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UK Car Manufacturers Information

In this section we have created a directory of the most common car manufacturers, not only from the UK but from around the globe. Therefore, if there is anything that you may wish to find out about your car manufacturers history, current car models or the range of car insurance groups then we may have the information for you.

There are various car insurance types available in the UK. The most common type of car insurance is fully comprehensive, this type of insurance will cover you for any damage inflicted by you and also cover you for any damage to your own vehicle. The more basic type of car insurance is third party. With third party car insurance you are only covered against damage that you inflict, not on any damage caused to your own vehicle.

In fact many car insurance providers will only provide fully comprehensive cover if your car is young and is worth over a certain amount. There are other points when considering you car insurance policy which are whether to include protected no claims discount and also include legal cover. Both of these extras are very useful in case of an accident.

The car manufacturers listed below must all have UK car insurance before you are allowed to drive any of them on UK roads.

Alfa Romeo
Founded in 1910, this Italian car manufacturer produces cars in the insurance groups 11 to 20

 

Aston Martin
The elite UK car maker has been building cars since 1913, and the insurance groups are among the highest of all cards

 

Audi
Audi are a German car manufacturer that were the first to produce a left hand drive model

 

Bentley
A prestige car maker that is responsible for the Rolls Royce cars. Every car in the Bentley range has a car insurance group 20 tag.

 

BMW
BMW is an acronym for Bavarian Motor Works. Initialy started producing aircraft engines now one of the most popular cars of the UK

 

Chrysler
This multinational car company was founded in 1925. Most popular car types in the UK are Jeeps

 

Citroen
A brief history of the Citroen group, founders and recent developments in the car industry

 

Daewoo
The Daewoo company, with its’ origins in Japan, have a range of five models in the UK.

 

Daihatsu
The Daihatsu motor company has its headquarters based in Japan, and was established in March 1907

 

Ferrari
Founder of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898 and was actually a racing driver for Alfa Romeo.

 

Fiat
The Italian car manufacturer was founded in 1899.

 

Ford
The company was created by the well-known Henry Ford and business associates pulling together funds

 

Honda
In 1970 Honda car car makers produced the first Honda Civic, the most popular Honda which is still available today

 

Hyundai
A relatively new company, which was established in the 1960's and produced vehicles with the help of Ford

 

Isuzu
Best known in the UK for their Isuzu Trooper this car manufacturer was established in Japan around 1916

 

Jaguar
Founded in Blackpool in 1922, the Jaguar cars are prestige models with high insurance groups

 

Jeep
Jeep’ is now owned by the Chrysler company with popular models such as the Wrangler Jeep and more

 

Kia
First established in 1944 to produce bicycle parts, with their first plant opened in the mid 70s

 

Land Rover
The Land Rover was designed for off road use but nowadays you may be more likely to see this vehicle on your local High st

 

Lexus
The Lexus car company is owned by Toyota, but this prestige car maker has some more desirable vehicles with high insurance groups to match

 

Lotus
Launched by a single individual – Colin Chapman, this prestige car manufacturer has most vehicles rated at insurance group 20

 

Maserati
First established in 1914 in Bologna, Italy, the name maserati conjures up images of speed and high insurance costs!

 

Mazda
The largest Mazda car is the Tribute, a large 4x4 which resembles the Range Rover

 

Mercedes
Established around 1866, this German car manufacturer is renowned for quality automobiles

 

Mitsubishi
This large motor manufacturer not only produces cars but a host of other products

 

Nissan
This Japanese car manufacturer was launched in 1910 and has a wide range of models and insurance groups.

 

Perodua
Based in Malaysia, this car manufacturer is a very new company, established in the mid 90s and still relatively unknown in the UK

 

Peugeot
Peugeot are the oldest car manufacturer in the world and have a range of cars that appeal to the mainstream car buyers

 

Porsche
The Porsche name will conjure up images of prestige, fast, expensive cars with expensive car insurance!

 

Renault
The French car manufacturer has a wide selection of various cars with a similar car insurance group rating.

 

Rolls-Royce
Built their first car in 1906, the Silver Ghost and since then have been considered one of the elite car manufacturers in the world.

 

Saab
the Swedish car manufacturer Saab has a reputation for some of the best engineered cars in the world.

 

SEAT
The Spanish car manufacturers have had troubling times recently but they expectations are now growing with improved confidence.

 

Skoda
Once the butt of many jokes in the UK, the Skoda range is now a quality car that is built with the help of VW.

 

Smart
The Smart Car is a new design that is becoming more popular in the UK with its unique concept design

 

Subaru
Subaru was founded in 1917 by Chikuhei Nakajima. This japanese car manufacturer is renowned for 4x4's and rally cars

 

Suzuki
The Suzuki Loom Company was started by Michio Suzuki. It was located in Hamamatsu, Japan. The business was successful, selling weaving looms.

 

Toyota
In 1937 the Toyota Motor Co was founded. It was a spin off of the Toyota Automatic Loom Works.

 

TVR
TVR is derived from the creator’s first name, which was Trevor. In 1947, the first car built under this name was hand built by Trevor Wilkinson

 

Vauxhall
For over 100 years, Vauxhall has been producing cars in the United Kingdom. They have created many classic cars.


Volkswagen
Volkswagen has become the largest producer of automobiles in Europe and produce one of the most popular cars in the UK, the Golf

 

Volvo
The first car was put into production in the year 1927. Various Volvo models even reach car insurance group 20.