RE: Bristol Fighter: Spotted

[sinbaddio]

That's a whole new level of cool!

[gigglebug]

Esceptico said:

Wasn't this car featured in a thread just a few months back?

It's come up a few time recently. I really like it but you would have to be brave and rich to want it.

I watched a few videos on the fighter when the previous threads turned up. The one below would have me concerned though. It appears that the drivers window either doesn't fit properly when up or looks to have fallen into the door for the rest of the time? I'm all for hand built, bespoke cars but it does make you wonder at the quality of the things and how on earth you would deal with any potential faults on such a car when they were built in such few numbers and by a company that no longer exists.

Having said that if I could I probably still would.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=47s&v=Py8tjm6Aqk...

[Tempest_5]

That's rather nice. I have to say the styling shows it was conceived in the 90's. The front end is a little bit odd, but then Bristols have always been a bit quirky in the styling department. There used to be one languishing next to the A3 as you approached Hindhead from the south back in the 90's, possibly a 410. I used to drive past it thinking I should like it but never quite sure if I did.

I was once told you buy a Bristol for it's qualities not it's looks.

[myhandle]

What a lovely car. I have seen, a few times, the slightly lighter metallic blue one whose owner is I believe on here. The numberplate along the lines of Fighter. Looks great. A few things that not many people know about them. 1) Much narrower than it looks. Hence practical. 2) It is the only supercar that I am aware of which can ford water to a reasonable depth. 3) It has a turning cycle along the lines of the London Taxis (perhaps not quite as small, but along those sort of lines). I really like them. I think there are only 9. There is a Fighter T variant too, unsure of production numbers.

[gigglebug]

myhandle said:

There is a Fighter T variant too, unsure of production numbers.

Was going to be an S version as well which fitted inbetween the standard car and the T. The styling of the T improved the looks for me.

[Richard A]

Yes, if money was no object. A real return to the kind of distinctive styling of the 40x-series and, even if the headlights seem a little unresolved, far, far better looking than the late Crook era cars, which always remind me of Skoda Rapids (actually the Rapid was better looking).

You have to ask, though, how well they'd take a sweeping Autobahn curve at anywhere near Vmax.

Fifteen years ago I passed up the chance of a 404 at a decent price. Regrets.

[So]

Sorry, but all Bristols look like 90s kit cars conceived by a design dyslexic. The interior of the one in the OP looks like an experimental joint venture with DFS.

The King's new clothes.

[SJMW]

Parts bin special. Build quality shocking. I know of an owner who had to have the rear window glass ground down at Bristol til it fitted properly. Doors leaked. Company lied about production numbers. So many nicer cars for that money

[Mr Tidy]

Absolutely bonkers from any rational viewpoint - I really want one!

[Johnnytheboy]

gigglebug said:

myhandle said:

There is a Fighter T variant too, unsure of production numbers.

Was going to be an S version as well which fitted inbetween the standard car and the T. The styling of the T improved the looks for me.

I remember the threads on here when Bristol went under when we were trying to establish if any Fighter T's were sold at all.

Did they not have a nominal 1000 Bhp?

[anonymous-user]

I can think of many better ways to spend £200,000. As much as admire the sheer 'up yours' attitude of Bristol, they were, and are a dinosaur brand bought by a select few. I like that quite a lot, but, lets not over egg a quite challenging looking car with an enormous price tag and questionable every thing else

[Wacky Racer]

sideways man said:

Always loved a nice Bristol .....

Or even better, a pair of them.

[gigglebug]

Johnnytheboy said:

I remember the threads on here when Bristol went under when we were trying to establish if any Fighter T's were sold at all.

Did they not have a nominal 1000 Bhp?

I think they were meant to by the addition of turbo charging. The S was going to stay N/A but have 625 ish from want I have read. I don't think I would ever be able to trust it, or myself, with 1000bhp though!

[Hairymonster]

This was featured a few weeks back. I still want one.

[0a]

Stunning. I love these cars!

[Earl of Petrol]

Who doesn’t love a 230 mph speedometer....😆

[So]

Wacky Racer said:

Or even better, a pair of them.

What an eyesore,

[anonymous-user]

So said:

What an eyesore,

Couldn't agree more. The thing is Bristol is one of those brands that if you say they're a bit average, the general PH population suggest you are somehow missing a relevant gene.

[So]

yonex said:

So said:

What an eyesore,

Couldn't agree more. The thing is Bristol is one of those brands that if you say they're a bit average, the general PH population suggest you are somehow missing a relevant gene.

I'd be more than open to being educated. But every one I've seen has been a design disaster, and you seem to be suggesting they aren't the last word in quality either.

[myhandle]

So said:

Sorry, but all Bristols look like 90s kit cars conceived by a design dyslexic. The interior of the one in the OP looks like an experimental joint venture with DFS.

The King's new clothes.

The Fighter looks nothing like any other Bristol made. The earliest Bristols look, if anything , something like pre-WW2 BMWs as that is where the design originated. A 1950s car that looks like a modernised 1930s car is probably not a 1990s kit car. Hopefully your comment is some kind of Dadaist irony , with a time machine to hand :-)
9 cars ever made. Probably not for everyone. This manufacturer tried / tries to make something different. I am guessing you are sceptical of Vertu phones too. Low volume products are, by definition, not for everyone.