page_title: Bristol Cars
section_title: V8 cars
hierarchical_section_title: Bristol Cars / Pre-war BMW designs, Aldington brothers and early cars / V8 cars
caption_attribution_description: English: 1970 Bristol 411 Series 1
context_page_description: Bristol Cars was a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Bristol, England. They entered liquidation in May 2020, having been previously in liquidation and taken over in 2011.
  After the Second World War, the Car Division of the Bristol Aeroplane Company was formed, later becoming Bristol Cars Limited.
  Bristol had only one sales showroom, on the corner of Kensington High Street and Holland Road in London.
  Bristol had always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year.
  The company suspended manufacturing in March 2011, when administrators were appointed, 22 staff were made redundant at the factory in Filton, Bristol and subsequently the company was dissolved. In April 2011, a new company was formed by the administrator to sell the original assets to Kamkorp. Since 2011, the company has been restoring and selling all models of the marque while a new model was being developed. The company had revealed a desire to return to automotive production in 2018 with an all-new model, called the "Bullet", initially dubbed "Project Pinnacle".
context_section_description: The 406's replacement, the 407, was powered by a 5.2-litre V8 provided by Chrysler of Canada.
  It was followed in 1963 by the 408, with drastic restyling as well as improved suspension. This was succeeded by the 409. Many buyers preferred the crisp steering and gearbox of the earlier six-cylinder cars.
  The 410, introduced in 1966, was a return to the high-performance touring tradition, offering the same top speed as the 409, and superior acceleration, with the same powerplant. It also saw Bristol become a private company and marked a return to quality to the exclusion of output: no more than three cars a week were to be made.
  In 1969, the Bristol 411 appeared, with a new 6.2-litre Chrysler V8 (still rebuilt and modified by Bristol, as before) delivering higher top speed and even better acceleration.
caption: 1970 Bristol 411 Series 1
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