Luxury's No Longer in the Driving Seat ; As Bristol Cars Calls a Halt to Patchway Production, Gerry Brooke Looks Back at Some Company Triumphs

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YOU never heard much about the company - some might even call it secretive - but Bristol Cars had a solid pedigree stretching back some 65 years.

These cars were, without doubt, something very special with just one, very exclusive outlet - a Kensington showroom just down the road from Harrods.

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Luxury's No Longer in the Driving Seat ; As Bristol Cars Calls a Halt to Patchway Production, Gerry Brooke Looks Back at Some Company Triumphs

There was certainly an element of snobbery and of one up-manship surrounding the cars.

In fact it's been said that if prospective buyers ever had to ask the price of a model, it probably meant that they couldn't afford it.

Motoring journalists - even TV's acerbic Jeremy Clarkson - were refused test drives, or even visits to the factory.

There was, however, a Bristol Owner's Club magazine...