UK Car Industry: #8 & Below

Below the volume car makers come numerous car companies. I will address some of these that have some size worth noting.



Oh, I think I'll have the red one thanks


Bentley. 10,600 cars made is good volume. They are also in the super luxury class so contribute well beyond the unit figures suggest. Design work is done at Crewe and all the engines are made there too.

Production share (car) of the

Lotus Sales By Country : 2013

The new CEO with the Exige S


The Malaysian owners DRB-Hicom have much potential with this iconic sports car maker, but how to realise that will be the challenge. The Lotus car company just got a new CEO, Jean-Marc Gales (originally from Luxembourg). He was recently CEO of PSA but has worked for other car makers too. Hopefully he has some good ideas to take things forward.

Japan has been the

Aston Martin Sales By Country: 2013

The Aston Martin Vanquish - which means utterly defeat. 


The Aston Martin company is an independant one, not owned by a major car maker like other exclusive marques. Recently it agreed to a component and power plant deal with Mercedes Benz. You just cannot go it alone unless you have a special niche such as Morgan cars does.

Below is a list of countries that I have been able to compile. They

Lotus Car Sales: 2011

Lotus is a small sports car producer that did well with the Elise model, and got to make a decent amount of cars. It’s been around a while now and sales are declining each year. A whole raft of models are going to be coming out over the next few years that should give a real boost to production and profits.

Below are some sales figures from around the world. The total sales figure is an

Aston Martin Sales By Country: 2011

Getting Aston sales is not easy. The US figure is from a reputable source, but an estimate only. China? My estimate there. Canada? I wouldn't even have a stab at that one. What is there gives an indication, but if anyone can shed light on it, please let me know. Ax I get more data, I will add it to the list.

The top three have their share of AM sales in brackets, which represents just over half

Lotus Evora

This new model is named after a city in Portugal. Évora is inland from Lisbon and a town of some interest to visit. But I digress. How good is this new car? I haven't driven one or even seen one in the metal but comparing test reports soon gives an idea of what is hot and what is not about a given vehicle.
Starting with the outside, it looks good, very good in fact. Stylish, purposeful and

Aston Swanning Around With Toyota

Aston Martin customers often have a small car as well to zip around in, so why not make it an Aston? AM are in a feasibility study with Toyota sell a small Aston based on the clever iQ car (Pic above). Some say it sounds silly but I don't for the following reasons:

1) It will drop the average carbon emissions per car for AM.

2) Beats a small car called a Citroen, Ford or Suzuki. I mean to say

Aston Martin

Aston Martin is a manufacturer of luxury sports cars, in Gaydon, Warwickshire UK. The name is from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hill climb. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles and produced their first car in

Way To Go Morgan

The Morgan Motor Company is was founded in 1909 by Mr Morgan (surprise, surprise). The factory is in Malvern, Worcestershire and all the cars are hand built. The waiting list used to be about four years but I mean who wants to wait four years for a car? The waiting list is now a year or less due to increased production. 650 were built in 2006, up from 600 the year before. Most I assume are

Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars is a manufacturer of sports cars known for their light weight and fine handling. It was founded by Colin Chapman in 1952 and is based in Hethel, Norfolk, UK. The site is a the former RAF base and the test track is the old runway. It entered Formula 1 in 1957 and took the world title seven times. It is now owned by Proton. Much of it’s business is in consultancy work, especially