"Made in Great Britain"

Some "Made in GB" cars -Most pictures courtesy of Top Gear, Nov 2000
See also www.motoringweb.com/stanrose5/ukregan.htm and
www.firmvisual.com/tiger/manufacturers.htm

N.B. Prices quoted are not current and provide only a relative guide as of 2000!
For current details and prices contact the relevant companies.

AC Cars
Weybridge, Surrey

Produce 50 cars a year

Ford 5l V8 engine

£38,950

www.accars.co.uk


AC Cobra CRS
AK Sportscars
Peterbourough

Produce 3-5 cars per year
Cobra replica

Rover 3.5 / Ford / Chevy engine

£26,000 - £30,000

www.cobrakits.co.uk
(not currently working)

Tel: 01780 470588


AK 427


AK Cobra

Ariel Motor Company
Crewkerne, Somerset

Produce 100-150 cars per year

Rover K series engine

£14,600-30,000

www.arielmotor.co.uk


Ariel Atom
Autotune
Blackburn, Lancs

Produce 12 cars a year

Aristocat (Jaguar XK replica) - 4.2l Jaguar engine, £18,000

Gemini - 2.1 Ford or 3.5 Rover engine, £9,000

www.kitsnclassics.com

 


Aristocat


Gemini

Birkin Cars
Silverstone

7 cars per year (lotus 3 replica)

2.0 Zetec / 1.8 Mondeo engine

upto £18,000

www.birkin.co.za


Birkin S3
Caterham Cars
Surrey

Produce 200 Cars per year

Honda, Rover, Vauxhall engines

£13,250 - £32,250

www.caterham.co.uk


Caterham 7
Dare UK Ltd
Colchester

Produce 60 cars per year

DZ: Ford Zetec engine, £22,000 - £24,000

TG Sport: Ford Zetec engine, £14,000

Manufacturers of the Ginetta G4, G12, DARE TG Sport and DZ for race or road use.

www.dareuk.com

 


Dare DZ


Dare TG Sport

DAX
Harlow, Essex

Produce 120 cars per year

DAX Rush and DAX Tojeiro - various engines

£6 000 - £12 000

www.daxcars.co.uk/start.htm
There's further info and a forum here that seems unlinked to the above page.

FBS
Brackley, Northants

Produce 12 cars per year

Ford Cougar 2,5 V6 engine

£25,000+

www.fbscars.co.uk


FBS 1
Fiero Factory Ltd
Redditch, Worcs

n/a cars per year

2.0-5.7 engine

£10,000+

www.fierofactory.com


Fiero V2


Fiero Venom

Fisher Sports
Maidstone, Kent

Produce 50-60 cars per year

Motorbike to V8 engine

£9,500 - £14,000

www.fishersportscars.co.uk


Fisherfury Tourer


Fisherfury Spyder

Ginetta Cars
Sheffield

Produce 32 cars per year

Ford Zetec 1.8 engine

£12,000 - £22,000

www.ginettacars.co.uk
Pistonheads G20 Review


Ginetta G27
GTD Supercars
Sutton Coldfield, W Mids

Produce 12 cars per year
GT40 replica

Ford 5.0 V8 engine

£50,000+

www.gtdsupercars.com


GTD 40
HMC Cars
Stroud

Produce 85 cars per year
Austin Healey replica

Rover 4.0 or 4.6 V8 engine

£27,000 - £45,000

www.hmcsportscars.com/


HMC SE
Jensen Motors Ltd
Liverpool

Produce 300 cars per year

4.6 V8 engine

£39,650

www.jensen-motors.com


Jensen S V8

Kamala Cars
Norfolk

Specialist car restoration and servicing experts Tony and Mark Keen took over production of the Peter Walker-designed DAX Kamala in Sept 2001 under the new business name of Kamala Cars.

www.kamalacars.com/


Kamala
Lea Francis Cars Ltd
Coventry

Produce 300 (planned) per year

GM 3.2 engine

£40,000 (est)

Notes: Lea-Francis first started as a cycle manufacturer and didn't build its first motor-car until 1904, followed by a break until 1920. For most of the 20s/30s Lea-Francis concentrated on building small, sporting models, either open or closed saloons.

Production resumed after WW2 (Lea-Francis had disappeared from 1935 and briefly resumed production in 1938) of updated versions of its 1938 range, consisting of the 12HP and 14HP. From 1947 various sports models appeared including the 14HP and 2.5 Litre Sports.

Production of Lea-Francis cars ceased in 1960, although since then there have been various attempts to revive the name, with "retro" inspired sports models appearing on Motor Show stands.

Tel: 01780 490060


Lea Francis 30/230
Liege Motor Company
Fladbury, Worcs

Produce 10 cars per year

Reliant engine

£10,000

www.liegecars.com
(not currently working)

Tel: 01386-861400


Liege
Locost
Peterborough

Produce 25 cars per year

Fireblade to Rover V8 engine

£5,000 - £30,000

www.locost.learnfree.co.uk
Not currently working - try instead:
www.locostbuilders.co.uk/links/ or
Tel: 01733 344147


Locost 1300
Lomax Motor Company
Stourbridge, W Mids

Produce 200 cars per year
sports 3 wheeler

602cc Citroen 2CV engine

£6,000

www.lomaxmotorcompany.co.uk


Lomax 223
Marcos Sales Ltd
Westbury, Wilts

Produce 40 cars per year

Rover / Ford engines

£39,000 - £65,000

www.marcoscars.co.uk


Mantis GT Spyder


Mantaray LV8

Marlin Cars
Crediton, Devon

Produce 35-40 cars per year

2.3/3.5 Ford engine

£18,000 - 24,000

www.marlincars.co.uk


Marlin Sportster


Marlin Cabriolet (30s GP racer replica)

