Lister Portfolio

BRITAIN’S OLDEST RACING CAR COMPANY Portfolio

One of Britain’s best loved racing car companies. Lister is a name known, revered and loved in automotive circles around the world, with a rich heritage going back to 1951 of race-winning success. You can join the likes of Colin Chapman, Bruce McLaren, and indeed, Brian Lister and enjoy unprecedented access to the most prestigious racing circles that only exist to race team owners. Lister has won the British Empire Trophy four times, a record only equalled by McLaren since the 1950s, and has gone on to build some of the most iconic race cars ever produced. The Lister Knobbly is perhaps the greatest sports racer of the 1950’s and the Lister Storm won the GT3 Championship in 2000, cementing a history that is truly iconic. A name immortalised by races at Goodwood and Le Mans and now digitally by Gran Turismo and Forza, this is an opportunity that comes around only once in a lifetime. Your Exclusive Ticket

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The fairytale legend

In 1953 Brian Lister petitioned his father to allow him time off from working at the George Lister factory to build a race car. Horace Lister agreed. If he hadn’t, the face of UK motorsport might have looked very different.

Even though Brian Lister was only active as a racing car constructor for little more than five years, his success shook the foundations of the established racing car teams to the very core.

With a shoestring budget compared to his competitors and often working into the early hours of the morning, Brian and the craftsmen from George Lister Engineering entered their first race in 1954.

In an era when supercars had engines fitted behind the driver, the Lister Storm 6,996cc V12 Jaguar unit was placed ahead of the driver, and was the largest V12 engine fitted to a production road car since World War II.

In their first full season of FIA GT competition, Lister were crowned Championship winners, with Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter winning the GT Drivers’ Championship with victories in Valencia, Estoril, Silverstone, Zolder and Magny-Cours, in the Lister Storm GTM002.

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The Lister Centenary model was developed, each bearing a sterling silver Chassis ID plate with a special 1990 hallmark incorporating the Lister logo. Only four were built and sold - they are a monument to the enterprise founded by George Lister 100 years ago, and the skills of the Lister workforce.

Between 1954 and 1959 only 50 original cars were produced but they won, or were placed, over two thousand times in track events worldwide.

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In order for Lister to continue being competitive in the big-engine classes throughout the 1959 season… The Lister Costin was born. Designed by British engineer and designer Frank Costin and produced by Lister, this Jaguar powered racing car was regarded as the fastest Lister in Europe.

Lister enjoyed their first ever race success in April 1954, when Archie Scott-Brown secured first place at National Snetterton in his Lister MG, where he accumulated a lead of 56 seconds in just five laps.

Lister made its commercial reappearance in 1986. Based in Leatherhead, with engineering input by Laurence Pearce, approximately 90 tuned Jaguar Le Mans cars were produced, the emphasis being very much on super car performance.

With 546bhp, 583lb-ft of torque, a Motec management system, a weight of 3,668lb and a drag co-efficient of 0.35cd, the Lister Storm had a claimed top speed of almost 208MPH and 0-60mph in just 4.1 seconds, making the Storm a fitting contender for the Le Mans 24 hours. It was certainly proved as a supercar due to its performance and for a while the Lister Storm claimed the title of the fastest four-seater car in the world!

The Lister Storm LMP is a racing car built using knowledge gained with campaigning the Storm GT in various championships, and was built as an open-topped Le Mans Prototype.

The Lister Storm Hybrid was unveiled in 2005, making its debut in the Silverstone leg of the Le Mans Endurance Series and securing a podium finish at the 6h Vallelunga later that year, as well as in Istanbul in April 2006.

Lister’s success continued throughout the decade, with another British Empire Trophy triumph in 1957, once again led by Archie Scott-Brown, this time in his Lister Jaguar.

Lister tasted even more success in 1955, when they took home the prestigious British Empire Trophy at Oulton Park, with Archie Scott-Brown at the wheel of the Lister Bristol.

