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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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