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[@dufflepod]

If you can believe it, Morgan still hand roll the body panels from sheet steel. No massive hydraulic presses churning out identical parts. Level 10 Craftsman required.

[@williamkane3022]

Don't they still make wooden chassis?

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Some parts are pressed hydraulically, ie Superform, eg wings.

[@sameebah]

@@williamkane3022 - The chassis was never wooden. The body frames were (made from ash, I believe). The chassis are now pretty high tech bonded structures.

[@user-pl7sf9qm9o]

@@williamkane3022 chasssis never was wood.Body tub yes.

[@AxLWake]

Yes. The chassis is now an high tech piece of bonded and welded aluminium (it was a steel ladder frame before, never wood). On top of that chassis there is still an ash wood frame on which the body panels (also aluminium) are mounted. So Morgan cars look very old school but are actually quite modern now.

[@blueflamingo6307]

Please please look at the Bowler Wildcat!!!!! Top Gear UK did a section on it

[@Doug791]

Seconded. Purpose built off road racer , with a TVR V8 engine. That should get his attention.😂

[@Carambal81]

Third, was going to write the same, but no need to post the same comment twice. So happy to endorse this one!

[@inegom1735]

Fourth-ed.. Oh yes!, basically street legal (most of them) Dakar ralley cars!. Landrovers on steroids. IWrocker would love them!

[@Mark_Bickerton]

IIRC, made Hammond claim to be a "Driving God!"

[@TheAquarius1978]

Dude, Bowlers are just Land and Range Rovers with roid rage lol

[@benthompson9517]

My dude. You need to check out the TVR Cerbera Speed 12. You won't regret seeing one of the most mental cars ever built

[@Tommy-he7dx]

TVRs always win a shouting contest :) Pick any TVR and it sounds glorious

[@timbob1145]

Beat me to it dude, this car is truly insane.

[@gartgreenside3657]

I love the normal Cerbera (and the Tuscan and all the rest). And the weird prototype non-sports car.

[@itwoznotme]

WHEN i win the lottery, this is the only car i want. TBF...........i will be dead soon after, but it will be a hell of a way to go out!

[@paulfletcher3998]

It you like off road you'll love Bowler. They make highly modified Land Rovers.

[@L.r.e_motorsport]

First time I have EVER heard an American pronounce "Jaguar" properly OMG! You don't know what a TVR is? This is unbelievable to me

[@darkracer1252]

nobody other than racing gamers, car fanatics and brittish people will know what a TVR is.

[@L.r.e_motorsport]

@@darkracer1252 entirely disagree with that, as you are speaking for anyone outside of the UK, I'm not American, yet I know probably 95% of the automotive history there, I'm just surprised a car guy in his 30's hasn't heard of TVR

[@RomanticFingers]

I get to officially make licenced pre 85 tvr parts 😁

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

no way he doesn't know about tvr, he's lying

[@tiggerwood8899]

​@L.r.e_motorsport TVR used to be made just up the road from me in Blackpool, as did Jaguar before them. 😊

[@ankhayratv]

GMA is missing. Gordon Murray Automotive, 2017-present

[@rikaus9273]

You will love the bowlers...

[@angharaddenby3389]

To that list, I can add these other British cars: Morris, Wolseley, Triumph, Jensen, Hillman, Austin, Invicta, Berkeley, Alvis, Riley, Mills, Arrival, Singer, Eterniti, Marcos, Panther, Amphicar, and Peel (the world's smallest cars is the Peel 50.) There are probably some that I cannot recall - this lady is getting in years and memory sometimes fails me.

[@asd36f]

Gordon-Keeble, Bean, Clyno, Lanchester, BSA are a few more

[@zetectic7968]

Humber was not on your list

[@johnd8892]

the list was limited to post 2009, so things like Sunbeam and Wolesley would miss out.

[@user-tv2bz2ci6b]

Allard, Jowett, Standard

[@binky1612]

Reliant, Jensen, Austin-Healey

[@bentucker2301]

You need to look up Morgan. They have produced cars for over 110 years at the same site. Three wheelers that used to have a V twin up front, wooden framed cars, traditional metal forming processes. Very much worth a deeper dive.

[@LarkspeedNL]

The frame (chassis) of a Morgan was never wooden the body shell is but the frame has always been metal.

[@bentucker2301]

​​@@LarkspeedNLthe Morgan website itself even describes them as wooden (ash) frames...