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The legend is reborn The Lister Jaguar was driven by some of the most notable racing car drivers of the 50s including: Archie Scott Brown, Stirling Moss, Ivor Bueb, Bruce Halford and Innes Ireland amongst many others.

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To celebrate the 60th anniversary, 10 brand new original specification 1958 Works Lister ‘Knobblys’ were released, built to meet current FIA Appendix K race regulations.

Lister Supercar and Classic Event held at Lister HQ, Lancashire.

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Producing 666bhp from a Lister-tuned and supercharged V8 engine, the Lister LFT-C became the most powerful open-top Lister ever built.

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As in the past, the new cars are handcrafted by the expert engineers at the George Lister Engineering Works in Cambridge under the watchful eye of Colin ‘Chippy’ Crisp, who worked on the original cars in 1958. Fitted with the race proven Jaguar D Type 3.8 litre 6 cylinder engine, complete with the famous wide-angle cylinder head, dry sump lubrication and genuine Jaguar D type gearbox.

All new Lister Jaguars will come complete with a FIA HTP passport for historic racing.

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Alternatively if you require a Lister for the road, we can build your car to adhere to IVA regulations for use on the UK or EU roads. For road use specifications outside the EU, please contact us.

The Lister Stirling Moss was released, an exact continuation of the super lightweight Knobbly that led Stirling Moss to victory at Silverstone in 1958.

The very first facelift F-Type Jaguar had a Lister workshop upgrade.

The Lister Motor Company created and awarded the inaugural ‘Brian Lister Trophy’ to support Lister racing cars. The new trophy was awarded to the best performing Lister Motor Car taking part in the Stirling Moss Trophy series.

Over 30 years after Laurence Pearce developed the Lister Le Mans and the Lister Storm, a 666bhp Lister Coupé was launched – the Lister LFT.

The Lister Stealth was limited to 100 Editions – described as Britain’s fastest SUV, with 666 bhp and an estimated 0-60 mph acceleration time of just 3.6 seconds.

This is your opportunity to build and race your very own car at 24 Hours of Le Mans. Stand shoulder to shoulder with racing greats, cheering on your drivers in a car you’ve helped to create.

Motoring Legends Talk Lister Lister is a well loved brand and the cars have a special place in the heart of some of Britain’s finest car drivers and enthusiasts. From Sir Stirling Moss, whose career started in 1947, right up to the current day, people who know racing speak very highly of Lister. We spoke to some of the motoring world’s most famous faces to see what their thoughts were about Lister and their cars.

Sir Stirling Moss British Legend

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“You’re always very proud if you’re dealing with a winner and this was a car that would beat all the others.” Sir Stirling Moss - British Racing Legend

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BRITISH LEGEND

Quentin Willson is one of the UK’s most successful motoring journalists and graciously agreed to interview Sir Stirling for the Lister Motor Company.

Sir Stirling has been a significant and hugely loved figure of motorsport for over half a century and rightly deserves his place in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Between 1947 and 1962 he entered 529 races and won 212, including 16 Formula One Grand Prixs. He achieved success in several categories of competition and is one of the very few people for whom the word ‘legend’ is not overstated. In the foreword to a new biography - “Stirling Moss – My Racing Life”, Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton writes: “Ever since I became fascinated by motorsport as a young boy I knew, as everybody else did, the name of Stirling Moss. He is considered by many to be the greatest British racing driver of all time. Of course I was never able to see him race during his professional career, but that didn’t stop him from being one of the motivations that drove me on to reach the top of the motor racing tree for my country.”

“Stirling Moss is that rare thing – a true British hero who showed impossible courage on racing circuits all over the world. He helped make Lister all conquering in the ‘50s and still speaks about the legendary Knobbly with great affection and respect. He modestly praises the Knobbly’s engineering excellence but his epic and fearless driving skills played an enormous part in Lister’s success in those race-winning years. Listening to his racing experiences in the magnesium bodied car and passion for all things Lister was a great personal honour for me.”

