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Offshoot from aircraft manufacturer, setting up in cars in 1946 with a version of the prewar [[BMW 328]], which Bristol obtained through war reparations. The car unit was split from the main firm in 1960 when Bristol Aeroplane Co. joined the British Aircraft Corp. The company is best known for exclusive, low-production luxury sports cars, powered by large American engines. In 2011, it was announced that Bristol had gone into administration.
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Offshoot from aircraft manufacturer, setting up in cars in 1946 with a version of the prewar [[BMW]]s, which Bristol built under licence from [[Frazer Nash]]. The car unit was split from the main firm in 1960 when Bristol Aeroplane Co. joined the British Aircraft Corp. The company is best known for exclusive, low-production luxury sports cars, powered by large American engines. In 2011, it was announced that Bristol had gone into administration.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 02:21, 5 March 2011

Offshoot from aircraft manufacturer, setting up in cars in 1946 with a version of the prewar BMWs, which Bristol built under licence from Frazer Nash. The car unit was split from the main firm in 1960 when Bristol Aeroplane Co. joined the British Aircraft Corp. The company is best known for exclusive, low-production luxury sports cars, powered by large American engines. In 2011, it was announced that Bristol had gone into administration.

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