Mann & Overton Carbodies had built Mann & Overton's Austin taxis since 1948. Manganese Bronze Holdings had absorbed Carbodies Limited with portions of the former Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1973. Taxis became Manganese Bronze's core business carried out under the name "The London Taxi Company". The London Taxi Company continued the business of Mann & Overton and Carbodies until 2013 when production problems and consequent financial difficulties brought a halt to production.<br>There are plans to revive the business under the ownership of Geely UK Limited. Mann & Overton Mann & Overton Limited owned and operated a motor vehicle dealers business previously known
Briton Motor Company A. Weight who took over what remained of the company. Weight moved the machine shop and components that had been left behind to a new site at Chillington Fields also taking on a number of Briton's old workforce. Car production continued on this site until 1929 when production costs became too great, with around 600 cars having been made in total. The Briton Motor Company continued, becoming Tractor Spares Limited in 1940, a company which still exists today. Briton Motor Company The Briton Motor Company was a Wolverhampton based car manufacturer that produced cars from 1909 to 1919 then from