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Sir Stirling Moss talks to Quentin Willson about his time racing the Lister Knobbly, and the Lister Stirling Moss limited edition cars.

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“The brief to the design team at Lister was simple; to design and build the fastest, most powerful and most luxurious production Lister ever made. The Lister LFT-666 answers and exceeds this brief in every respect.”

Tiff Needell - Lister Racing Driver

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Top Gear Presenter & Motoring Journalist

Chris has an extensive history as a car journalist and racing driver. He started a popular YouTube channel, ‘Chris Harris on Cars’ in 2014 which has over 450k subscribers. Harris has had an extensive racing career, and won his first race in a Formula Palmer Audi single seater race in 2000. He has raced Formula Ford, Lotus Exiges, ASCAR (oval racing), and saloon cars. He entered a world rally event, the Wales Rally GB, and came 1st in class. He has also raced in endurance races, such as the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2010 and 2015.

The face and voice of Tiff Needell are very familiar to those who follow all classes of motorsports. From the moment his father first took him to Goodwood there was only one thing Tiff wanted to be – a racing driver. He worked his way up through the national racing scene to become a Formula Ford Champion in 1975, and finished second in his first ever Formula One race. He has contested 14 Le Mans 24 Hour races, driving the Lister Storm in ’96 and ’97, which was sponsored by Newcastle United Football Club. Tiff ended his time at Lister with a hat-trick of victories in the British Championship. He has also been one of the stars of the Goodwood Revival meetings, driving a 1957 Lister Jaguar.

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“Q: If you only had one hour to live, what car would you drive?” “A: I’d probably drive the 1950’s Lister Coupe, which I drove at Goodwood in 2013.”

Chris Harris - Top Gear Presenter & Motoring Journalist

“ The Stealth is the fastest SUV * Britain has ever produced! I’m not normally known as an SUV man, but I think I’m about to become converted! ”

Tiff Needell - Lister Racing Driver

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BRIAN LISTER’S DREAM Where it all began...

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William Archibald Scott Brown was born on the 13th May 1927 in Paisley, Scotland. As a result of German measles during his mother’s pregnancy, Archie was born with severe disfigurement of his legs and right arm. Tremendous determination and countless operations were needed to allow Archie to walk, although he never grew more than five feet tall. His disability certainly didn’t hinder him behind the wheel and his courageous driving style was not overlooked by Brian Lister. In 1954 Archie swept to prominence in the Lister Bristol, but it wasn’t until 1957 that Archie really hit the headlines in the Lister Jaguar, when he proved to be almost unbeatable during the course of the season. Tragically, Archie died following a crash in a works Lister on the 18th May 1958. He was 31.

Founded in 1890 by Brian Lister’s grandfather, George Lister Engineering is one of Cambridgeshire’s oldest firms. Renowned for their architectural metal work, their blacksmiths produced some of the finest wrought iron works in Cambridge and the surrounding counties.

Today, George Lister Engineering has diversified and recently worked on large projects such as Brunel University and the Chatham Maritime Marina.

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They also had their part to play in the 2012 Olympic Games with contracts for the Stratford Link Bridge and the Olympic Velodrome, where Team GB dominated the cycling competition, winning seven out of a possible ten gold medals.

manufactured and assembled by George Lister Engineering in Cambridgeshire.

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Unmistakably British… When Baroness Thatcher met Lister – two of the most iconic and unequivocally British embodiments of the 20th century came together “Lister is a hallowed British car brand and I’m so delighted that it’s back in business. In the 50s Lister Knobblys were out-dragging D type Jaguars, pulling 180mph and using miracle materials like magnesium alloy. I can’t wait to see existing Lister cars properly authenticated, new Listers being built and lots of Knobblys back in classic racing. This is wonderful news for the proud Lister racing heritage that stretches back more than half a century.”

