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History of 4 Famous UK Car Brands
Posted by admin in Car Brands on June 30, 2011
The car industry of UK started in 18th century and is influenced mostly by sports nd luxury brand of cars. It has a diverse cultural history of famous brands each with a logo history of its own. Some of the prominent ones include Aston Martin, Bentley, McLaren and Rolls Royce.
But lately, especially during the late 80s, the car industry in UK has faced the problem of becoming foreign-owned. UK brand of cars like Bentley, Jaguar and Rolls Royce have been bought out by foreign companies like BMW, TATA and GM. Still, births cars have always had consistent representation in auto racing (McLaren).
* Aston Martin Logo Evolution:
Aston Martin was initially founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The name comes from after the owner Lionel Martin and the Aston Clinton hill climb racing course where their Singers car had won previously. Its first logo in 1921 was a logo with the letters ‘A’ and ‘M’ together. From then, the logo changed 5 times into the shape of wings of an eagle. Read the rest of this entry »