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According to the BBC, Bristol Motors are in receivership as of today.

Very sad to see the possible end of a great marque.
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Its a shame but not a surprise in the least.

They seemed to have offered the same cars for years and years and the prices are out of this world.

I can't actually remember seeing one on the road, maybe one or two at the classic car show in the NEC - they could well have been new ones ... how would you tell!
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They are rather special though, has to be worth something!

If it weren't for the financial aspect I'd love one as 99% of the population have no idea what they are.
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They are special, its just a bit of a shame they didnt really move on too much in more recent years.

I believe this was one of the cars which was recently in production:

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Post by CitroJim »

Another bit of our glorious motoring excellence being consigned to the scrapheap... Terrible :twisted:

Bristols are great (and so are the cars...) but they're too good. A lifetime investment. Once you have one, you never need another...

Back along (way back) they had a thing going with BMW and shared engines, expertise and even some styling cues. Look at the front-end of the 401 for example... They were pioneers of big diesel cars too..

they also upset Peugeot with their naming. they had a 401, 403, 404 and 405.

Peugeot have copyright on the use of a zero (or zeros) in the middle of their car names...

They and bristol mus have kissed and made up as neither company changed their naming conventions as a result. I guess they saw that there was no way a Bristol 405 could be mistaken for a Peugeot 405!
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Post by Citroening »

Sad to hear that. :(

Roger Bradford was a very big fan of Bristols and always normally had one around him - infact, Matt has still got Roger's last Bristol, a 411 IIRC...the Chrysler engined one with a beautiful noise! 8-)
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Post by addo »

My father always wanted one (along with a Morgan), although he wouldn't pay for it and I couldn't afford to buy him one.

I do hope the company can be morphed into something that remains in the UK employing local talent, rather than going to Mittal Steel or Geely (etc).
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Post by HDI »

Can't say I share you guys opinions. Like Morgan, I just can't see any appeal for Bristol but then I also don't like Aston Martin's !!!
All of these marks are ludicrously overpriced for what they offer.
I hear Morgan are even reintroducing a 3 wheeler !! Utterly ridiculous !
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