UK automotive industry seems to be an extension of the social class system and the economy as well as the style of the English nation.
Whether using leather chairs and wood paneling as in the private clubs for upper class man or solely locomotive tangible mechanisms that plain, presumably echoed product ambition of the engineers who realize their dreams, even be odd or eccentric.
Rare is the British car manufactured in concept to the mass market and that trend has long impact for all vehicles produced in large quantities in the UK today are foreign brands.
But the uniqueness of the British car has made the world a treasure trove of British cars, which demanded a tribute.
The following 10 British cars worthy to be commended, arranged alphabetically.
1. Aston Martin DB5 (1965)
DB 5 is a gran turismo or fast luxury cars: a muscular yet sophisticated, sensual yet multifaceted. James Bond driving a car is equipped with a license plate that can be reversed and the chair thrower. Medium version for civilian use handmade six-cylinder engine with a power of 280 horsepower. The powerful engine combined with the elegant car bodies made of lightweight aluminum. Some 47 years after its first production, DB 5 appeared briefly in the last series Bond, Sky fall, and regain the status of a hero.
2. Austin Healey 3000 MKIII (1965)
Healey is a British sports car post-World War II and affordable. Exported to America in large numbers, this car helps in saving the British motor manufacturing. (The first car sold for Barbie doll is Healey pink). Model 3000 was designed by the famous engineer and race car driver, Donald Healey, and produced by Motor Corporation, the first in 1959. While a more powerful version of the MKIII appeared in 1963, this car has been fully developed and successful record history in the automotive world, even some of them break the speed record car.
3. Bentley Continental GT Speed (2013)
WO Bentley - the founder who like automotive with the impression authoritative and rude - will support the Bentley Continental GT Speed. Under the hood looked like a stalking prey, there is a six-liter 12-cylinder engine that produces 616 horsepower and 590 pound-feet rate on four wheels, with eight automatic transmission. Luxury cars with a racing car's capabilities can accelerate the speed of 0 to 96km / h in four seconds with a maximum speed of 329km / h. GT Speed obviously has elements to it sped through the three figures to explore Beverly Hills.
4. BMC Mini (1959)
Born out of the need for fuel efficiency and mass car market in the late 1950s, the BMC Mini use box design of Sir Alec Issigonis, who in his time relatively radical. These cars use rubber cone suspension at each corner on his wheel. Inside there 3x1,2 meter space with four machine gears and pull the front wheels. England, and all over the world, welcome newcomers funny that later became the symbol of the Swinging era of the 1960s. In 1999, the global automotive writers group chose the Mini as the most influential car in second place throughout the 20th century, under the Ford Model T. The new Mini-which was developed together with its parent company, BMW- forward the spirit of the original, with the original car plant in place first produced in Cowley, Oxford.
5. Jaguar E-Type 3.8 (1960-an)
Sir William Lyons made history in automotive production with style and substance at a relatively affordable price point. Type E-which is marketed in the United States and other markets as XKE- no exception. Type E -which appeal called Enzo Ferrari as "the most beautiful car ever dibuat'- can not be denied and on the highway adaptability is also not reduced. Behind the outstanding aerodynamics, Jaguar has a six-liter engine, modern disc brakes and suspension smooth taste of the legendary D-type.
6. Land Rover Defender 90 (1983)
This is the maximum British response to freight cars. By modifying the agricultural model of post-World War II through the use of suspension springs and various types of machinery, off-road car became prime. Defender models -which remains a transit for farmers, military, and service companies General- also a stylish accessory for the civilians. This car is also convenient -and almost be astounding in the streets of London as well as to hunt birds in rural areas. Just like in the US Jeep, Land Rover Defender play a role in determining a car that will be a versatile vehicle in the future.
7. Lotus Seven (1957-73); Caterham Seven (1973-Present)
Seven is the embodiment of the mantra repeated by Lotus founder, Colin Chapman, the "Simplify and make more light." It first appeared in 1957 with engines 1172 cc four-cylinder engine from Ford, seven produce between 28 horsepower to 40 horsepower, depending its settings, which may make it seem thin until the arrival of Seven, which is even lighter again with a weight of only 498 kg. This car is faster and more years of increasingly tighter. After the Lotus production stopped in 1972, Chapman sold the production rights to the former car salesman, Grahan Nearn, and his company, Caterham Cars, which then continued production of Seven -in the form of whole or kit- until today.
8. McLaren P1 (2013)
McLaren P1 is evidence of a centralized view and eccentric but can live well in the British car industry. As a super car of manufacturing a very obsessive, P1 is the rocket racing with the power derived from a mixture of gasoline and electricity. Engine 3.8 liter twin turbo V8-powered 727 horsepower combined with the electric motor 176 horsepower, bringing the total to 903 horsepower to the rear wheels rotate with seven gears. Its production is limited to only 375 cars at a price of around £ 866,000, or about 17.8 billion but promising P1 mythical status of its predecessors proud, McLaren F1 throughout the years 1992-1998.
9. Morgan 3 Wheeler (2011)
Morgan Motorcar Company owned by the same family since 1909, when Harry Morgan promoting tricycle, cycle car. And with that spirit, Charles Morgan - the grandson of the founders featuring the latest models: an open car. Car Type 3 Wheeler with a weight of 544 kg using a 2-liter engine V-twin-powered 80 horsepower. Races from 0 to 96 km / h can be achieved in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 185 km / h.
10. Rolls-Royce Phantom VI Limousine dari Park Ward (1968-90)
There is nothing more English than the Phantom VI, which first appeared in 1968 and remained entered in the catalog Rolls-Royce until 1990. From the beginning until now, Rolls-Royce, the pursuit of automotive clear. Phantom VI - quiet, smooth, luxurious, and exclusive - is the clarity of it. The company only produces 347 This graceful giants, and almost all of them with a handmade car body of Mulliner Park Ward, which is located in London. The early models use a 6.2 liter V8 engine, while the newer modes 6.75-liter V8 producing 254 horsepower, but the compute power is homework for buyers: how powerful engine beneath the hood of the Rolls-Royce today.