Railton (car)

Railton was a marque of British automobiles made by Fairmile Engineering Company in Cobham, Surrey, between 1933 and 1940.

The two decided that an English coachwork on a U.S.-built chassis with a powerful engine would result in a high-performance driving car.

[2] Macklin was impressed by the Terraplane’s build quality, refinement, and performance, but not its American body styling.

They were built on a Standard Flying Nine chassis and with either saloon or drophead coupé bodywork was claimed to be "A famous name in miniature".

After World War II, a few cars were completed using pre-war parts, and a new model was built and shown at the 1949 London Motor Show.

Both were styled by Towns and were based on Jaguar XJS running gear with new original aluminium bodywork.

An objective was to have Jaguar dealerships sell and service the vehicles since the base XJS mechanical and interior were unchanged, with only the "aluminium skin tacked on the top" of the cars.

[7] In 1994, the rights and tooling were purchased by an entrepreneur, Graham Pierce, but the firm was officially reported as dormant the following year and fully dissolved on 4 July 2000.