[@ChR0nos_7734]

Most famous British car brands are now co-owned by other car companies BMW owns Rolls-Royce and Mini. RR used BMW's engines and uses iDrive infotainment system VAG Group owns Bentley. Continental GT is built on the same platform as Porsche Panamera Tata Motors owns Jaguar and Land Rover Geely owns Lotus. Lotus' new EV SUV Eletre and EV sedan Emeya share nothing with Lotus but name. All Lotus ICE cars are/were produced in UK, but these EV's are produced in China Stellantis owns Vauxhall Mini doesn't only have Cooper. There are also Countryman and Clubman. They're built on BMW FWD platform as some entry level BMW's (1 series, 2 series. X1, X2). Basically all Mini's are rebodied FWD BMW's Morgan are built brand new but look old Noble M400 (not in the picture) was sold as Rossion Q1 in US after Rossion acquired rights to the Noble M400 chassis. Noble M600 (in picture) uses Volvo V8 form XC90 TVR had lots of cars in last century and 2000s. The car in picture in Griffith. It was first showed in 2017, but prouction still hasn't started Lister are now mostly aftermarket tuner company, but in 20th century they produced race cars Ultima that you know (from the logo) is GTR or Evolution. Ultima in the picture is RS, basically 2nd gen of GTR. They use mostly LS V8's Caterham's are direct evolution of Lotus Seven Vauxhall's after 1980 are just rebadged Opel's. Nothing spectacular. But before 1980 are very different cars. GM bought Vauxhall in 1925 Those modern MG's are chinese made and most of them are only sold in China. MG before 2006 were made in Britain.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

MG are selling a lot of cars in Australia now.

[@Jessy-cs1jz]

who cares who owns them ? whether its a traditional British business man like the past or a German or Chinese company , as long as they are built in the UK with British workers , does it matter who gets rich ? the share holders of all companies are from all around the world ......

[@nikkirazelli3250]

Jaguar/Land Rover, was owned by Ford for a short time too, if memory serves correct

[@nikkirazelli3250]

@@Jessy-cs1jz Sadly not many cars are built in the UK these days. I fear most are manufactured abroad, and just assembled in the UK :/

[@OndraMike]

continental european here....btw. Vauxhall....we were jealous on the V8's a decade ago (or so)....Vauxhall Monaro, even the aussie pick-up version Ute you could get as Vauxhall.... could never buy that as Opel (LHD cars)

[@AboveSomething]

9:58 "What is this?" - I AM A DRIVING GOD!!

[@Doug791]

😂😂😂🐀

[@timbob1145]

He needs to see that top gear episode

[@obijon7441]

I think Ian might enjoy watching Top Gear in general but yeah, he definitely needs to check out Bowler.

[@neilrichards683]

That was an iconic moment when Richard said that 😂😂

[@R3ED3R]

the wildcat actually has a TVR engine if i remember rightly, two birds one stone :)

[@PHDarren]

04:00 yes Lister make modified Jaguars and always done, often with new bodies for racing in the 1950s but most recently current Jag models. One of the more recent Jaguar powered Listers with their own body was the Lister Storm, epic road car and GT1 race car.

[@Savagetechie]

Listers were just a bit silly, pretty much all the lister xjs twisted their own chassis like a corkscrew.

[@gaborcsuzdi7006]

Most of these are rather niche brands, most British mass brands that defined the look of streets in the UK in past decades are sadly defunct now: Austin, Morris, Rover, Triumph, Hillman, Talbot, Wolseley, Riley...

[@dancarter482]

_Routes Group_

[@Lajos279]

Humber, Singer, Daimler, Gordon Keeble, Armstrong Siddeley, Vandenplas, Austin Healey, Rover, Napier, Frazer Nash, Invicta, and many more, not to mention truc-brands like Bedford, Scammel, Leyland, Crossley...

[@Lajos279]

Oh, and I forgot an important brand as Standard, furthermore the models of the British Division of the Ford Motor Co., like Anglia, Escort, Consul and Zephyr. And of course Reliant (Scimitar!), Jensen (Interceptor!) and Triumph. Such an incredibly rich history...

[@rogermotta780]

Is Triumph the same as the one that makes motorcycles?

[@baldyhead]

@rogermotta780 Triumph cars started as an offshoot of the motorcycle company in 1923.

[@stevieinselby]

Yes, Morgan still make _new_ cars that look like they are from the 1940s (although check out the Aero 8 to see what a disaster they make when they try to update the styling!), and a possibly unique feature is that they still use wood as a structural element. A lot of those companies you haven't heard of produce a _tiny_ number of cars, and many produce more for motorsport than for road use (eg McLaren produce just over 2000 cars a year for the global market, Morgan produce about 850. You could easily go for years in the UK and not see a single one!) MG has recently been bought out by Chinese owners and is trying to reinvent itself as a budget electric car brand making practical small and family cars. There isn't a whole lot of lineage to trace back to the days of two-seater roadsters!

[@timmyelite2951]

Top Gear did a made in Britain special you can watch to see them all drive in.

[@Bacchus001]

The Isle of Man Subaru lap was a Prodrive. TVR are absolutely worth a look. They are widow makers.

[@Akabei01]

Prodrive also built the Subaru Imprezas for the WRC.

