Bristol cars are an independent manufacturer of luxury cars with showrooms based in London Kensington, Bristol cars specialise in hand built luxury vehicles for the expensive end of the market as such they have no second party distributers and are reputed to be the only remaining fully British luxury car maker still in existence a sad fact when considering the once mighty British Motor car industry.



All Bristol cars are hand built in small production runs and this adds to their exclusivity in 1982 a maximum of 102 cars were built.

Bristol Cars tend to be of a traditional style akin to Rolls Royce and Bentleys and are built for great comfort and luxury as such the price tag is not small and new Bristol cars are almost exclusively owned by the richest members of society.

Bristol cars are famed for their build quality and after sales care and service with the whole ethos of Bristol being that a car should be built to last. This accounts for the relatively large number of older Bristol models still being driven on the roads of Britain and Europe.

Bristol cars do not go in big for advertising and have built a reputation by word of mouth this they feel maintains their exclusiveness and adds to the understated nature of the company ethos.

Bristol Cars began production in 1945 and were eveolved from the Bristol Aeroplane Company (BAC) who at the end of world war 2 found they had not enough orders for their planes. Early Bristols were based on pre WW2 BMWs as the then chief exec of Bristol cars had visited the BMW factory in munich at the end of the war to gather information and ideas for subsequent Bristol Motor car designs. Infact BMW engines were used in Bristol cars up until the start of the 1960s when the newley developed Bristol 407 was switched to using a V8 Chrysler engine to this day all subsequent Bristol motor car models have been built using the Chrysler V8 as it is a more suitable engine for the heavy chasis based Bristols of the newer era.

The Bristol Motor car company is currently owned by Tob Silverton since 1997 and through this period Bristol have worked hard to create new and interesting Car Models including the new Bristol Fighter.

Bristol Cars continue to be a quality and exclusive brand with a distinct and somewhat under stated styleing harping back to a by gone era they are thought of with great affection by car lovers and regaurded with a lot of respect.

Bristol cars are a luxury item and should be owned and cared for to the highest standards as they hold their price comparatively well with age. For this reason it is recommended to seek out quality and specialist Bristol Insurance deals online