Production chronology1948–1953
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗6 years
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Bristol / Model record
Bristol401
Production1948–1953
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Built611 units
Background
The Bristol 401 saloon and Bristol 402 cabriolet are British luxury grand tourers, produced between 1948 and 1953 by Bristol Cars, an offshoot of the Bristol Aeroplane Company They were developed from the Bristol 400, which continued in production alongside the 401 and 402 until 1950.
Text adapted from “Bristol 401 and 402” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1952–1957
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗6 years