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
Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1907 and 1908. The company was incorporated in 1906 by Charles B. Hatfield, Sr. in Cortland, New York. Variously calling the car the Buggyabout and Unique, it was a high wheeler with an air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke engine, friction transmission, and chain drive. It offered solid tires on large wheels (38 in {96.5 cm} front, 40 in {102 cm} back). By early 1907, the company had moved to Miamisburg to begin production. For 1907, the four-place Model B had a