Just read that Bristol cars have just been wound up. No surprise since it went into administration 9 years ago. A friend of my father worked for them for many years. The 400 series models were outstandingly good to look at IMO, but some of the late models were pretty ghastly.
DT (Premium):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... -73-years/
Another iconic British car manufacturer gone.
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The end of the road for Bristol cars
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Re: The end of the road for Bristol cars
And more (not premium) here...
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/indu ... iquidationBristol Cars loses appeal against liquidation
Eccentric British car maker must be dissolved to pay creditors, but owners' club vows to save its assets
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Re: The end of the road for Bristol cars
From the Comments on that DT piece
Boycie, Only Fools and Horses:
"I'm going to Bristol to see a man about a Capri. I wish it was the other way round!" .
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