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Current manufacturers

Former manufacturers

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List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

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Major current marques

Current manufacturers

A
AC (1908–present)
Action Automotive (2004–present)
Aeon Sportscars (2000–present)
AK Sportscars (1992–present)
Alcraft Motor Company (2014–present)
Allard (2012–present)
Alvis (2012–present)
AM Sportscars (1996–present)
Arash (2006–present)[6]
Arkley Sportscars (1970–present)
Ariel

Former manufacturers

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)
ADA (1984?-1989?)

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

References

Search for a trade mark by owner: 48 marks owned by Bentley Motors Limited Intellectual Property Office, Crown, retrieved 8 November 2022^
Search for a trade mark by owner: 56 marks owned by McLaren Automotive Limited Intellectual Property Office, Crown, retrieved 8 November 2022^
Search for a trade mark by owner: Your search found 37 marks owned by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited

(1999–present)

AS Motorsport (2007–present)

Asquith Brothers (1912–present)

Asquith Motors (1981–present)

Aston Martin (1913–present)

Atalanta Motors (2011–present)

Austin Motor Company (2015–present)

Automotive Systems Developments (1983–present)

Autotrak (Cobretti) (1989–present)

Autotune (Rishton) (1975–present)

Alfaholics (2003–present)

B

Beauford automobiles (1985–present)

Bentley Motors (1919–present)

Berkeley Sports Cars (2017–present)

Blackjack Cars (1996–present)

Blaze Motorsport (2007–present)

Bounty (1999–present)

Bowler Motors (1985–present)

BRA (car brand) (1981–present)

BAC (2009–present)

BRM (1948–present)

Brooke (1991–present)

Buckland Cars (1988–present)

Bugle (car brand) (1970–present)

C

Caburn Engineering (1997–present)

Caterham (1973–present)

Chesil Motor Company (1991–present)

Chevron Cars Ltd (1965–present)

Classic World Racing (2007–present)

Caton (2020–present)

CallumDesigns (2019–present)

D

Dakar 4x4 Design & Conversions (1991–present)

Dare (UK) (1990–present)

Darrian Cars (1984–present)

David Brown (2013–present)

Dax Cars / 427 Motor Company (1968–present)

DNA Automotive (2003–present)

Doon Buggies (1999–present)

Dowsetts Classic Cars (2019–present)

E

Eadon Green (2016-present)

Eagle E-Types (2013–present)

Eclipse Sportscars (2008–present)

Elemental Cars (2014–present)

Elysee (car brand) (1991/1993?–present)

Europe Engineering (1989–present)

EV by Alpha (2022–present)

Exact Replicas (2006–present)

Extreme sports cars (2002–present)

E-Type UK (2019–present)

F

Fering Technologies (2019–present)

Foers (car brand) (1977–present)

Forseven (2022–present)

Frontline Developments (1991–present)

FRS Sports Cars (2011–present)

Furore Cars (2011–present)

G
Gardner Douglas Sports Cars (1990–present)
Gentry (car brand) (1973–present)
Gibbs (2004–present)
Ginetta (1957–present)
GKD Sports Cars (2004–present)
Gordon Murray Automotive (2017–present)
GP (car brand) (1966–present)
Great British Sports Cars (2006–present)
Grinnall (1993–present)
GTO Engineering (1996–present)
H
Hawk (1986–present)
HDS (car brand) (1987–present)
Healy Designs (2004–present)

I
Imperial Motor Company (2009–present)
Ineos Automotive (2017–present)

J
Jaguar Land Rover (2013–present)
JBA Motors (1982–present)
Jensen Cars Group (2008–present)
Jensen International Automotive (2010–present)
JH Classics (2010–present)
JW Engineering and Motorsport (2011–present)
JZR (1989–1998; 2000–present)
K
Kellform's Woodmasters (1964–present)
Kingfisher Kustoms (1983–present)
Kougar Cars (1976–present)
L
LB Specialist Cars (2010–present)
Lenham Motor Company (1962–present)
Liege Motor Company (1995–present)
Lister (1954–1959; 1986–2006; 2013–present)
Locust (car brand)
Lomax Motor Company (1982–present)
London Electric Vehicle Company (2013–present)
Lotus Cars (1952–present)
Lynx (car brand) (1968–present)
Lynx AE (1986–present)

