ltd type private limited company industry motor vehicle import and distribution founded uk march 21 1974 1974 03 21 headquarters watermoor cirencester gloucestershire uk key people lance bradley managing director revenue 554 million 1 number of employees 350 1 parent mitsubishi corporation 2 subsidiaries spitalgate dealer services shogun finance colt mid west website mitsubishi cars.co.uk the colt car company limited is a privately owned business established in 1974 as part of mitsubishi motors global expansion programme for the purpose of importing and distributing cars and light commercial vehicles in the united kingdom . 3 for the first decade of its existence british market mitsubishis were sold under the colt marque until the rebranding to mitsubishi which then brought the marque in line with the rest of the world . it was a 51 49 joint venture between colt automotive ltd and mitsubishi motors corporation . 2 4 three subsidiary companies exist spitalgate dealer services which specialises in dealer wholesale stocking shogun finance the retail finance company and colt cars mid west which owns eight mitsubishi dealerships across the south of england . 3 contents 1 sales since 1995 2 see also 3 references 4 external links sales since 1995 edit for the first twenty years of its existence business was restricted by voluntary import quotas which limited the company to around 10 000 sales per year . 3 the relaxation of these quotas in 1996 together with the introduction of european built models at the nedcar facility in born which were unaffected by the quota allowed for a rapid expansion in the late 1990s . 3 in 2008 david blackburn retired his shareholding of the company and his stake was sold to the mitsubishi corporation specifically to its subsidiary mc automobile europe nv mcae . as result colt car company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of mcae . 3 year total sales 1995 c. 12 000 1996 c. 17 700 1997 c. 23 800 1998 c. 23 500 1999 c. 20 600 2000 18 087 2001 22 133 2002 26 419 2003 32 882 2004 37 545 2005 37 812 2006 34 467 2007 30 953 sources facts & figures 2000 facts & figures 2005 facts & figures 2008 mitsubishi motors website see also edit list of car manufacturers of the united kingdom references edit a b gloucestershire top 100 companies 2006 colt car co ltd ranks sixth by revenue a b company structure cite error invalid ref tag ; name structure defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c d e official company history mitsubishi cars uk website subsidiaries and affiliates mitsubishi motors website external links edit official site v t e mitsubishi motors subsidiaries affiliates & factories colt car company diamond star motors dsm global engine manufacturing alliance gema lonsdale mitsubishi motors australia mmal mitsubishi motors europe mme mitsubishi motors north america mmna mitsubishi motors philippines mmpc mitsubishi motors thailand mmth nedcar ralliart retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title colt car company & oldid 617422562 categories mitsubishi motors subsidiariesprivately held companies of the united kingdomhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 july 2014 at 07 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view