Is British still best?

The UK has a longstanding history of creating cars. Throughout the years it’s produced all manner of vehicles – both good and bad – in sites across the country.

But with a lot of car manufacturing sites moved overseas, there are fewer vehicles rolling off the production lines here in Britain than before. We’ve looked at some of the car companies which are still building in Blighty.

Aston Martin

Aston Martin is as British as they come, and continues to build its high-end sports and supercars at its plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Cars like the DB11 AMR and DBS Superleggera roll out from production lines here.

[attach id=832138 size="large" align="left" type="image"]Aston Martin has recently expanded to a new site in St Athan, south Wales.[/attach]

Aston has also developed a new site based in St Athan, south Wales, where it will be producing the upcoming DBX SUV.

Bentley

Bentley has been building cars in Crewe for many, many years, stretching back to the time when the firm was owned by Rolls-Royce and needed a relatively secluded location – German bomber teams were unlikely to trouble it during World War Two.

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