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“The Lister Jaguar was Britain’s most successful big-engined sports racing car of the late 1950s!”

PAUL SKILLETER (AUTHOR, LISTER-JAGUAR - BRIAN LISTER AND THE CARS FROM CAMBRIDGE)

Beneath: Brian Lister & Quentin Willson with a Lister Knobbly recreation

Quenton Willson talks to Brian Lister

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A Factory Full of Custodians

The first Lister rolled out of the Cambridge factory in England on the 30th July 1954. Within three years, Lister had become the most revered manufacturer of racing cars in the world, thanks to the dedicated craftsmen who gave their all and had one simple belief - that they could build a race winning car. As in the past, the new cars are handcrafted by the expert engineers at the George Lister Engineering Works in Cambridge under the watchful eye of Colin ‘Chippy’ Crisp, who worked on the original cars in 1958. Through their dedication to British craftsmanship, Lister remains true to its motto: ‘A British Racing Icon’.

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The Fastest Four Seater Grand Tourer Probably one of the fastest four seater grand tourers in the 1990s and early 2000s, the later Lister Storm also gained celebrity status from gaming throughout the world. A new generation of Lister fans has been created by the inclusion of the Lister Storm in the Gran Turismo game series on PlayStation - over 85 million copies of Gran Turismo have been sold worldwide.

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The Giant Killers Laurence Pearce was ambitious, and decided his first race with his own car was going to be the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He took the Lister Storm, his wife, and Geoff Lees the driver, and qualified 12th out of 12 places with just 20 minutes left on the clock to make time. “Click the watch, we’re in! Nobody else knew. My wife and I are standing there, just the two of us on the pit wall, and I’ve shown it to her, and we’re hugging. And other people started to see us hugging and saying to themselves, why are the Pearces hugging? And it was because we were in the 24 Hours of Le Mans!” Le Mans and back...

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Laurence Pearce and Lister Cars – a new generation of race winners Lister Cars are part of British motoring history, winning races against highly stacked odds. Following the Brian Lister racing years, the brand was taken over by engineer Laurence Pearce, who excited a new generation of fans. From 1988 Laurence employed 50 people in the workshop, completing 90% of the work needed in house, including trimming, body work, painting, engine building, transmission work, and ultimately putting the whole car together.

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It can be argued that the Laurence Pearce custodianship of the Lister brand produced its most successful era in racing.

Approximately 90 tuned Jaguar Le Mans were produced, the emphasis being very much on supercar performance.

The Lister Storm was officially launched at Earl’s Court in 1993, and the first one was sold straight off the stand, to the Sultan of Brunei. With 546bhp, 583lb-ft of torque, a Motec management system, a weight of 3,668lb and a drag co-efficient of 0.35cd, the Lister Storm had a top speed of almost 208mph and 0-60mph in just 4.1 seconds, making the Storm a fitting contender for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Jenny Seagrove launching the Lister Storm road car during Laurence Pearce’s successful custodianship of Lister Cars.

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Le Mans 1995 Lister, under the stewardship of Laurence Pearce, qualified for the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race on their first attempt in 12th place out of 12. Scan the QR code to hear Laurence telling the story to Tiff Needell from his home in Portugal.

Tiff Needell talks to Laurence Pearce on all things Lister.

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Lister Rebirth THE WHITTAKER FACTOR

In 2013 The Lister Motor Company was acquired by father and son team Andrew and Lawrence Whittaker. 2013 marked 60 years since the first Lister racing car and to celebrate this landmark the Whittaker’s first major venture was to announce ten Lister Jaguar Knobbly continuation cars. These iconic tool room copies were manufactured using the same techniques, jigs and bucks as the originals and all ten cars had secured deposits within just four weeks of their release. Financial stability and an ethos of extremely high production build quality, has led to the Lister brand burning brightly once more, with values of original cars increasing significantly since the Lister Motor Company was reborn.

