The AP Racing brand has a big history - why is AP Racing headquartered in Coventry?

Maybe you think: Why do I need to know where AP Racing is headquartered? Maybe think: What's special about Coventry? Isn't that a place? Hopefully this article will take you deeper into AP Racing.

        If you are going to visit Coventry alone, and before you go there and do a research to see what is going on in this place, one of the famous attractions that the person thinks is worth visiting is the Coventry Transport Museum. Why is there a traffic museum in Coventry? Is this museum like a general museum of transportation that can find planes, trains, cars and bicycles?

        The UK has always been very well-respected in the automotive industry. Britain has made Aston Martin, Bentley, Caitleham, Lotus, mini, Morgan, McLaren, Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, TVR and Vauxhall. But before the British auto industry developed, Coventry was the birthplace of the automotive industry. It can even be said that without Coventry, there would be no such brand-name cars that we drive today like Aston Martin, Bentley and Jaguar. The first British car was built in Coventry by Daimler in 1897. The first modern bike was also built in Coventry.

       The brands we know today: Land Rover Range Rover (now part of the Jaguar brand) and Land Rover Land Rover's founding company is Rover Rover. Rover's trademark was also used in the MG's car to form MG Rover.

                            罗孚汽车和罗孚自行车 Rover Bike and Rover Car

                                            罗孚25型号的车 Rover 25

                                   第一代的罗孚MG（Rover MG）25号汽车

In the early 20th century, in the hillfields area of Coventry, there were only 20 different car manufacturers such as Alves, Daimler, Rover, Jaguar, Morris (now MG), Triumph, and France. Brand logo. In 1899, London Taxi Co., Ltd. was also built in Coventry, London taxi that you can see today and has become London's iconic and touristic feature. In 1902, Coventry also made Britain's first ambulance and fire engine. Coventry-produced buses also began serving on the road in 1914.

                                             捷豹与戴姆勒制造的消防车

                                     伦敦出租车公司的总部也设在考文垂

If you go to the Coventry Transport Museum, you can see AP Racing's product exhibition:

     
                                捷豹的一级方程式使用的是AP Racing的刹车系统

AP Racing used to be part of Automotive Products (Automotive Products, which means AP) and Automotive Products's headquarters was established in 1920 and is located in Lemington near Coventry (about 12 miles). In the reconstruction of Coventry in the 1950s, many auto factories including Jaguar, Triumph, Hillman-Chrysler (later acquired by the logo) and Alves (later taken over by Rover) once again returned to Coventry, so Wenhui is called "City of the Car" or "Detroit in the United Kingdom". In 1990, AP Racing moved from Leamington to Coventry due to the expansion of AP Racing. Knowing that today, Coventry's factories and offices have become AP Racing's headquarters.