Britain’s best dead car companies

A journey back in time to some of the UK’s most excellent car companies, sadly now deceased Car-making is hard. Profitable car-making is a whole lot harder, and for proof you only need take a look at the failed British car companies we’re looking at here. Some were born close to the dawn of the car, when bicycle-makers saw money in the new-fangled horseless carriage. But it wasn’t easy. Car-making at the start of the 20th century was like internet projects at the end of it – plenty tried, but only the fittest survived. Here’s a look at the best and most interesting of the ones who didn’t make it:…

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