of automobile manufacturers
• List of automobile marques
• List of current automobile manufacturers by country
• List of current automobile marques
• List of microcars by country of origin
• Timeline of motor vehicle brands
• Cyclecars U.K.
• List of steam car makers

Notes

1. "About Our Company". Vauxhall Motors. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
2. established 1999 as Farboud
3. 2020 Atlantis Motor Company For Sale
4. The Atlantis Motor Company is FOR SALE
5. Note: Wholly owned by Alternative Cars Ltd
6. established 2001 as OScar: "Hugo Spowers". Riversimple. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
7. known as Albany-Lamplough
8. Automobile Manufacturing Company
9. Dissolved Companies House, retrieved 14 November 2020
10. makers of the Bolsover Express boiler, used for steam launches and replacement for Stanley steam cars.
11. Bridgwater Blake Museum, Timeline, page 12 Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
12. Hill Climb Cars
13. [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09330867 Companies House] Dissolved 2018
14. Meteor Manufacturing, London N4
15. Coventry
16. Silent Transport Ltd, Woking. Electric.
17. Renamed Arash
18. merged with Ginetta
19. "Dagenham: End of the line". BBC News. 19 February 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
20. North London
21. Gordon Armstrong (East Riding Engineering)
22. Vernon Industries, Cheshire
23. Sold as Vapomobile
24. Note: Wholly Chinese-owned assembly plant
25. "New Engine Company Ltd Acton, London 1905–1921". motor-car.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
26. Note: As of 2014, the brand appears to be dormant.
27. "About The Orpington Car". Trevor Mulligan. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
28. Liquidation
29. "E. H. Owen". Grace's Guide.
30. "British Cars 1951 Specifications and illustrations", Peter Chambers, APC Publication, 7 Newhall Street, Birmingham, printed by W&D Willett Ltd, 74 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3 – p.35 incl pictures "assembled and trimmed in increasing quantities in London", p.47 – models "Renault 7.5.h.p Standard Saloon" (£689, 10sh) and "Renault De Luxe Saloon" (£729, 10sh). Prices as of 16 June 1951
31. Possibly the first British production car
32. Battle Museum of Local History (2012). Battle in Pictures. Biddenden: YouByYou Books. p. 27.
33. Sharps & Bond
34. Chapman, Frank (1995). Tales of Old Tonbridge. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-872337-55-4.
35. "Sports car firm in liquidation following dispute with Jaguar Land Rover". 4 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
36. Allways In The Picture

Other sources

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