[@wowbagger66]

@@Akabei01 They also did modified road cars for a few manufacturers, I had a limited edition Prodrive special Alfa Romeo and I loved it.

[@Jee123123]

In the UK we also have quite a few kit-car companies (sometimes called replica cars), this is where for a cheaper price than buying a new car you buy the parts and build it yourself. Caterham Cars is one company that does this as well as selling their cars already built.

[@kingllama2325]

Caterham started out as a Lotus dealership, once Lotus decided to step away from the kit car side of the business (the Lotus 6 & 7) Caterham bought the rights to produce it both in kit, and ready to drive form as the Caterham 7 and have continued to update it since.

[@jonntischnabel]

The 'DB' in the name of Aston Martin's models, stands for David brown. Which was another name on that list. Just like Lamborghini, its a tractor manufacturer.

[@IWrocker]

Oh wow 😎 cool fact thanks 🎉

[@jonnymac-xo2lo]

Delorean should have been on here aswell Belfast company

[@stevecooksley]

British or UK? Now that's a question.

[@jonathanmahon2035]

The David Brown mentioned is the same DB as in Aston Martin DB9. Aston were once owned by David Brown and they've kept the name

[@ned_1963]

These are just some of the car manufacturers that are still going. There's way more that went bust or merged with other companies over the last 100 years, makes me proud to be British 🇬🇧

[@martinwebb1681]

Austin, Morris, Leyland, Hillman, Triumph, Rover, Vanden Plas, Singer, Riley, Wolseley, Standard, and that's just a few of the 107 different British car makers there have been.

[@ned_1963]

@martinwebb1681 Well spotted, sir! One of my favourites was the Bristol Motor Company, hand-built perfection. 👌

[@grunions9648]

Growing up in the early 90s my uncle had an old FX4 Black Cab (the iconic one) and I spent a lot of time crammed into that and his white Citroen CX Safari (ECTO-1 as far as I was concerned) with all my siblings and cousins. I loved those cars.

[@chrislynn8689]

you should watch some top gear (clarkson) talking TVRs!!!

[@liamstrange4939]

Hell yeah

[@alimantado373]

Clarkson is a clown and a bigot and no friend of Americans, the dude cant even drive one trick pony, powerslide.

[@top40researcher31]

The Mini was released in Australia as the Morris 850 in 1961 and immediately mirrored the success of the car in the UK. In 1963 the Mini was the third best selling car in Australia, 20,911 units were sold grabbing 7% of total passenger car sales. Complete Australian production started in late 1961 and locally built cars began to differ from their British counterparts as local components were used. The Mini Cooper was launched in October 1962 and the Cooper S in September 1965. In 1966 a Mini Cooper S driven by Rauno Aaltonen and local hero Bob Holden led a pack of Cooper S’s home to snare the first nine places outright in the Bathurst 500 mile race, a record which still stands. Variations of the basic Mini concept were also built in Australia, namely the Mini Van and the Moke. In 1971, the Mini was facelifted with the square-front Clubman treatment. In 1978 Australian production of the Mini ceased.

[@Valisk]

Check out a Morgan Super 3. I adore those things.

[@GermanGreetings]

Wow... That seems to be a complete list :) Thank you Sir, I learned a lot today 😉

[@Tank-o-grad]

It's definitely not a complete list, nothing from what was BMC beyond mini and nothing from what was Rootes Group other than Jaguar. A complete list and history of British auto makers that would include everything in this list would be miles long. We were, could argue still are to an extent, a nation of men in sheds building things...

[@GermanGreetings]

@@Tank-o-gradAbsolutely ! I hope smaller factories, starting in garages, will come up again by electric components. We had a quite promising factory in Aachen - but it went bankrupt, even the conception was brilliant. Last days I saw the electric Austin-Bus - ej ! What a beautiful car :)Thank you for answering !

[@hildavieira9463]

RR ALSO MAKES PLANE ENGINES TOO FOR BOEING AND AIRBUS.

[@PedroConejo1939]

And gas turbines, marine and static (power stations). And nuclear reactors for submarines. There are at least three Roll-Royce companies split from the original (Motors, Aero, and Submarines).

[@brianbrotherston5940]

They are nothing to do with Rolls-Royce cars !!

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

TVRs.. They are brilliant, mad but brilliant. Morgan makes some amazing ones as well and you can't think of a Bowler without thinking of the top gear episode

[@RobinDeur1980]

I remember I got a phone survey (back when those were a thing) about car brands and the woman asked me (us) to name every car brand we knew. So it was me and my dad and we basically when country to country and name all we knew from that. Took a pretty long time before we were all around the world.

