Brand Details
About Bristol
- Category
- Car
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe
- Founded
- 1945
- Headquarters
- Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Format
- Transparent PNG
Shown for identification. Bristol and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner.
Brand History
The Bristol Story
Bristol Cars was established in 1945 as an offshoot of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, launching the BMW-derived 400 saloon in 1947. The company built exclusive, hand-made luxury GTs in small numbers, adopting Chrysler V8 power from the 1960s in models like the 407 through Blenheim, and cultivated a famously discreet, eccentric image with a single London showroom. It entered administration in 2011.
Logo History
Evolution Of The Bristol Logo
Model Evolution
Bristol Through The Years
3 milestone models from 1947 to 1969.
1947Photo: Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England · CC BY 2.0
1953Photo: Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
1969Photo: Bristol404 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Current Lineup
Bristol ceased trading and was liquidated in 2020 after a failed revival attempt around the proposed Bullet roadster.
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