The Whittakers talk to Sir Stirling Moss and Quentin Willson at Race Retro 2014.

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The finest continuation car money can buy...

Pebble Beach International Acclaim In 2016 Lister launched the Lister Knobbly Stirling Moss. The limited run of ten special edition cars each featured a magnesium body and special lightweight specification, an exact recreation of the Lister Knobbly as raced by Sir Stirling Moss in the 1950s. To celebrate the launch, The Lister Motor Company exhibited the Lister Knobbly Stirling Moss at USA’s most renowned and prestigious event, the Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, hosted by Alain de Cadenet, and VIP guest of honour legendary racing driver Sir Stirling Moss. Sir Stirling said: “The Knobbly remains one of my favourite racing cars. These magnesium-bodied continuations redefine the word ‘special’: they are hugely collectible, and they will be very fast indeed. They will be winners on the track – just as they were in their day. I’m looking forward to meeting the new owners and seeing some of these amazing cars on the historic racing circuit being driven flat out as they were designed to be.” The Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance has established itself as a well-curated marketplace for the true automotive enthusiast, showcasing rare collectables and historic automobilia, as well as featuring luminaries of the automotive world discussing the most pertinent topics facing the collector car world today.

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Current Range

Prestige car market and the racing world.

To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Lister began manufacturing new cars based on the original 1958 Lister Jaguar Knobbly specification, direct from the Lister factory in Cambridge. These sought-after models are built to meet current FIA Appendix K race regulations for historic race use. New cars are priced at £400,000 (originally £250,000) and there has been no shortage of interest in the initial run. The Jaguar D Type engines and gearboxes are provided by the renowned engine builders Crosthwaite and Gardiner, but assembly is completed in-house at George Lister Engineering. Continuation cars meet original specifications and are manufactured by the original factory, greatly adding to the brand’s heritage value. As the original plans and tooling are held by Lister, continuation cars meet FIA regulations to achieve a Historic Technical Passport (HTP), increasing their demand, prestige and value around the world. They can also be road registered through the IVA.

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Revered Throughout the World

Lister is a name that’s known and draws excitement across the globe. Whilst the company has always been based in Cambridge, international racing success means there are sales, enquiries and interest from around the world.

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A Truly Valuable Brand

Historic Racing Appeal

The market for historic racing cars is huge and growing. Car enthusiasts spend millions on acquiring and running historic racing cars at events throughout the year. Demand for Listers is very strong, with no signs of abating in the near future, with Lister cars winning the world’s leading historic race series, the Stirling Moss Trophy in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020*. The high cost of buying original models to enter historic race series’ means that continuation cars with an FIA Historic Technical Passport are both desirable and very competitively priced. The historic race series continues to expand, and with the passage of time, more Lister models will be eligible to enter historic race series’ which should ensure continued demand for the Lister cars. Increases in the value of original cars means that higher prices can be maintained for continuation cars. The business has currently manufactured 25 continuation cars including orders in addition for sanctions of existing Lister cars.

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In the News

Lister cars are renowned across the globe. They have been making headlines for decades, from the Archie Scott Brown and Sir Stirling Moss racing achievements, through to the press launch of the Lister Storm at Earl’s Court, featuring actress Jenny Seagrove sitting on the car, and selling the first one straight off the stand to the Sultan of Brunei; right up to date with multiple reviews and featuring on Top Gear. The launch of the special edition Lister Jaguar Knobbly Stirling Moss at the RAC also created column inches, with only ten ever to be made, and delivered by Sir Stirling himself.

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On the following pages are a selection of stories – Lister creates a lot of press interest.

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takes 500 man-hours to craft; owner Brian Scowcroft (on left) commissioned Lister to make the first road-legal Knobbly.

