Bristol
Bristol 405
The Bristol 404 and Bristol 405 are British luxury cars which were manufactured by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. The 404 was manufactured from 1953 to 1958, and the 405 from 1955 to 1958. The models were successors to the Bristol 403. The 404 was a two-seat coupé and the 405 was available as a four-seat, four-door saloon and as a four-seat, two-door drophead coupé. Unlike previous or later Bristol models, there is considerable confusion in nomenclature when it comes to the Bristol 404 and 405. The 404 was a very short-wheelbase car introduced in 1953, whereas the longer 405 was introduced in 1955. The wheelbases are 8 feet (2,438 mm) for the 404 and 9 feet 6 inches (2,896 mm) for the 405.
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Generations & variants
UK vehicles on the road
20 licensed and 6 SORN (26 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 23 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 2025 | 26 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q14551943CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_404_and_405CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1376914274 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.