Tony Crook in Octane Magazine

[The Fitter]

I would also like to hear T Silvertons side of the story aswell and to find out where it all went wrong. I have an idea why it went wrong, but would love to hear the truth.

[Janne]

A small company should never try to compete with the Big Boys.
The Fighter was a fiasco. Lots and lots of problems that needed to be rectified after the owners took delivery. I wonder how much money the company lost on each Fighter......

[GREG]

T.C or T.S. Only one way to find out who's best ! --- Fighter :-)

Been watching Harry Hill :-)

[jimfoz]

Originally Posted by The Fitter

I would also like to hear T Silvertons side of the story aswell and to find out where it all went wrong. I have an idea why it went wrong, but would love to hear the truth.

I read somewhere that the Fighter development was £30m. Whatever it was, the costs of developing a new car would have been prohibitive for a company like Bristol. I never believed that they 'build slightly fewer cars than the demand dictates' and I don't think they have been building 2 or 3 cars a week for decades. Couple this with the economic downturn and you have a company that cannot possibly recoup the costs. It's a shame, as I thought that they were starting to go in the right direction with the 411 S6. They should have ditched the ugly Blenheim bodyshell and just started reproducing these.