Bristol Cars goes into administration
Discussion
Ozzie Osmond said:
Sounds like a perfect "investment opportunity" for you. Get in there!
No money to be made there unless you are a multinational.If you don't relaunch the brand on a global basis then you are just going to sink millions into a cash hungry hobby.
Unless you take the whole thing down market, but even then it's best left to an engineering outfit who already produce cars.
You could throw a couple of bar in to get the remnants and easily sink another 10 and have nothing to show unless you can get economies of scale from being an existing producer.
DonkeyApple said:
No money to be made there unless you are a multinational.
If you don't relaunch the brand on a global basis then you are just going to sink millions into a cash hungry hobby.
Unless you take the whole thing down market, but even then it's best left to an engineering outfit who already produce cars.
You could throw a couple of bar in to get the remnants and easily sink another 10 and have nothing to show unless you can get economies of scale from being an existing producer.
I'm wondering if it could be a good fit with Antanov and his other current interests.If you don't relaunch the brand on a global basis then you are just going to sink millions into a cash hungry hobby.
Unless you take the whole thing down market, but even then it's best left to an engineering outfit who already produce cars.
You could throw a couple of bar in to get the remnants and easily sink another 10 and have nothing to show unless you can get economies of scale from being an existing producer.
skwdenyer said:
I'm wondering if it could be a good fit with Antanov and his other current interests.
If that's the chap who just funded the Spyker purchase then you'd think if they had plans for a big luxury car they would have a look. In a way, I hope it's not picked up by an enthusiast who wants to keep it as was but by a British venture with plans to sell an uber barge into foreign parts. They can still run a heritage arm if required.
I see it as a bit of an opportunity to continue the small roll that the British car industry seems to be on.
tog said:
g3org3y said:
JohnnyRims said:
This is from a 2007 model according to Google. Not really any different?
Might be alright on a £30k car, but for £250k.....
And I'm supposed to be impressed with the Bristol?
Regarding the four pics of the interiors.
I like all four. they all look like nice places to be to me.
I like the switches on the fighter center console They remind me of high end home audio like Naim.
also they have dials in the roof like a plane so they get extra points for that in my book too.
Looks better in this pic i think
I like all four. they all look like nice places to be to me.
I like the switches on the fighter center console They remind me of high end home audio like Naim.
also they have dials in the roof like a plane so they get extra points for that in my book too.
Looks better in this pic i think
Edited by Pesty on Friday 1st April 23:20
Bristol have always had a thing for grouping the dials in an odd way. I often wonder why copywriters and journos refer to cars having "aircraft style" cockpits, as they rarely resemble aircraft that much, unless "aircraft style" means "locks of clocks" (in a modern airliner, you get a few flat screens and a few redundant clocks).
Breadvan73 said:
Bristol have always had a thing for grouping the dials in an odd way.
I'm afraid that's another of the features which ranks the cars IMO firmly among the Emperor's New Clothes.If any major manufacturer tried the same thing they'd be laughed out of court. As it happens, that seems to be what's now happening to Bristol. Sad in some ways to see them go but at the end of the day they couldn't fool enough people enough of the time - and certainly not at that price.
Vario-Rob said:
Trommel said:
Xinjiang No.1 Tractor Company.
Interesting development Trom it must be said, lets hope they don’t try and turn Bristol into something I gather is known as a ‘brand’Vario-Rob said:
Trommel said:
Xinjiang No.1 Tractor Company.
Interesting development Trom it must be said, lets hope they don’t try and turn Bristol into something I gather is known as a ‘brand’Dr Jekyll said:
According to Christopher Balfour's book Bristol was approached in the 90s to make a "200MPH supercar for another manufacturer".
Any ideas who this could have been?
To make as in design? Or to make as in construct? Bristol's facilities and experience with sheet alloy work would have made them quite a good potential contract costructor for somebody.Any ideas who this could have been?
Dr Jekyll said:
According to Christopher Balfour's book Bristol was approached in the 90s to make a "200MPH supercar for another manufacturer".
Any ideas who this could have been?
I've heard it claimed that Chrysler asked them to look into building a production version of the Chronos concept car. Would have been badged a Bristol-Chrysler (or possibly a Chrysler-Bristol), and apparently came quite close to happening until the Daimler merger killed it.Any ideas who this could have been?
I'd disagree - Much nicer looking than most of what Bristol have made in recent decades.
Would've been quite something to see a real top end car from a major US manufacturer (as in, using their name, rather than owning some other brand).
Would probably have done wonders for Bristol's image too, although as I don't "get" Bristol I must be wrong
M.
Would've been quite something to see a real top end car from a major US manufacturer (as in, using their name, rather than owning some other brand).
Would probably have done wonders for Bristol's image too, although as I don't "get" Bristol I must be wrong
M.
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