The Lister Motor Car Company introduced by Quentin Willson
Motoring journalist Quentin Willson uncovers the remarkable history of Britain’s longest-established racing car company and chronicles the meticulous modern-day recreation of its 1950s world-beater, the legendary Lister ‘Knobbly’. This film is dedicated to the memory of company founder Brian Lister and includes his final interview, recorded shortly before his death in December 2014.
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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