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are dispatched with gusto. The horror-film fog of a few hours ago has made way for weak winter sun and he’s revelling in one more opportunity to play with his new toy before the roads are salted again.

then it’s hard to be heard over the full throated howl of a Jaguar twin-cam six as it reaches its sweet spot. The vast acreage of bonnet rises and falls like cleavage, the point of focus from the passenger seat being the onslaught of fresh air that bypasses the shallow wind-deflector and smacks you around the chops to the point that your face is frozen in a rictus grin.

to Highway Code adherence generally make for a purgatorial driving experience in the real world: think ‘will it catch before it catches fire’ start-up theatrics, Olympic standard strop-throwing shenanigans in traffic, and a spine-rattling ride quality. More often than not, you soon pine for something

marque revival, Lawrence Whittaker, even went as far as to persuade several company old boys to come out of decades-long retirement to act as consultants during the construction of the initial batch of ten new Knobblys, and to help train the next generation of car builders. The original plan back in 2013 was simply to produce millimetre-perfect Listers with HTP papers that could be used in Historic racing, subject to the discretion of event organisers.

It’s giddying stuff, but then that is to be expected of a ’50s sports-racer on open(ish) exhausts being exercised on challenging blacktop. Except this is nothing of the sort. This Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ was completed only recently. It is, in modern-day parlance, a ‘continuation car’, the important distinction being that it was ordered as a road car rather than as a track weapon.

building the new Listers. It took several trips to the VOSA testing centre before they approved a car. We had to adapt more than 200 individual parts.

concessions to IVA Type Approval, and doing so without deviations from the script having an adverse effect on its looks or appeal. That’s quite a tightrope to walk, not least when your customers are, by definition, high-net-worth individuals with correspondingly high expectations.

that bit more user-friendly. As such, you approach this car with a degree of trepidation. It isn’t as though Lister doesn’t have form when it comes to making road cars, mind, but that was more in the realm of the outrageous XJ-S conversions of the late 1980s, and the uncompromisingly angular Storm GT car that followed in the early ’90s. This is something else entirely, a machine that aims to duplicate the wondrousness of the original Knobbly while also making

Meanwhile, the helmsman displays not a particle of doubt as speed rises and corners

‘The major problem we had to overcome was the heat from the exhaust. The exhaust gets very hot and this was unbearable for passengers. It was less of an issue when racing, but obviously no good on the road. Eventually, we ceramic-coated the exhaust and put a lot of heat-resistant material in the bodywork to deflect the heat, and in the end it worked very well. However, a lot of R&D and investment went into sorting the problem.’

It blazes a trail for a new strain of street legal sports-racers from this resurgent Cambridgeshire marque, but therein lies the rub. Competition tools with a nod or two

‘My father had bought an original Lister Knobbly to restore,’ Whittaker recalls. ‘While trying to find out more about the car and order some parts, he contacted George Lister Engineering [Brian Lister’s grandfather’s company], which was still in existence. They invited us to their factory and we were

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That would be individuals such as Brian Scowcroft, who commissioned the first Lister Knobbly road car. The car collection of this sometime Formula Ford racer stretches from a V16 Cadillac to a Franay-bodied Bentley via all manner of vowel-laden Italian supercars. In this company, the Knobbly

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doesn’t appear out of place, that’s for sure. But, then, it was built using much of original Brian Lister-era tool be expected. Th

In the News The UK’s fastest growing car company Here’s a question for all you car nuts out there: what’s the UK’s fastest growing car company? Here are a few clues: they are a well-known brand that had a successful racing history from the 1950s until the 2000s. Another clue: they are now making continuation models of some of their most famous cars. Final one: they have an association with one Sir William Lyons. Independent financial analysts Plimsoll have just announced that Lister’s sales have grown 140% over the last 12 months, an amazing achievement for a company that had been relatively unseen since the Lister Storm LMP last ran at Le Mans in 2006 until it was taken over in 2013 by Andrew and Lawrence Whittaker of Warrantywise.

