Bristol go under...

[mgmark]

Sad news - http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=255713.  Sort of leaves Morgan as the last one I guess....

MG Mark

[Barry]

Agreed, lets hope someone buys it.
Good job Morgan ignored certain management consultants advice, or I think they would have gone as well.

[gt6]

Lets hope that they do survive in some form or another, once upon a time Bristol wa a regular at lemans and they have always been a car for the real enthusiast.

[Steve Pyro]

Sad news.  I've always had a secret hankering for a Bristol - quirky, individual styling and big thirsty engines - right up my straße.

[Lazy B'stard]

Sad news.  I've always had a secret hankering for a Bristol - quirky, individual styling and big thirsty engines - right up my straße.

You forgot to mention rampant rust, overheating and a wiffy musty interior

Still sad though.

[landman]

Sad news.  I've always had a secret hankering for a Bristol - quirky, individual styling and big thirsty engines - right up my straße.

You forgot to mention rampant rust, overheating and a wiffy musty interior

Still sad though.

Is that the car, or Steve?

Just asking...

[Lorry]

Nice cars, but looking at the accounts they've been just about bust since 2008, and probably losing money for years.  I would have thought that they would have gone to one of the larger firms of accountants to find a buyer, as there may be a lot of interest (and money) from abroad.  It could be another TVR.

Coat!

[Andy Zarse]

I'm sorry for the few people who worked there (if there were any) but Bristol has meant little to me over the years. They might have made some nice stuff in the fifties etc but as long as I can remember the management were an arrogant pompous bunch of has-beens. Finest car in the world indeed, they made wilfully ugly out-dated over-priced heaps of rubbish driven by fey and pretentious people who wear mustard coloured corduroy trousers with a hanky sticking out of their cuffs.

[Martini...LB]

You forgot to mention rampant rust, overheating and a wiffy musty interior

Still sad though.
[/quote]

I think two of the three relate to your tent Si  

I bet you can't wait to go camping again...

>Martini...LB

[Lazy B'stard]

Camping sucks and is for poor people. I dont do camping. I pitch my tent, scowl at it, complain about it and then lay in it for a few hours, sleepless and full of bitter regret.

 I hate it, but if it means i get to spend time with my chums on MB then i will put up with it for a few days a year. Must stop now, i'm coming out in hives just thinking about it.

[lofty]

it would be funny if they were brought by the russians or septics.then after they paid their 20 quid they found out they owned a sh*t city in west england. almost in wales.

[termietermite]

Sort of leaves Morgan as the last one I guess....

MG Mark

And Ginetta? 

[Fran]

You forgot to mention rampant rust, overheating and a wiffy musty interior

Still sad though.

I think two of the three relate to your tent Si  

I bet you can't wait to go camping again...

>Martini...LB

Speaking from personal experience I think three out of three relate to Dr S's old Alfa - and that was before we even left Barnsley!

F

[Pilgrim]

It's also worth noting that designer Malcolm Sayer learnt much of his trade at Bristol and brought aircraft design principles into car design. It was Malcolm Sayer who brought us the Jaguar XK series, the and D Type racers, the E Type road car and the XJ13 prototype.

[Lazy B'stard]

You forgot to mention rampant rust, overheating and a wiffy musty interior

Still sad though.

I think two of the three relate to your tent Si  

I bet you can't wait to go camping again...

>Martini...LB

Speaking from personal experience I think three out of three relate to Dr S's old Alfa - and that was before we even left Barnsley!

F

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

That is so not the case. It never overheated, didn't smell and had no rust by the time I finished with it.

I'm very, very hurt.

Extra washing up for you now Francis!