[@seijika46]

As stated elsewhere, all major brands are now foreign-owned. A vast number of brands were amalgamated into one company back in the day, British Leyland, so when it collapsed - it took them all down with the company and the brands were sold off to overseas buyers. (Well worth looking into that sorry tale.) If you want a British-made mainsteam car these days, a Toyota Corolla is as representative as anything else - the European ones come from Derbyshire. (They used to make the Honda Civic not far from where I grew up but Brexit killed the factory.)

[@obud3777]

Bentley is German owned by VW, Rolls Royce and Mini is owned by BMW so also German. Jaguar and Land Rover is owned by the Indians. McLaren is owned by Qatar. Lotus is owned by Geely, a Chinese company. MG is owned by Chinese SAIC motor company. Vauxhall is owned by Stellantis and is a Dutch company. Caterham is owned by VT Holdings, a Japanese company. So almost nothing is owned by the British anymore in the car industry.

[@liamstrange4939]

Yes not anymore true British vehicles such a shame

[@user-he9vn9cr7f]

Hiya I was just to say what you've wrote Lots of these as you know are old brands lost and sold abroad 😢

[@ChR0nos_7734]

and those that are still British still used something German (V8 AMG engine in Vantage)

[@nemoschimp]

Rover.......China,.....

[@liamstrange4939]

@@user-he9vn9cr7f yes unfortunately it has turned out that way but we still have the knowledge from those times ✊

[@billysastard8779]

Lotus. Lots of troubles usualy serious. Thanks Mr.Clarkson.

[@katodid]

FIAT fix it again tomorrow

[@Crunch2327]

Ford Fix or repair daily.

[@marflitts]

@@Crunch2327 Found On Rubbish Dumps. IVECO. It Vibrates Everything Comes Off

[@jamiejames9593]

Nice video and yeah we have some pretty cool cars. TVR and Bowler are worth looking further into. Especially tvr. True British sports cars. ❤

[@zeroone5097]

Wow great vid , haven't seen more than half of these and i live in the UK , must be they are very pricey , and not common on our roads , i guess if i went to the big smoke i might come across 1 or 2 lol . really enjoy your content on the petrol head stuff , i have a question , do you also like motorcycles ? P.S if you come over to the UK i will let you drive my Turbo ST Focus

[@dezhar]

One of my early 90s car calenders had the Jaguar XJS Lister. That looked beautiful

[@shugskinner5201]

Try looking into the Cosworth brand my favourite is the Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Beautiful looking car especially the whale tail spoiler

[@PaintMagnet68]

Bowler you will love ... He started by modifying old land rovers and turned it into a Paris dakar beating machine unfortunately drew passed a few years ago but his legacy lives on in the hundreds of vehicles hed built

[@NUFC82]

Before i started watching the video, I thought as I'm British i would know all the brands but was quite surprised that I'd never heard of some of them! The London taxi was bomb proof and some had hundreds of thousands miles on the clock and probably still going now.

[@danielhillier7417]

You definitely need to do some videos learning more about Morgan, TVR and Lotus. I would also like to say some of the brands in this are quite tiny. Makers of Kit cars etc. My mum and step dad used to have a Noble M12 GTO 3R, It was a factory built car and shared lots of parts with others, The engine was a Ford 3 litre V6 from the Ford Mondeo that was then twin turbo charged.

[@kevanwebb6086]

Indeed Tony you did, but due to transatlantic time differences I only just caught up with it 🤓 keep the content flowing 👍👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@whitecompany18]

That's nothing at one time we had like 50 motorcycle manufactures back in the 50s , then along came Japan and we were too pigheaded to make any changes and it all disappeared over night.

[@alimantado373]

Post that on a Bike Vlog.

[@101steel4]

Triumph?

[@kingllama2325]

Only 50? I swear Coventry had more than 50 alone! In the entrance to the transport museum in Coventry there is a massive list of car manufacturers, bike manufacturers & commercial vehicle manufacturers, it spans about 300+ names

[@ZhekUA]

Morgan is a great freaking brand - they were producing same model over 70 years since 1930s up to 2000s, only than they create a retro model at the video. Old Morgans are usual guests at movies

[@roberttucker805]

Between 1958 and 1962 the Vauxhall Victor was imported into the U.S. Sold through Pontiac dealers to give general motors a competitor in the small car market. They all had a 1.5 litre engine with a three speed column change transmission. Available as a four door sedan and wagon. Very American in styling naturally, indeed you can see the similarity with other GM products like the 56 Chevy. I think in 1959 21000 were sold stateside. Unfortunately premature corrosion in states that used a lot of salt on the roads and low resale value means survivors are rare. Find one and you'll have the only one at a car show!

[@JohnOConnell]

TVR - John Travolta’s character in the movie, ‘Swordfish’ drove a TVR. With a lovely Pearlescent British Racing Green paint job. It looked a beast.

[@paulbriggs5238]

Jay Leno has a great video on here, with a TVR

[@casperselka671]

Aston Martin and Mclaren are some of my personal favourites especially the older models like the DB4.

