News — British Built Cars

15 June 2020 Toyota celebrates production of its 4.5 millionth British-built car. The restart of manufacturing at Toyota’s UK car plant has seen the factory produce its 4.5 millionth vehicle. The landmark model, a 1.8-litre hybrid Corolla Hatchback, came off the... Read story

10 June 2020 Revenant Automotive wins by a nose with new Vantage front end UK-based Revenant Automotive has redesigned, redeveloped and reengineered a new front bumper as part of is recommissioning programme of the current Aston Martin Vantage, with order... Read story

8 June 2020 Nissan Sunderland restarts vehicle production Nissan Sunderland plant today resumed vehicle production after almost three months, with a new Nissan Juke the first car off the line. Read story

2 June 2020 End of the line for Bentley's mighty V8 The mighty Bentley 6¾-litre V8 engine – the longest serving V8 design in continuous production – has finally reached the end of its handcrafted manufacturing run. The final engine... Read story

28 May 2020 T.50 supercar - just add Gordon Murray lightness Last year, Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) announced details of its plan to create the world’s lightest, most driver-focused supercar. Setting the benchmark so high required new lev... Read story

21 May 2020 The UK to get its first EV battery gigaplant Two major companies, AMTE Power and Britishvolt have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the UK’s first full cycle battery cell 'gigaplant'. Read story

20 May 2020 Mulholland Automotive announce their V8 powered lightweight two-seater A niche British sports car, the Legend 480, has been announced by Mulholland Automotive, a new company which is part of the Mulholland Group. The Derby based company are best known... Read story

12 May 2020 Bentley Motors to resume production in Crewe Bentley Motors today resumed production at the company’s headquarters in Crewe, England, with over 1,700 colleagues following the 250 comprehensive and wide-ranging hygiene and soc... Read story

6 May 2020 Lotus launch Elise Classic Heritage Edition in striking colours Lotus has launched four new limited-edition versions of the Elise, each with a vibrant and distinctive colour palette which pays tribute to the company’s pioneering and highly succ... Read story

21 April 2020 The Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato Heritage TWINS will be built in Warwick Bespoke automotive manufacturer R-Reforged has announced plans to produce its Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato Heritage TWINS by R-Reforged in-house at its new facility in Warwick. Read story

9 April 2020 Caterham go back to the 1970s with the launch of the new Super Seven 1600 A few years ago, Caterham released two Sixties-style versions of the Seven. Called Sprint and Super Sprint, they were both a huge hit, with all 60 samples of each selling out very... Read story

27 March 2020 Morgan start production of limited edition Plus 4 he Morgan Motor Company has built the first of its limited-run Plus 4 70th Anniversary Edition models. The four cars, the first of just 20 examples to be built, were completed at M... Read story