The state of English car brands.
Rolls-Royce: Manchester roots, now BMW owned ๐ฉ๐ช
Bentley: London roots, now Volkswagen owned ๐ฉ๐ช
Jaguar: Blackpool roots, now Tata owned ๐ฎ๐ณ
Land Rover: launched in England, now Tata owned ๐ฎ๐ณ
Mini: launched in 1959, now BMW owned ๐ฉ๐ช
Aston Martin: mixed foreign backed ownership, with Canadian, Saudi, Chinese and German linked major shareholders ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช
Lotus: Norfolk legend, now majority Geely owned ๐จ๐ณ
MG: Oxford roots, now SAIC owned ๐จ๐ณ
McLaren Automotive: Woking roots, now Abu Dhabi owned ๐ฆ๐ช
Morgan: Malvern built, now majority Investindustrial owned ๐ฎ๐น
Caterham: English icon, now VT Holdings owned ๐ฏ๐ต
Still small, independent or English based:
Ariel ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ginetta ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
BAC ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Noble is England based, but not English owned ๐จ๐ณ
Then the names we lost, merged, parked, or reduced to badges and revival attempts:
Austin. Morris. Triumph cars. Rover. Hillman. Humber. Riley. Wolseley. Singer. Standard. Sunbeam. Reliant. Daimler. Jensen. TVR. Bristol. Alvis. Lagonda. AC.
Founded here.
Built here.
Loved here.
But barely any owned here now.