Regent Motor Company

Regent Motor Company (2006–2008) Regent Motor Company (Caremore Cars) (2008–2014)
legal form	Company
founding	2006
resolution	2014
Seat	St Helens , United Kingdom
management	Francis Richards David Cleaton
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Regent Landaulet

Rear view

Regent Motor Company (Caremore Cars) , previously Regent Motor Company , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Barlow, who formerly ran the Royale Motor Company , founded the Regent Motor Company in St Helens in 2006 and began manufacturing automobiles. The brand name was Regent . The vehicles were both fully assembled and available as a kit. In 2008, Regent Motor Company (Caremore Cars) took over the company under the direction of Francis Richards and David Cleaton. A total of around 50 vehicles were built.

vehicles

On offer was a 1930s-style landaulet similar to the 1928-1931 Ford Model A. However, the vehicle was longer. The chassis of the Austin FX4 formed the basis. The vehicles were often used for wedding trips.

literature

• Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 (English).

Web links

Commons : Regent Motor Company  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Company website ( Memento from May 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Companieshouse.gov.uk . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 (English).