[@DIDCOTTWIST]

The old MG cars were built in Abingdon Oxfordshire until about 1980

[@martinwebb1681]

There are still tons of those old MGs about, there is a garage up the road from me that restores MGs back to new condition, they cost a fortune, book they are a lovely sight lined up on the forecourt.

[@darren100880]

You will like Bolwer motors, they specialise in off roading, some bolwer cars have been featured on top gear, many videos on youtube.

[@markhinton1641]

Stephen Fry, the actor/comedian, famously owns & drives a london Black Cab.

[@johntomlinson4369]

If you like London taxis, look for the series that Stephen Fry did, driving his own around the USA. Definitely worth a watch if you can find it.

[@katodid]

It was also his daily driver when in London I think it was because you could use the bus lanes

[@chuckshc376]

hi ian you will love the bowler wildcat may have seen Hammond driving one back in the day on Top Gear, also the Caterhams are worth a look too

[@sjbict]

Take look at the British Motor Museum site. its in the Midlands at Gaydon just off the M42 Motorway next to the Land rover off road circuit.

[@tonyjohnson1405]

'You've arrived in a Bristol' ... I should write adverts 😁 I like those.. the best I had was a Triumph Spitfire cost £250 hated hills but looked amazing in black..was originally beige 😱😁

[@tomvincent3234]

Ian please please please have a good indepth look at TVR's and MORGAN's. They are both classic British car companies. The Morgans were very old school classic cars but are now updated with all modern parts. Very beautiful looking cars . And as for TVR they make incredible sounding powerful V8 Sports cars. The Chimaera and Griffith are two excellent examples. I have to admit they used to have a lot of problems back on the day with their doors not fitting perfectly. And they used to drop and need refitting. The company got bought out by a Russian guy who really improved manufacture quality. And then got bought back by a british investor. I know you like muscle cars and sporty cars. So these will really float your boat with being a great blend of the two.

[@grantmarchesi4899]

Bowler - Yes, definitely look further into Bowler, specifically the Bowler Wildcat - Right in the IW Rocker ball park.

[@MoosicDude]

Look into TVRs, they're wild. They were incorporating then racing tech into their engines back in the 90s that has only become standard in other cars in last decade. They're fast even by todays standards, only lacking any driver aids.

[@daronhoward3962]

Vauxhall is a British brand, that used to be owned by GM. It was sold to PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën) a few years ago, when GM needed to reduce costs, I think Opel was also sold at the same time. Over the last few yrs PSA has been changing the model lineup.

[@martinarscott3524]

TVRs are incredible, worth looking up a TVR documentary, I nearly bought one ( a Chimaera) but they aren't known for their reliability and I'm too old to be messing around under the bonnet on a weekly basis....

[@petergorrie1013]

Noble M600, TVR Cerbera Speed 12, BAC Mono, Bowler Wildcat, Aston Martin Vulcan & Valkyrie.

[@raystewart3648]

Someone I know, a few miles from me has a NOMAD 300 Ariel. Its a cool small car with Roll Cage like most Ariel have..............they also do Bikes to.

[@IanDarley]

That Bristol uses the Viper V10 in 8.4L, previous models used the GM big block 454

[@marcuswardle3180]

Morgan are famous for their handcrafted cars. Their most iconic car is the Morgan-3 Wheeler. That is most definitely worth looking at. They have only recently upgraded that car.

[@rexoid0800]

The chassis are made from wood too.

[@AxLWake]

​@@rexoid0800No. The chassis was never made out of wood. It was a steel ladder chassis and is now an high tech piece of bonded and welded aluminium. On top of that chassis, there is (still today) an ash wood frame on which the body is mounted.

[@kingllama2325]

@@rexoid0800 Morgan used a Z profile to their chassis members, made from steel (probably Alu now) with a wooden frame to hold the body panels. Marcos however used to build their tub chassis from plywood. Perhaps people got this crossed over with Morgan at some point and the myth took hold.

[@baldyhead]

The Noble and Ultima cars are built locally to me. I'm fairly sure the Black cab you looked at is the modern EV version of the old LTI TX4 which, although made in the UK, are owned by Geely - a Chinese company. They were successors to the classic Austin FX4 which is the archetypal London taxi. They aren't exclusive to London: pretty much every city has them.

[@V4n1lla_Rice]

TVR are amazing cars, super fast, super light and known for their distinctive rumble. My friend has a cerbera and it blew my mind

[@vHindenburg]

II just bought a 2004 Jaguar XJR. Though I love it, I feel some buyers guild. Never have had owned a car before, despite having my licence since 2012. The Supercharged V8 flies though. Wheeeeee...