Metisse Cars
Bridgend, Glamorgan

Produce 20 cars per year

2.0-5.0 V8 engine

£10,000 - £20,000

www.kitcars.uk.com
(not currently working)

Tel: 01656-862437


Metisse V8


Metisse Coupe

MG Rover
Longbridge

Produce 10,000 cars per year

Rover K 1.8 / VVC engine

£16,995 - £19,495

www.mgcars.co.uk


MGF
Minotaur Sportscars Ltd
Sheerness, Kent

n/a cars per year

US V8 / V12 engines

£23,000

www.minotaur-car.com
(not currently working)

Tel: 01268 561081


Minotaur

Morgan Motor Company
Malvern, Worcs

Produce 580 cars a year

Ford, Rover, BMW engines

£21,771 - £50, 130

www.morgan-motor.co.uk/


Morgan Plus 4

NF Auto Development
Staplehurst, Kent

Produce 4 cars per year

V6, V8, Ferrari V12 engine
Mk4 Ferrari P4 replica

£30,000+

www.nfauto.co.uk/


Foreman Cam-Am
Noble Moy Automotive
Leicester

Produce 100 cars a year

2.5 twin-turbo Ford V6, mid engined

£44,950

www.noblecars.com/


Noble M12 GT0
Nostalgia Cars
Taunton, Somerset

Produce 10 cars per year
Jaguar XK120 replica

Jaguar XK 4.2 engine

£24,500+

www.nostalgiacars.co.uk/


Classic 120

Onyx Sportscars
Barnoldey Le Bec, E Lincs

Produce 20 cars per year (full body buggy)

Fiat Uno / Rover Metro engine

£3,500

www.g8izz.demon.co.uk/
(not currently working)

Tel: 01472 827813


Bobcat 4
Paul Banham Conversions
Rochester

Produce 250-300 cars per year

Banham Sprint - Sprite replica kit

Rover / Skoda / Jaguar engine

£5,000-£20,000

www.banmoco.ndirect.co.uk


Sprint


X21

Phantom Automotive Limited
Birmingham

Engine: Honda 2.7 litre V6
Max power: 174 bhp
0-60mph: Under 7 seconds
Top speed: 150mph (approx)

A full Vortex GTR kit costs just over £13,000 (total cost for a high specification self-build car estimated at £20,000). Factory built from about £30,000.

www.phantom.uk.com


Vortex
Proteus Cars Ltd
Nuneaton

Produce a range of relica cars:
1) Jaguar C-Type
2) Jaguar D-Type
3) C-Type Coupe
4) Jaguar XJ13
5) Aston Martin DB3S

www.proteuscars.co.uk/

Promo info 1 (pdf)
Promo info 2 (pdf)
Promo info 3 (pdf)
Promo info 4 (pdf)


Proteus C Type
Quantum Sports Cars
Stourbridge

Produce 100 cars per year

Ford Zetec engine

£10,000 - £20,000

www.quantumcars.co.uk


Quantum Xtreme


H41

Specialist Sportcars
Llanidloes, Powys

Produce 25 - 30 cars per year
2 seat sports racer

Motorbike to Rover V8 engine

£12,750+

www.specialistsportscars.com/


SSC Stylus
Strathcarron Sports Cars
Beds & Norfolk

Produce 150 (planned) per year

1.2 Triumph motorcycle engine

£22,450

www.strathcarron.com/


Strathcarron SC-5A
Suffolk Sports Engineering
Bury St. Edmunds

Produce 16 cars per year
SS100 replica

Jaguar Xk 4.2 engine

£49,000

www.ss100.com/


Suffolk SS100
Tiger Racing
Wisbech, Cambs

Produce 200 cars per year

various Ford engines

£7,000 - £17,500

www.tigerracing.com


Tiger Cat E1


Tiger Cat

Tommy Kaira
Not quite British, but I like it!

Designed by 2 Japanese ex-racing drivers, the Tommy Kaira ZZ is assembled in the UK for better sourcing for components. Mainly sold in Japan. The welded aluminium space frame chassis is covered by a glass fibre body, to give a kerb weight of 730 kg. The engine is from Nissan Primera - 2 litres, 16 valves four-cylinder, now fed by racing motorbike's carburetors instead of fuel injection.

www.tommykaira.com

A bit of history about the car & company can be found here


Tommy Kaira ZZ
TVR Engineering Ltd
Blackpool

Produce 2,000 cars a year

Own 6-cyl, V8, V12 engine

£36,680 - £188,000

www.tvr-eng.co.uk/


TVR Tuscan
Vindicator Cars
Halesowen, Mids

Produce 25 cars per year

Ford Vetec, Rover V6 / V8 engine

£8,000 - £16,000

www.vindicator.co.uk/


Vindicator Sprint
WAM Classic Replicas
Herefordshire

Produce 4 cars per year
Aston Martin DB3S and DB4 Zagato replicas

3.5 BMW engine

http://wamclassiccars.co.uk/


WAM K3 S
Westfield Sports Cars
Kingswinford, W Mids

Produce 468 cars per year

1.4 Zetec / Rover 3.9 V8 engines

£13,999 - £21,000

www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/


Megabusa

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