Bristol - the BMW legacy (a brand story)
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Summary
Like Aston Martin or Morgan, Bristol is one of the small English sports and luxury car companies that still exist today. The Bristol brand vehicles were mainly aimed at wealthy business people. The first designs were still based on BMW design principles, later the engines were sourced from Chrysler. This brand history provides an overview of the models produced up to the present day and shows many of them in over 120 pictures and eight sales brochures, including those of coachbuilders Beutler and Zagato.
This article contains the following chapters
- From airplane to automobile
- Combination of proven ingredients
- Stable and contemporary first model
- Transition to lightweight bodywork
- Racing car design with ERA help
- Modular cars
- Fast transportation for the businessman
- Design evolution with Swiss help
- Independent, self-confident and with more engine capacity
- Generation change in the seventies
- The sales professional at the top
- Model overview
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 11min
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If we are talking about an inheritance here, then we are dealing with the rare case that the testator is still alive and even enjoying the very best of health. Nevertheless, it is not wrong to describe Bristol as an automobile brand as the heir to the BMW tradition of the 1930s. From the very first example, Bristol automobiles were regarded as luxury class vehicles. This was certainly due to the fact that they were built to the high standards of aircraft construction; in addition, the Bristol Aeroplane Company had excellent designers and engineers at its disposal. Our story begins in 1947 with a promising undercarriage and engine.
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