M
Mac Motorsports (2002–present)
Madgwick Cars (2001–present)
Maelstrom (car brand) (1986–present)
Manx (car brand) (1999–present)
Marlin (1979–2019)
Martin & Walker (1987–present)
McLaren (1969–1970; 1993–1998; 2005–present)
Midas Automotive (2002–present)
Mike King Racing (1970–present)
Mill Auto Conversions (2006–present)
MEV Ltd (2003–present)
Midas Cars (1978–present)[7]
Midge Owners' and Builders' Club (1985–present)
Midland Classic Restorations (2009–present)
Minari Engineering (1990–present)
Mini (1969–present)
Mini Scamp (1969–present)
Minus cars (1984–present)
Mirach (car brand) (1988–present)
MST Cars (2009–present)
MK Automotive Ltd (1996–present)
MNR Sports Cars (1998–present)
Morgan (1910–present)
Morris Commercial (2015–present)
MR 2 kits (2002–present)
Munro Vehicles (2019–present)

N
Noble (1998–present)
Nichols Cars (2017–present)
O
Onyx Sports Cars (1990–present)
P
Parallel Designs (2000–present)
Peel Engineering (2008–present)
Pembleton Motor Company (1999–present)
Peninsula Sports Cars (2008–present)
Perrinn (2011–present)
Phoenix Automotive Developments (2011–present)
Pilbeam Racing Designs (1975–present)
Pilgrim Cars (1985–present)
Procomp Motorsport (1970?–present)
Prodrive (1984–present)
Prowler (car brand) (1999–present)
Q
Quantum Sports Cars (1987–present)

R
Radical (1997–present)
Raptor Sports Cars (2014–present)
Realm Engineering (1984–present)
Renegade (car brand) (1960s–present)
Riversimple (2007–present)[8]
Roadrunner Racing (2007–present)
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (1998–present)
Ronart (1984–present)
Roy Kelly Kits & Classics (1999–present)
RML Group (1984–present)
RS (car brand) (1998–present)
S
Searoader Cars (2003–present)
Sebring Works (1994–2019; 2020–Present)
Sidewinder (car brand) (1999–present)
Simod Design (1998–present)
SIN Cars (2012–present)
Speedster Clinic (2000–present)
Spire Sports Cars (2005–present)
Spyders Inc (2003–present)
Stuart Taylor Motorsport (1998–present)
Sylva Autokits (1981–present)

T
Tatra (1850-1897)
Tempest of England (1988–present)
The Sammio Motor Company (2010–present)
The Star Motor Company (2000s–present)
Thornley Kelham (2008–present)
Tiger Racing (1989–present)
Tim Dutton Amphibious Cars (1994–present)
Toniq Sports Cars (2003–present)
Tornado Sports Cars (1984–present)
Tribute Automotive (2011–present)
Trident Sports Cars (2002–present)
Triking (1978–present)
Turismo UK (2015–present)
Tushek Limited (2017–present)
TVR (1947–present)
TWR Replicas (2010?–present)
Theon Design (2016–present)
TuthillPorsche (2014–present)

U
Ultima (1992–present)

V
Vanwall 1958 (2016–present)
Vauxhall Motors (1903–present)
Vincent (car brand) (1982–present)
Vital Spark Group Ltd (2020–present)
Volksrod (1968–present)
Vortex Automotive (1997–present)

W
Wells Motor Cars (2021–present)
Westfield (1982–present)
Williams (1977–present)

X
Xanthos (car brand) (1990–present)

Adams & Co. (1903–1906)

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)[9]

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)[10]

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)

Arrival (2015–2024)

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)[11]

B

C

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)
Mr. Hinsz (1900)

E

Eadie (1898–1901)
Eaglet (1948)[18]
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 (1983–1991)
Excelsior (1896 motorcycles; 1922–1926 cars)
EYME

F

Fairthorpe (1954–1973)
Farboud (1999–2006)[19]
Farbio (2005–2010)[20]
FBS (2001-2003)
Fleur de Lys Vehicle Manufacturing (1983–1994)[21]
Ford (1909–2002)[22]
Foy Steel (1913–1916)
Frazer Nash (1924–1957)
Frisky (1958-1961)
Fubar Street Hoppa (2008-2017)[23]

G

H

Hampton (1911–1933)
HCE (1912–1913)
Healey (1946–1954)
Herbert Engineering (1919–1931)
Hewett Car (circa 1900)
Hewinson-Bell (circa 1900)
Heybourn
Hill & Stanier (1914)
Hillman (1907–1976)
HMC
Horley (automobile) (1904-1909) - The Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd
Horstmann (1914–1929)
Honda (1985-2021)
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)
Image Sports Cars (2005–2022)[27]
Invacar (1947–1977)
Invicta
Invicta (1900–1905; 1913–1914; 1925–1950; 2004–2012)
Iris (1906–1925)
Ivel (1899-1900)

