Bristol Article in Octane June '11 issue

[GREG]

Originally Posted by Kevin H

From the tester's comments it was clear that Bristol was already falling behind the times compared to the other manufacturers represented, and that was in 1979!

No , It was only clear that a few posh people preferred some of the mass produced cars on offer at the time.

Keep in mind that Lady Bean must have been married to Mr Bean ! :-)

Bristol
Rolls Royce
Bentley
Jensen
Aston Martin

Which of the above went bust or taken over ? Bristol have never had government financial support / grants, unlike many other British and German manufacturers.

We all know that a Mercedes S class and similar are probably better in every way than a Bristol, but I thought this site was about shared rose tinted glasses and supporting a manufacturer we are all fans of ? Plenty of other sites slag them off !

Was Kevin Clarkson refused a test drive ?