Bristol Article in Octane June '11 issue

[GREG]

[quote=Kevin H;5149]

Originally Posted by Kevin H

But Bristol were effectively taken over more than 10 years ago and I am sure they would not have survived until today had they not been.

Why are you sure ? A lot say they would have been fine without the cost of the Fighter project.

How do you know?

Toby told me and it would be public record if they had

As for supporting the manufacturer, you can do that by either buying new cars, having your old car serviced or restored by Bristol or by buying parts from them, rather than going to great lengths to find out where the part came from originally so you can buy it elsewhere and save a few quid.

There are a lot of people who take great pleasure in doing the latter, including yourself if I'm not mistaken!

Very mistaken - Bristol first, but they don't have everything so they work with BODA to source and make some parts.

Never assume !

Every other notable car manufacturer gave their cars to Clarkson to test drive, almost certainly because of the massive marketing value. Whatever the outcome of the test, you can bet Bristol would have ended up at the sub zero end of the "cool wall"

Silly comment / silly car show