12 Facts About Bristol Cars

Bristol Cars was a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Bristol, England.

Bristol Cars had only one sales showroom, on the corner of Kensington High Street and Holland Road in London.

Bristol Cars had revealed a desire to return to automotive production in 2018 with an all-new model, called the "Bullet", initially dubbed "Project Pinnacle".

Bristol Cars began working with AFN Ltd, makers of Frazer Nash cars and British importer of BMWs before the war, on plans for a joint venture in automotive manufacture.

Bristol Cars was sold after its parent joined with other British aircraft companies in 1960 to create the British Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of British Aerospace.

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In March 2011, it was announced that Bristol Cars Limited had been placed into administration; it was that company that was renamed and subsequently dissolved by the administrator.

Seven hundred of the Bristol Cars 400 were built, 17 of which received "handsome" drophead bodywork from Pininfarina.

Bristol Cars debuted the 406 in 1958, and it remained in production until 1961.

Until 1961 all Bristol cars used Bristol-built derivatives of the BMW M328 2-litre six-cylinder engine.

On 3 March 2011 it was announced that Bristol Cars had gone into administration, with the loss of 22 jobs when the factory at Filton, Bristol was shut down.

In 2015 Bristol Cars announced the development of a new model codenamed "Project Pinnacle".

On 5 March 2020 it was reported that Bristol cars had been officially wound up in order to pay creditors, with court-ordered liquidation under way.