Kingsley Cars Ltd, based on the outskirts of Eynsham in Oxfordshire, have been established for over twenty years. This family business, founded by Damon Oorloff a dedicated classic Range Rover enthusiast for many years, has built up a strong reputation as a specialist restorer a of this classic 4x4 and now has clients clients throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, UAE, North and South America, as well as the UK.
In addition to a highly skilled and comprehensive restoration service for classic Range Rovers, Kingsley Cars also offer thoroughly re-engineered versions of the iconic off-roader, designed very much for modern driving conditions and contemporary customer requirements.
Known as the KR Series Re-engineered Range Rover Classic, key components are upgraded to improve the drivability, performance, and usability of the car. The company has a substantial parts and remanufacturing department where they also produce parts and period-correct interiors, door cards, carpets and roof linings, vital for the finished product.
L B Specialist Cars
Models
STR
Formerly known as ListerBell Automotive, L B Specialist Cars was established in early 2010, with a view to manufacturing the STR - a modern day interpretation of the world championship winning rally car, the Lancia Stratos. The company was founded by Craig White, who has been involved with the sports car industry since 1989 and has a wide range of experience in specialist car construction, chassis development, fabrication and composites. He has with some of the biggest names in the industry including Ultima Sports Cars Ltd, Seven inspired replicas, Cobras, T70's, Stratos replicas and finally Stealth racing cars.
Rather than trying to create a 'rivet replica', the decision was made to create a car which would reflect the advances in engineering over the four decades since the original car was launched, whilst paying homage to the original Lancia Stratos.
L B Specialist Cars is currently building and supplying the STR in various configurations from their premises in north Nottinghamshire.
The first Land Rover made its debut in 1948. It was designed with brilliant simplicity for extraordinary ability and unrivalled strength and durability. In fact, over six decades on it is estimated that two-thirds of all these incredible vehicles are still at work - many of them in some of the most extreme conditions and inhospitable places on earth.
The Land Rover was the product of continuous evolution and refinement in the 1950s and 1960s and it took the lead in the emerging market for four-wheel drive vehicles. In keeping with the forward-thinking philosophy that founded Land Rover, a radical, entirely new product was introduced in 1970 and created its very own vehicle category. This overnight sensation was the very first Range Rover. It had all the capability of a Land Rover with the comfort and performance of an on-road car.
This culture of innovation has developed ever since with both Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles: new models, more refinement, more innovative technology, more efficiency and fewer emissions. Land Rover will remain in the forefront of advanced design - the new small Range Rover is a testament to the vision that takes the company forward and keeps it at the cutting edge of technology and engineering.
Langen Motorcycles was stated in 2019 and was borne out of a passion to create motorcycles unlike anything else on the road. It was started by Chris Ratcliffe, formerly CCM's Chief Design Engineer.
The Wigan based company has been founded with the aim of producing motorcycles with a simplicity and purity of days gone by, like the 'Ton-up boys' and their café racers.
As its name suggests, Chris looks on their first creation, the Langen Two Stroke, as a final swansong for this method of internal combustion, with all the electric bikes currently being launched.
The bike will be handbuilt to an extremely high quality, with production of the first 100 individually numbered bikes set to begin in summer of 2022. A further 150 machines are planned for the following year and which can also be homologated for other markets. They have recently added a second model to their range, a retro modern performance machine called LightSpeed.
LEVC, standing for London Electric Vehicle Company, is the new name for the maker of the London black cab, and replaces its predecessor The London Taxi Company. Under various guises this company has been responsible for making this iconic vehicle for over seventy years. LEVC is a subsidiary of the Chinese company Geely, which also owns Volvo and holds a majority stake in Lotus Cars.
Now based in a new, purpose-built 37,000 sq ft factory in Ansty near Coventry, LEVC has recently launched it replacement for the current TX4 model, the electric, range extended TX. This taxi is new from the ground up and is an electric powered, range extended vehicle designed to meet London's latest stringent emission regulations for London taxis. They currently manufacture the TX taxi, the TX Shuttle and the VN5 van, all powered by the same electric, range extender powerplant.