{"id":8421,"date":"2022-12-24T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T09:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/24\/brilliant-fun-uk-automaker-shrinks-classic-cars-for-big-spenders\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T09:39:29","slug":"brilliant-fun-uk-automaker-shrinks-classic-cars-for-big-spenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/24\/brilliant-fun-uk-automaker-shrinks-classic-cars-for-big-spenders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brilliant fun\u2019: UK automaker shrinks classic cars for big spenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Little Car Company, housed in a converted RAF base at Bicester, makes miniature classics that run on batteries <\/p>\n

Building cars is hard, so when Ben Hedley started his business he started small. To be precise, he started at 75% of the size. The Little Car Company does what its name suggests, producing shrunken but drivable battery electric toy versions of full-size classics from the likes of Aston Martin and Ferrari.<\/p>\n

The company has made its way to \u00a310m in turnover and 60 employees almost by accident over four years, Hedley says, walking around the company\u2019s workshop in Bicester Heritage, a converted Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire that has been turned into a hub for classic car businesses. The company made its first profits in the last financial quarter, despite supply chain problems that have hit automotive manufacturers big and small<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Little Car Company, housed in a converted RAF base at Bicester, makes miniature classics that run on batteries
\nBuilding cars is hard, so when Ben Hedley started his business he started small. To be precise, he started at 75% of the size. The Little Car Company does what its name suggests, producing shrunken but drivable battery electric toy versions of full-size classics from the likes of Aston Martin and Ferrari.
\nThe company has made its way to \u00a310m in turnover and 60 employees almost by accident over four years, Hedley says, walking around the company\u2019s workshop in Bicester Heritage, a converted Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire that has been turned into a hub for classic car businesses. The company made its first profits in the last financial quarter, despite supply chain problems that have hit automotive manufacturers big and small. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Little Car Company, housed in a converted RAF base at Bicester, makes miniature classics that run on batteries Building cars is hard, so when Ben Hedley started his business he started small. To be precise, he started at 75% of the size. The Little Car Company does what its name suggests, producing shrunken but …<\/p>\n

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