edgepedia

British manufacturers and marques

37 articles

AC Cars

AC Cars, also known as Auto Carriers Ltd, is a British sports car manufacturer founded in 1901, Britain's oldest active vehicle maker and creator of the AC Cobra.

Aston Martin

Aston Martin is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers, founded in 1913 and based at Gaydon, England, with its DBX SUV built in Wales.

Austin Motor Company

The Austin Motor Company was a British car maker founded by Herbert Austin at Longbridge, Birmingham, in 1905, best known for the Austin Seven and the Mini.

Austin Rover Group

Austin Rover Group (ARG) was a British state-owned car manufacturer formed in 1982 from British Leyland. It operated in Birmingham and Oxford before being sold in 1988.

Austin-Healey

Austin-Healey was a British sports car brand produced from 1952 to 1972 by a partnership between Leonard Lord of BMC and Donald Healey, with about 200,000 cars built, including the 100, 3000, and Sprite.

Bentley

Bentley, also known as Bentley Motors, is a British maker of luxury cars based in Crewe, England, founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919 and owned by Volkswagen since 1998.

Bristol Cars

Bristol Cars, also known as Bristol Cars Limited, is a British manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars formed in 1945 and re-launched in 2026 with five final Fighters.

British Leyland

British Leyland, formally the British Leyland Motor Corporation, was a British vehicle conglomerate created in 1968 by merging Leyland Motor Corporation with British Motor Holdings, uniting Austin, Morris, Jaguar, Triumph, and Rover.

British Motor Corporation

The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a British vehicle maker formed in 1952 from the merger of Austin and the Nuffield Organisation, best known for the Mini.

Caterham Cars

Caterham Cars is a British manufacturer of lightweight sports cars, founded in 1974, best known for the Caterham Seven, which it builds as kits and factory-built cars.

Crossley Motors

Crossley Motors Limited was a British vehicle manufacturer in Manchester, England, that built cars from 1904 to 1937 and buses, commercial, and military vehicles until 1956, ending under AEC.

Daimler Company

The Daimler Company, also known as the Daimler Motor Company, was a British vehicle manufacturer in Coventry formed in 1896, regarded as the start of the British motor industry.

Ford of Britain

Ford of Britain, formally Ford Motor Company Limited, is Ford's British operating arm, once one of the UK's largest carmakers and now centered on engines and electric drive units.

Jaguar Cars

Jaguar Cars is a British luxury car marque founded in 1922 by William Lyons, known for the XK120 and E-Type, now a Tata Motors brand relaunching as an all-electric maker.

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover, also known as JLR, is a British automotive company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors that builds Jaguar, Range Rover, Defender, and Discovery vehicles.

Jensen Motors

Jensen Motors Limited was a British coachbuilder and specialist car manufacturer in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, active from 1934 to 1976 and best known for the Interceptor and the four-wheel-drive Jensen FF.

Land Rover

Land Rover is a British brand of four-wheel-drive vehicles, founded in 1948. It is a heritage mark for brands owned by Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Motors.

List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

The list of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom covers the companies building cars at British factories, including Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Mini, Toyota, Vauxhall, and Bentley.

List of MG vehicles

The list of MG vehicles, also called list of MG cars, covers MG models from the 1924 Morris Garages sports cars to today's SAIC-built hatchbacks, SUVs, and electric roadsters.

Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars, also known as Group Lotus, is a British sports car and engineering company founded by Colin Chapman in 1948 and based at Hethel, Norfolk.

McLaren Automotive

McLaren Automotive is a British manufacturer of high-performance sports cars and supercars based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England, and descended from the McLaren Formula 1 racing team.

MG Cars

MG Cars is a British automotive marque, short for Morris Garages, founded in Oxford in 1924 and known for lightweight sports cars like the MGA and MGB.

MG Motor

MG Motor is the automotive business behind MG, a British car marque founded in Oxford in 1924 as Morris Garages and owned since 2007 by China's SAIC Motor.

MG Rover Group

MG Rover Group was a British car manufacturer based at Longbridge, Birmingham, that built vehicles under the MG and Rover brands from May 2000 until collapsing into administration in April 2005.

Mini (marque)

Mini is a British automotive marque owned by BMW since 1994, originating with the classic Mini small car launched in Oxford in 1959 and relaunched as the modern MINI in 2001.

Morgan Motor Company

The Morgan Motor Company is a British manufacturer of hand-built sports cars, founded in 1909 and based in Malvern, Worcestershire, where it has built cars for over 110 years.

Morris Motors

Morris Motors was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded by William Morris in Oxford in 1912, Britain's largest car maker in the interwar years, known for the Morris Minor and the Mini.

Noble Automotive

Noble Automotive, also known as Noble Cars, is a British low-volume sports car manufacturer founded by engineer Lee Noble in Leeds in 1999, best known for the M12 and M600.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a British luxury automobile manufacturer, wholly owned by the BMW Group, that designs and hand-builds Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood in West Sussex, England, since 2003.

Rover (marque)

Rover is a British automotive marque from Coventry, founded as a bicycle maker in 1878 and building cars from 1904 until its collapse in 2005.