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Bristol Cars: new owner announced

Frazer-Nash takes over Bristol

Frazer-Nash and Bristol Cars join forces to save the iconic British company.

Bristol Fighter

Bristol Fighter

Kamkorp Autokraft, part of the Frazer-Nash group, has announced that it has acquired the assets and goodwill of Bristol Cars, the luxury car manufacturer, from its administrators. This acquisition will re-establish the connection between Bristol Cars and Frazer-Nash which dates back to Frazer-Nash’s close involvement in the foundation of Bristol Cars 65 years ago.

William Chia, the group’s Director of Operations, said: ‘Bristol Cars is a British institution and an important part of our national motoring heritage.  Over the next few months we will start to reveal the details of our plans to combine Bristol Cars’ tradition and iconic marque with Frazer-Nash’s pioneering technology to showcase our cutting-edge electric and range-extended powertrains.

‘British engineers are globally recognised for their inventions and the quality of their innovation – and these attributes are inherent in all our systems and products.  Mindful of Bristol Cars’ rich heritage and our responsibility as custodians of the brand, we are certain that our technology will blend seamlessly and successfully with the Bristol Cars tradition of engineering integrity.

‘Owners and enthusiasts of the cars should be assured that, even though these are early days in our tenure of the brand, we are committed to providing them and their cars with the highest levels of quality, technology and service.’

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3 Comments

Matthew Bate

This is very good news. I'm hoping for forward-looking engineering that doesn't make you look like a brushed-aluminium pillock.

By matthewbate on 20 April, 2011, 7:50pm

Allan Fuller

Bristol have made wonderful cars, some more attractive than others! It is fantastic news that this idiosyncratic company is saved. Morgan has proved that tradition and modernity can be combined. There must be scope for a design input, given the talent that exists in the UK, to produce individual and exciting cars in limited numbers for which there is an undoubted market. Also how about making a version of the Bristol Teardrop that one very enterprising individual produced!

By Oc5_a3efdcb83a6 on 21 April, 2011, 5:12pm

Good news

This is potentially very good news for the continuation of Bristol Cars. A new model is something I would love to design. William Chia, if you are out there do get in touch via Octane Magazine; Bristol is such an 'Octane' machine!

By Peter Stevens

By peter_stevens on 25 April, 2011, 9:14pm

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