Realistbear Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8361455/Bristol-Cars-goes-into-administration.html Bristol Cars, famous for its exclusive, hand-built luxury cars, has gone into administration. Tom MacLennan and Trevor Binyon of RSM Tenon have been appointed to handle the administration, and aim to find buyers for Bristol who could keep it running as a going concern. It is reported that 22 redundancies have been made. Apart from the symbolic blow it will not dent the economy much. Pity the 22 skilled mooshes who will have to work for the Chinese or Indians now. What's left? Morgan, Noble....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone baby gone Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Hmmmm, strong sense of Déjà vu.... http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=160515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Bristols felt the squeeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realistbear Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Another fine marque gone titsup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffneck Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 First i have ever heard of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashConnoisseur Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 They've gone Bristols up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 First i have ever heard of them the banks have been milking them for years...moved on to a new model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckmojo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I am amazed they were still trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulboy Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 With price for the fighter in the range of £200k people have turned to more durable assets as the recovery in housing market was reported. At the end you can not loose your brick and mortart investment in a crash with uninsured driver (at least the odds are very in your favour) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperduck Quack Quack Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) As I said in my thread on this subject yesterday, it's sad to see Bristol cars go. But while their 'Blenheim' car might have been beautifully hand-crafted, its automotive technology was contemporary with the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud of the late 1950's, clad in bodywork with 1970's styling. Bristol's customer base has probably died off - literally. Bristol cars weren't entirely British anyway. Since the late 1960's they've used Chrysler power packs - V8 engines and auto transmissions. The Fighter has a Chrysler engine too - a V10 from the Viper. Previously Bristol did build their own 6-cylinder engine but even that was a BMW design acquired as war reparations. Edited March 4, 2011 by Hyperduck Quack Quack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The management team must have made a bit of a boob. First i have ever heard of them Didn't they use to make buses? Bristol Lowdecker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 here is a real bristol fighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plummet expert Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The management team must have made a bit of a boob. Didn't they use to make buses? Bristol Lowdecker They are a dinosaur boob and no young ever hatched. I have not seen a Bristol car on the road for years. Last I looked they were still like a 1960's princess 4 litre. No market for them like that. Morgan has proved a very different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Last I looked they were still like a 1960's princess 4 litre. No market for them like that. The Series 6 looks not only dated but 'orrible as well. The Fighter has a kind of 1960s (yet modern) look that is quite nice. It has rarely released any sales figures and consistently denied the media opportunities to test drive its cars. Hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The Series 6 looks not only dated but 'orrible as well. The Fighter has a kind of 1960s (yet modern) look that is quite nice. Hmmmm... I'd rather have had a Gordon Keeble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillotine Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I've a soft spot for Bristols but really, that £much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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