[@simonatkinson1107]

A lot of those obscure little companies tend to manufacture specialist cars or strip and tune existing cars like the Lotus 7 so are usually 'Built to Order' so each one is unique and total production numbers tend to be in the low hundreds. TVR are mad cars. They are lightweight VERY powerful sports cars with a seriously bad attitude when you stamp on the gas pedal. AC had a model called the ACE with a straight six engine in it. Carroll Shelby approached AC looking for a lightweight 2 seater to develop into a bigger sports car. They fitted a Ford 3.8 V8 in the ACE and the Cobra was born. MG did originally build small 2 seater sports cars but their current cars are more mass produced small SUV's. Morgan still truely hand build each car and some models still use a Wooden frame as the actual structure of the car. Prodrive is the company Subaru used to tune their legendary Rally cars, the Imprezzas. Bowler take normal Land Rovers and tune them until they're absolute off road Monsters! Built for things like the Paris/Dakar Rally. Lagonda is part of the Aston Martin group.

[@marcustaylor9210]

TVR stands for Trevor, these were made in Blackpool, Lagonda are part of Aston Martin , DB comes from David Brown Tractors in Huddersfield, who owned Aston Martin for part of its life , David Brown Tractors got bought by the American company called Case in the late 70’s Must admit I have never heard of some of them car companies myself,

[@darthgardner]

There is a huge difference between what is british owned and built, and what is british by name but built by another major marque even JLR (Jaguar land rover) is owned by a non british company (TATA MOTORS) same could be said for what was TVR it was not under british ownership for its latter yrs. the taxi LEVC is london electric vehicle company is chinese owned (geely)

[@LC-rj6ok]

Just done a tour of the Morgan factory, absolutely amazing. Still hand built from ash wood and aluminium. The rear arches/wings are still made in the same wood presses from 1936. The biggest market for them is the US, mainly California (the 3 wheelers that is). You'll be seeing more of the 4 wheel cars once they pass the strict emission tests. They are high tech cars made from traditional materials, by hand.

[@kingllama2325]

MINI, the first Mini was built by BMC (British Motor Corporation) which later became part of British Leyland in 1959, John Cooper of Cooper Car Co took the mini and basically performance / race tuned it, after a while you could buy a Mini Cooper from the factory, then came the Cooper S, again, later available from the factory. On the modern MINI, Cooper & Cooper S are performance specifications

[@XenonArcher]

when you said Jaguar, i was very surprised you didnt say it the weird american way lol

[@XenonArcher]

So, Lagonda i think is a sub brand of Aston Martin, as back in the day they made a model called the AM Lagonda. could be wrong on that. Noble are an awesome car company. very small. only made a handful of models. the Noble M600 is one of the fastest cars in the world even today, and it uses a tuned up Volvo XC90 (an SUV) V8 engine. Awesome cars Ascari is a great car brand but i havent seen anything new from them in a long while. they made some really quick track focused supercars around the late 2000's TVR is an odd one. very british. had many owners over the years. made the insane Cerbera Speed 12. theres a new TVR griffith in the works, but im not sure if it will ever come to fruition as its been 8 years now and i dont think the car has actually come out lol. Ginetta is a very interesting brand. they dont really make road cars though. they do, but nobody buys them. what they mostly sell though, is their race cars. they have cute little race cars that you saw in the video and theyre intended for use in a one make series called ginetta juniors. basically entry level gt racing. usually teenagers drive them. theyre one of the support series for the british touring cars. they also make a gt4 spec ginetta and a gt3 spec one too which im sure you can drive in Assetto Corsa Competizione. Not sure why is says lister is still going. dont really think thats true. the car they use as an example of a lister in the video seems to be a Jaguar as you said. maybe a Lister special edition? either way, Lister used to make a race car called the Lister Storm. an old GT2 race car, i think. look it up. you will absolutely love it. its not the prettiest car, but it sounds insane. never heard of Zenos either lol And yeah, you were spot on with AC. AC are a cool brand. made some interesting cars. the Shelby Cobra definitely puts a shadow over the brand though as many people who see and actual AC Cobra always assume its a Shelby lol BAC is a new brand. they only make the Mono, which is a single seat race car for the road. insanely light. very cool looking machine. meant as a rival to other british cars like the Ariel Atom and Caterham 7. and imo, the BAC Mono is so much cooler than those. My university had an Ultima GTR that students worked on. theyre basically kit cars. very, very cool cars. insanely fast too. MG got bought by chinese investors and was relaunched. they make very mid cars these days. none of them have any soul. as i mentioned earlier. Ariel make some great cars. basically two models. the Atom, that you say pictured, and the Nomad which is an off road buggy thing. cool cars David Brown? imagine calling your car company your own name lol. who deas that? Keating is a company ive never heard of Prodrive is IMMESELY important. they basically co-create the Subaru rally cars, from what i remember. the car pictured is the prodrive P2 Radical is indeed British. and their cars are used all over the world as entry level race cars. very good race cars that im sure many driving schools use. my university also had and ran one of these in events. You NEED to learn about Bowler. maybe check out the Top Gear segments on Bowler. there was a challenge that involved a bowler wildcat. i think it was hammond vs a guy walking across a river. yes, walking, because the tide was out, so it was basically mud lol. it was odd. i think he used the wildcat but could be wrong.

