The Triking concept is a contemporary sports car inspired by the classic Morgan type cycle cars from the 1920s era. The first Triking was designed and built in the 1970s by company founder, draftsman and technical artist, Tony Divey. Tony`s enthusiasm for three wheelers and his time spent working closely with Colin Chapman at Lotus Cars culminated in his design for the Triking. This was a blend of proven design principles and race-bred technology.
The first Triking was completed in 1977 and rapidly earned a reputation as a unique combination of precision engineering, attractive design and a highly capable sporting car. Attention from motoring press and public alike has always been immensely positive.
Production was quickly commenced in Norfolk, where the cars are still built today.. As well as a successful road-going sports tourer, Trikings firmly established themselves in competition, which improved the breed and inspired a range of detail improvements to the original concept.
Engineer Alan Layzell joined Triking in 1989 and now runs the company following Tony’s retirement.
Triumph Motorcycles, the famous name in British motorcycle manufacturing, was first established in 1902. Over the past two decades, Triumph Motorcycles has been in Hinkley, Leicestershire, and has produced iconic bikes which perfectly blend design, character, charisma and performance. Building around 50,000 bikes a year, Triumph is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, producing a range of around 14 distinct models in 32 variations, and has over 750 dealers around the world.
At the heart of Triumph's philosophy isa commitment to developing truly unique motorcycles that offer a blend of distinctive design, intuitive handling and performance. The innovation and engineering passion that gave birth to the iconic Bonneville of the 60's has today created a broad range of bikes suited to all motorcycle riders. Triumph currently employs around 1600 personnel world wide and is 100% privately-owned by Bloor Holdings Ltd run by CEO Nick Bloor and the company now produces a large range of motorbikes. In 2017 Triumph opened a new £4 million visitor centre at their Hinkley premises.
Please note: not every Triumph motorcycle is currently built in the UK, as production locations change from time to time. Please contact Triumph Motorcycles directly for further information.
TVR began life as early as 1946 in Blackpool and the name is taken from the first name of it's original founder Trevor Wilkinson. For most of its life the company remained in this town, with which it became closely associated. From around 1949 until 2004 TVR produced a number of highly individual sports cars, made famous by their lightweight construction and the use of large capacity engines.
The company went through several changes of ownership and management during this period, often struggling with limited finances. It enjoyed particular success under Peter Wheeler in the 1980s and 90s, when some of it's most highly regarded models were produced, including the Cerbera, Chimaera, Tuscan and Sagaris. In 2004 ownership passed to Russian businessman Nikolay Smolensky who split the company into various parts and threatened to take production abroad, but nothing came of this. After several false dawns it was feared that the famous and much-loved marque would be lost for ever until a certain Les Edgar appeared on the scene in 2013.
Putting together a team of motor industry stalwarts, including renowned designer Gordon Murray and Cosworth, he announced the development of the first new TVR model, under his watch, in 2015. This resulted in the Griffith, a name already synonymous with TVR, which was shown to an expectant world at the 2017 Goodwood Revival meeting. The story continues, not in Blackpool, but in purpose-built premises in Ebbw Vale, close to the Circut of Wales and the first deliveries of the Griffith are expected in early 2019.
One of British car manufacturing's best kept secrets, Ultima Sports Ltd, produce the world's quickest supercar - fact. It has broken several world records for a road-going car including the fastest time from 0-100-0mph. According to Jeremy Clarkson "it's an amazing road car the Ultima GTR, it has broken just about every single speed record there is to break".
The really exceptional point about Ultima is that all this world-beating performance is available for a fraction of the cost of most ot the supercars they outpace!
Born in 1992, out of acclaimed automotive engineer and designer Lee Noble's original company, Ultima Sports, under the expert stewardship of Ted and Richard Marlow, has carefully and continously developed the original car into the current GTR (launched 1999) and the roadster version the Can-Am (launched in 2001).
An earlier Ultima Mk3 was even used as a prototype 'mule' by Mclaren during the development of the iconic F1
Produced at the factory in Hinkley, Leicestershire, both the GTR and the Can-Am have now been replaced with updated models to be known as the Evolution Coupé and Evolution Convertible respectively. Both models can be supplied as turnkey cars, though according to Ultima Sports the majority of customers derive most satisfaction in receiving their car in component form for self-assembly. In spring 2019 Ultima announced their new model the RS, which joins the range.
Untitled Motorcycles (UMC) was founded in 2010 when the new cafe racer scene was gaining momentum and was featured in the influential book ‘Ride’, written by BikeEXIF editor Chris Hunter in 2013.
Since then, founders Adam Kay and Hugo Eccles have built over 100 custom bikes for clients around the world from their respective workshops in Albert Road, North London and in San Francisco.
UMC bikes have been featured globally in print, in film, and online for publications including Playboy, GQ, Cycle World, BikeEXIF, the ‘Oil in the Blood’ film, and on Jay Leno’s Garage. UMC works on commission with both individual clients and with factory brands including Ducati, Triumph, Moto Guzzi, Yamaha, and Zero.