This Lister Knobbly is the first continuation car for the road Lister has just announced Britain’s first ever dedicated road-going version of a previous track use only continuation car, with the introduction of its road-legal Knobbly. More than 60 years after the original Lister Knobbly first raced, this celebrated competition car – one of the most successful in motor racing history and a Goodwood regular in period – can finally be driven legally on the Queen’s highway.

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Company launches the Brian Lister trophy As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, the Lister Motor Company has announced that it has created and introduced the ‘Brian Lister Trophy’ to support Lister racing cars participating in the 2014 historic racing calendar. The new trophy will be awarded to the best performing Lister Motor Car taking part in the Stirling Moss Trophy series for pre-1961 Sportscars and Sports Racers, organised by Motor Racing Legends. All Lister cars competing in five rounds held at prestigious European historic events will be eligible for the trophy. With a varied grid of cars competing in each round, the trophy will not simply be awarded on finishing positions alone, but will also take into account elements such as preparation, performance and passion – all of the values the Lister Motor Company stands for.

Reviving a great British racing car company

The £1m Lister Knobbly Special Edition

This tiniest of British makes is this high up in the listing for one simple reason: the second coming added further lustre to the original Lister name. The story began in 1984, when Brian Lister granted Jaguar specialist Laurence Pearce permission to use the revered moniker. This led to a series of outrageous XJ-S conversions such as the Le Mans and Mk3, before thoughts turned to producing a supercar of its own. Joining the herd and making something mid-engined was never on the cards, though... The brand is currently enjoying another renaissance under Lawrence Whittaker, not least for its continuation cars and new Jaguar- based offerings.

First to roll out the factory doors were ten new versions of the renowned Lister Knobbly, built exactly to original specification and costing £300,000-plus. Next came £1million cars endorsed by Sir Stirling Moss, roadgoing versions of the Knobbly and a revival of the sleek Lister Costin. Now the company has taken on a new lease of life, is starting to deliver a fresh breed of high performance Jaguar-based cars and Lawrence has an ambition to one day build a new Lister, creating an exclusive British supercar.

Lister Cars unveiled the Lister Jaguar Knobbly Stirling Moss Edition at the RAC today. The car may at first appear to be the latest in a line of Lister Jaguar Knobblys, the continuation cars built off the back of the Lister racing cars that competed so successfully in the ‘50s, but the Stirling Moss Edition is something a bit special. The car unveiled today is one of ten Stirling Moss Editions that will be made; no matter how many further orders are received, assembled guests at the RAC were assured no more would be built, due largely to the complexity and cost of building cars out of magnesium.

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In 2015 ten brand new original specification 1958 Works Lister Knobblys were released, built to meet current FIA Appendix K race regulations. They were launched at the prestigious private member’s club The Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall in London, founded in 1897 by motoring pioneers.

The classic and opulent surroundings were the perfect backdrop to the stunning Lister car.

Launching the Stirling Moss special edition at the RAC Club Pall Mall, London.

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The opportunity to become the brand custodian of Lister Cars is truly unique. This will open doors for you in the racing world, enable you to visit Goodwood and Pebble Beach, and even give you an opportunity to build your own race car at Le Mans. Only true car enthusiasts can fully appreciate what a unique and valuable opportunity this is, to become the sole custodian of a world famous international racing brand. Unique International Brand Opportunity

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The Future Opportunity - Electric?

or to race at Le Mans...

Lister at Le Mans Alternatively, if your passion is racing, Lister have imagined a brand new Le Mans entry, which could build on Lister’s already impressive racing heritage.

Lister is looking to the future with a line up of EV performance models. The first in line is the Lister GT EV, imagined below, aiming to transfer the Lister DNA into a fully EV platform. A EV crossover, open top race car and a 4WD performance SUV to take on the Lister Stealth will follow to complete the line up.

Lister EV GT

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The Lister Motor Company has been privately owned by just three owners in its seven decade history...

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