[@shaughnsimpson441]

Not sure how old that list is, but Id highly recommend investigating Gordon Murray Automotive. The designer or the McLaren F1 founded his own company in 2017 and had now produced the TS.50, you can tell its a successor to the F1, and interestingly has a fan in the diffuser to suck air out causing ground efect downforce like a F1 car.

[@cudwieser3952]

Some of the brands are tuners like Lister, who were famed for re-engineering Jags and other Big British brands of an era. The likes of TVR are affectionately know as shed industries or kit builders who basically made panels or chassis and sourced running gear from other brands. Eventually many would go on to make whole inhouse cars. In Lister's case they made the lister Storm and TVR the speed 12.

[@waynec3563]

You should check out the TVR Cerbera Speed 12 and the Lister Storm. The TVR Cerbera Speed 12 has a 7.7L V12, and the Lister Storm a 7L Jaguar V12.

[@dcarbs2979]

A lot of these are obscure even in the UK. They are mostly track-day / sports that you hardly ever see and are low production. Some other forgotten classics: Armstrong-Siddeley, Austin, Austin-Healey, Humber, Dutton, Rover, Hillman, Riley, Sunbeam, Lanchester, Alvis. Then you have coachbuilers: Mulliner, Park Ward, Coleman-Milne, Nicholson to name few. There have been literally hundreds over the years, particularly when considering such low production brands as in this video.

[@Naanhanyrazzu]

The boss of the Seat/VW/Audi sales workshop where I trained as a vehicle mechatronics technician, owned a TVR V8S Cabriolet from the early 90s. An absolute pile of junk. As soon as more than 3 drops of rain fell, we had to put it in the hall because it rained into every crack, no matter how often we tried to seal them. At that moment, driving was only possible with swimming goggles. The 4 bare frame on which the vehicle was built rusted so quickly that even Opel was amazed. The engine always ran unevenly. Doors on both sides had to be lifted when closing because the car would bend when they were opened. An average adult man could only ride the thing barefoot, as the pedals were so close together that normal shoes would inevitably have pressed two pedals at the same time. What a blessing it was that he lost interest in the thing around my third year of training and alternated between driving our Seat Leon Cupra R ABT and Exeo ABT...

[@katashworth41]

Given how wet Blackpool is (and I should know I’m not a million miles away) it’s amazing anything got out of the factory.

[@Naanhanyrazzu]

@@katashworth41 I don't know whether other models had these problems, or whether my ex-boss' vehicle was just a "Monday car". However, it had a strong influence on me to stay away from English cars, as beautiful as their shapes are.

[@esaedvik]

British cars have just massive issues as a whole.

[@chrisparsons7043]

Most Brits would've never heard of most of these companies as they probably only make a handful of cars a year. Check out British cars pre 2000 when we had big car industry. If you want to learn more about Vauxhall, check out the Lotus Carlton, the Firenza, the Crestas and the Victors of the 60s 70s. And thank you for pronouncing Jag U AR correctly 👍😎👍

[@TriPBOOMER]

Bowler is an rally raid tuning company for land rover, you need to check out the Bowler Wildcat or EXR-S, insane vehicle.

[@psilocyble3053]

You really should check out some TVRs, they build their own engines and could compete in your 'best sounding' series!!

[@schmittydAU]

MG is actually owned my Chinese manufacturer SAIC Motor Corporation Limited now. LEVC is also owned by a Chinese company, Geely who also own Volvo.

[@perceptoshmegington3371]

A guy had a gold TVR Cerbera in the town where I grew up. You could always hear it coming from 3 streets away, awesome :D

[@dougmorris2134]

Hi and greetings from Uk 🇬🇧, The original MG cars were built in Abingdon until the closing of the factory in October 1980 with the MG Midget production ending in September 1979. At that time MG was part of British Leyland, the BL factory in Crowley, Oxford. The cowley site was drastically reduced in size when BMW redeveloped the site and is called “Plant Oxford.” The current BMW Mini is built on the Cowley site. There is a full-size glass fibre model of a red Mini on the roof. I live less than 1/4 mile (straight line) from the site of the old MG works. I remember MG in Abingdon and the closure. The “Mighty Midget” pub in Abingdon is named after the MG Midget. Best wishes from Abingdon 🇬🇧

[@nickmitchell6443]

Really cool video, you should do a video on TVR , a small british sports car company that sadly doesn't exist anymore. You're a v8 man, so you should enjoy finding out about TVR.

