Cars from extinct British manufacturers

With Chrysler and Pontiac on their way out in the US, here's a reminder of a few of the British car manufacturers that have gone out of business in the last few decades.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Classic
• car
• Alvis
• Amphicar
• Austin
• Austin-Healey
• Armstrong
• Siddeley
• Bond
• Equipe
• Daimler
• Dart
• Elva
• Fairthorpe
• Electrina
• Hillman
• Imp
• Humber
• Super
• Snipe
• Jensen
• Interceptor
• Lagonda
• Rapide
• MG
• Midget
• Morris
• Minor
• Moggie
• Riley
• Tourer
• Rover
• Singer
• Gazelle
• Standard
• Vanguard
• Sunbeam
• Rapier
• Triumph
• Herald
• Wolseley
• Vanden
• Plas
• Princess

[TheReformed1]

Just to throw my two cents in, over here in the states in about 1971, or 72, your Hillman Avenger was being sold as a Plymouth Cricket. Just thought I'd put that out there you blokes, in case your playing Trivia! :)

[localdriver]

@TheReformed1 Thanks! It always seemed a strange choice of name. I wonder what image "cricket" evoked for Americans. Was it a funny insect, like Jiminy Cricket? Or was it our wonderful game of cricket?

[jeremy1000100]

No, Daimlers and Lanchesters were entirely mechanical. The gear was selected by a lever on the steering column and the gear was then engaged by depressing a pedal on the floor. This clamped a band around the outside of an epicyclic gear, thus tranferring the motion to the output shaft.

These cars were fitted with a fluid flywheel as a clutch mechanism

[localdriver]

@jeremy1000100

Thanks!

Earlier Armstrong-Siddeleys also had entirely mechanical preselector gear changes. I'm not sure if they had fluid flywheel clutches.

[jeremy1000100]

Nothing unique about the Armstrong Siddeley's pre select transmission; also used on Daimlers (Though not the SP25 Dart) and Lanchester's.

[localdriver]

@jeremy1000100

Thanks for your comment. The 346 was available with 'Preselectric'. With this, the gear was chosen by a tiny joystick-type electrical switch mounted on the steering column. I don't know if preselector Daimlers and Lanchesters had this particular feature.

The clutch on the Sapphire was automatically engaged by means of weights which moved out when engine speed exceeded 750rpm.

[kobingsmark]

I sure miss the british cars on our roads.

[BiroDark]

Commentary by Stephen Hawking.... nice.

[dogcamtrev]

Couple of marques still going there fella. You are pretty good with photoshop, Well done,now let me get back to looking at some moving pictures which is what youtibe is really about.

[mrmrmrliamo]

is the commentor drunk?

[nickdecarlo76]

Pontiac was discontinued last year and Chrysler isn't going anywhere...but most American cars after 1980 were junk and after 1990 all cars are junk...cars are no longer built to last, they're just meant to throw away and are made to force us into paying an endless cycle of costly repairs as well as be made impossible to buy a car. Years ago to buy a car you just needed a little money and a signature. Now they want to know your entire family history and everything you do daily. It's really sad.

[nickdecarlo76]

@RESTAURIERTdasDKR Jaguar is owned by Ford the last I heard

[mrjimhoward]

We still make great cars. However it is sad that the Americans, Japs, Germans and Indians now own and run our  car plants........

[WHELDON74]

The Rover 95 is actually a 110 depicted by its unique hub caps. No other Rover P4 had them.

[cessnaace]

The thing about that last one is that on land it handled like a boat, and on the water like a BAD boat. lol.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[dcanmore]

@RESTAURIERTdasDKR ... Lotus is owned by Proton of Malaysia, Jaguar and Land Rover are both owned by Tata of India. TVR is Russian owned but haven't made any cars for five years.

[RESTAURIERTdasDKR]

the only today existing British Brands ar under German or Malaysian rule

GERMANY: Mini, Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls Royce

MALAYSIA: Jaguar

okay Lotus still is under british rule and some smaller brands, like caterham

[freethoughtmusic]

We had an old Sunbeam Rapier. It was great.