J

James and Browne (1901–1910)
Jappic (1925)
JAS speed kits (1998–2008)
J. A. Ryley (article)
JBA (1982–2007)
JBS
Jensen (1936–1976; 1983–1992; 1999–2002)
Jensen-Healey (1972–1976)
Jewel
Jimini (1973–2011)
Joel-Rosenthal (1899–circa 1902)
John O'Gaunt (1901–1904)
Jones
Jowett (1906–1954)

K

Karminski (1902)
Keating (2008–2021)
Keenelet (1904) (steam)
Kendall
Kieft (1954–1955)
Kingsburgh (1901–1902)
Knight (1895)
Kyma (1903–1905)
Kadirovich Motors (1897-1926)

L

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)
MCMURTRY
MCC (1902–1904) (steam)[28]
Mead & Deakin (Medea) (article)
Medinger (article)
Menley
Metrocab (1987–2021)
Meteorite (article)
Metro-Tyler (article)
MG cars (1923–2005)
MG Motor (2006–2016)[29]
Modec (2004–2011)
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)[30]
New Carden (1923–1925)
New Hudson (1903–1943)
New Imperial Motors (1887; 1901; various guises 1912–1939) (motorcycles)
New Speedwell Motor Co., Ltd (1900–1908)
Newey (1907–1921)
NF Auto Developments (1995–2008)
Nomad (1925–1926) (article)
North Star (article)
Norma
Nova (1971–1996)[31]

O

Ogle (1960–1972)
OK-Supreme (1899)
Omega (1925–1927)
Oppermann (1898–1907)
Orpington (1907–1920s)[32]
OVIK Crossway (2008–2020)[33]
Owen Petelectra (1906)[34]

P

Palladium (1912-1924)
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)[35]
Renegade Speedsters (2008–2013)
Rex (1901–1914)
Richardson (1903)
Richardson (1919)
Rickett (1858–1860) (steam)[36]
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

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)[41]
Velox (1902–1904)
Victor (1916–1920)
Vulcan (1902–1928)

W

WAM Replicas (1997–?)
Warfield (1903) (steam)
Warne (1913–1915)
Warren-Lambert (1912–1922)
Waverley (1910-1928)
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 (1901–1975)
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)
Zenos (2012–2017)
Zolfe Cars (2008–2016)

Intellectual Property Office, Crown, retrieved 8 November 2022

4.About Our Company Vauxhall Motors, retrieved 7 December 2018^

5.Search for a trade mark by owner: 95 marks owned by Vauxhall Motors Limited Intellectual Property Office, Crown, retrieved 8 November 2022^

6.established 1999 as Farboud^

7.Note: Wholly owned by Alternative Cars Ltd^

8.established 2001 as OScar: Hugo Spowers Riversimple, retrieved 13 September 2019^

9.known as Albany-Lamplough^

10.Automobile Manufacturing Company^

11.Dissolved Companies House, retrieved 14 November 2020^

12.makers of the Bolsover Express boiler, used for steam launches and replacement for Stanley steam cars.^

13.Bridgwater Blake Museum, Timeline, page 12^

14.Hill Climb Cars^

15.Companies House Dissolved 2018^

16.Meteor Manufacturing, London N4^

17.Coventry^

18.Silent Transport Ltd, Woking. Electric.^

19.Renamed Arash^

20.merged with Ginetta^

21.The History Of Fleur De Lys Vehicle Manufacturing Total Kit Car, 23 June 2022, retrieved 13 September 2025^

22.Dagenham: End of the line BBC News, 19 February 2002, retrieved 8 January 2019^

23.Street Hoppa Hops Up the Road to Warwickshire Total Kit Car, 29 June 2017, retrieved 13 September 2025^

24.North London^

25.Gordon Armstrong (East Riding Engineering)^

26.Vernon Industries, Cheshire^

27.Image Sports Cars Ltd retrieved 2025-09-13^

28.Sold as Vapomobile^

29.Note: Wholly Chinese-owned assembly plant^

30.New Engine Company Ltd Acton, London 1905–1921 motor-car.co.uk, retrieved 11 November 2018^

31.Note: As of 2014, the brand appears to be dormant.^

32.About The Orpington Car Trevor Mulligan, retrieved 20 June 2012^

33.Liquidation of OVIK Crossway/Claremont Engineering Ltd.^

34.E. H. Owen Grace's Guide^

35."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^

36.Possibly the first British production car^

37.Battle Museum of Local History. Battle in Pictures YouByYou Books, 2012^

38.Sharps & Bond^

39.Frank Chapman. Tales of Old Tonbridge Froglets Publications Ltd, 1995^

40.Sports car firm in liquidation following dispute with Jaguar Land Rover 2020-09-04, retrieved 2020-10-13^

41.Allways In The Picture^