[@user-px5uv1qw1r]

Although most of these brands have been sold off some cool cars. Used to love the TVR Tssmin,Lotus Elise,Cerbera. British Leyland,Triumph,

[@mickrap6001]

there is also the Morris, Austin, Triumph, Humber, pilot, Wolseley , Scimitar and Bubble car and maybe even a few more, the first mini was built by Austin and Morris and you might be able to fit them in side the modern mini so it's not a mini it's a family car.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

aston martins db series is designed by david brown, the db5 is the perfect car

[@machohogan]

Caterham are fantastic. The 420 and 620 are incredible

[@MrMarkg9]

David Brown is the DB of Aston Martin, he branched out on his own.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

There are heaps of brands that have disappeared to like Alvis, Riley, Rover etc. Members of my family have a couple of good ones - a Lagonda M45 and Caterham F1 car (without an engine) , three Rolls Silver Ghosts and a Phantom1 a derby Bentley from 1938 (I think). A nephew had a Lister racing car and 3 litre Bentley but he sold them to get a Porsche GT2RS.

[@thomasmiles9758]

Most of the big brands have been bought out by other foreign investors. The smaller brands are usually still owned by uk companies.

[@SuperEoin09]

Ginetta has a whole racing series. They even have a junior series for kids to start into motorsport.

[@SpitfireFortyFour]

MG was a sports car manufacturer from 1924 but went out of business in 2005. A few years after that a Chinese company bought the rights to the badge to market SAIC SUVs in the UK. They are of no relation to original MG at all and are built and designed in China. A lot of websites actually list them as two separate companies, which is for the best because they are potentially the worst cars available on UK roads and I don't want to be looking at them when trying to buy a mid-engined sports car!

[@Max_Flashheart]

TVR is worth checking out as they are light, fast, quirky and wild.

[@bobbybigboyyes]

David Brown is the 'DB' you see used in Aston Martin, DB4, DB5, DB6 etc, and Lagonda is also Aston Martin.... AML is Aston Martin Lagonda, Aston Martin is based in Newport Pagnall, Milton Keynes, England, and other parts of Milton Keynes too. I used to live close to the original Aston Martin factory in Newport Pagnall. It has been commonplace for decades to see many new Aston Martin models being test driven around the fabulous road networks in Milton Keynes. Most F1 Formula One teams are also based in Milton Keynes, and Cosworth is in Northampton close by. I owned one of them, plus 7 classic 60's Mini's, 2 Jaguars, 3 Vauxhalls, a Lotus Elan, a Lotus Europa, plus others. ♥💘♥🏁🏁🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏁🏁♥💘♥

[@littlecatfeet9064]

Saw a McLaren the other day, they cost about AUD$400,000 and are very rare here. Very impressive though. Also obsessed with Land Rover early Series and Defenders, Jaguars, Rolls-Royces, Aston Martins and Minis, even though not a car person. I just think English car design is the absolute best. I’ll definitely watch your Land Rover/Range Rover vid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@dufflepod]

I might be wrong in the detail, but I recall 15 (ish) years ago when MG was sold (by the British Government??) and 'The Chinese' (tm) bought it. And in a breathtaking, epic, notorious fail in negotiating ability, the Chinese also got the rights for the logo & brand historically. Well - the Chinese moved into the MG factories around Birmingham and gutted them, they moved all the plant & machinery back to China leaving the assembly building hollow shells. It was all over the news here in the UK as a massive phuck-up by the UK negotiators of the sale. At the time I vividly recall a feeling of loss, defeat and shame. Of course I'm over it now, but 'we' got royally hosed by bean-counters. Fin.

[@JaysGamingCorner]

The bowler wildcat and bowler nemesis were stripped out range rovers/land rovers built for the Paris Dakar Also, I live in Blackpool where the TVR factory was, tiny factory, been knocked down now, definitely look into them, some crazy cars Check out the TVR Cerbera speed 12

[@datsmad]

Damn bro, you have some wild Aussie memorabilia in your room... Aussie number plates, diecasts... hell yeah....

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Mini was the car, cooper was a higher spec.

[@bennyhannover9361]

Cooper was a Tuning spec developed by John Cooper in the early sixties around 1963 the first Cooper 1000 appeared.

[@bennyhannover9361]

John Cooper Development worked also on f1 Engines between 1958 and 1965

[@bennyhannover9361]

Jack Brabham reached 2 Formula One Titles on Cooper, Climax

[@outdoorsocialist8774]

Really need to check out the Bowler Wildcat, think land rover defender with an Aston V8 in it 😁

[@rjb29uk]

TVR was one of the car brands on the first Gran Turismo game on the original PlayStation, and I think there were only 10 car manufacturers in the game total. 6 from Japan (Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Subaru, and Honda), 2 from USA (Dodge and Chevrolet), and 2 from UK (TVR and I think the other was, Lotus, I seem to remember a Lotus Elise in the game?).