Westfield Sportscars acquired by trackday operator

Westfield Chesil Ltd's time at Bicester is over - its salvation has come from the most unlikely place

By PH Staff / Tuesday, 2 June 2026 / Loading comments

Like many low-volume, English manufacturers, Westfield has been through several deep-seated changes since it was founded in 1982 as a Caterham-rivalling maker of Lotus Seven-style cars. Often the underdog (its legal battle with its closest rival, and the ongoing requirement to do things a little differently, helped it to carve a niche for itself), the firm proved itself willing to try many different routes to success, encompassing everything from knockdown kits to autonomous electric pods.

While this made for some genuinely interesting and exciting cars (and even the autonomous division proved innovative enough to be hived off), the firm has endured very tough times in recent years. Indeed its latest brush with total liquidation occurred in April of this year, when Westfield Chesil Ltd - the entity which reanimated the brand as a going concern in Bicester - announced that it was going into administration while its directors attempted to find a buyer.

That search, it seems, ended on the continent. Today, Driving-Fun.com, which describes itself as one of Europe’s largest organisers of track days and the operator of Circuit Meppen in Germany (though the company was incorporated in the Netherlands), has confirmed its acquisition of Westfield Sportscars. Good news for fans of the brand and current customers, as the new owner suggests that it will work to restart the supply of spare parts for existing models - and even continue production of the current lineup; bad news for those of us who like our low-volume English sports cars to actually herald from England. The new manufacturing facility will be adjacent to Circuit Meppen in Lower Saxony.

So while it is a new dawn for Westfield Sportscars as a carmaker, it is plainly the end of an era in a broader sense, which is a shame for a company that made a good go of it for more than four decades. Still, its new guardian reckons that ‘work is already underway on several new models designed for use on both road and track’ and promises a completely new website in due course. Can a relatively modest track day organiser really hope to also own and operate a successful track car company? Only time will tell.