Vanden Plas is the name of a company of coachbuilders for specialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. It originated in Belgium in 1870. A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The history of Vanden Plas is not well documented prior to the end of the second War.

Among others, Vanden Plas made bodies for a number of Rolls Royce Phantom III, Bentleys such as the 1930 3 1/2 liter and the Mark VI Drophead.

Typically from one to 7 similar bodies would be built for a particular model.

After its acquistion by Austin, it became quite well known for its pretty "Princess Limousine" (which most people then and today would confuse in appearance for a Rolls Royce). Rolls-Royce is a set of companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ...

In 1946 Vanden Plas became a subsidiary of the Austin Motor Company, which is now part of MG Rover. The North American rights to the name have been sold on and reside with the Jaguar division of Ford. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Austin Motor Company was British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in the 50s but declining after absorption into British Leyland. ... MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ... Jaguar Cars is a British automobile manufacturer famous for luxury saloon and sports cars. ... The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed Fords or FoMoCo, (NYSE: F) is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ...

Following the demise of the BMC Conglomerate, which at one point encompassed over 40 British Marques, the Vanden Plas name was acquired by Jaguar Cars.

Introduced by Jaguar cars in 1968 (Jaguar had acquired Daimler in 1960), the Daimler DS420 Limousine was a replacement for the aging Austin Princess, whose body and coachwork had been designed by Vanden Plas as well. Logo of Daimler 1898 Daimler car in Bristol Industrial Museum, England Daimler is a British marque of motor car since 1896. ...

Placed on its Jaguar Models the Vanden Plas label still signify the its most luxurious variant.

See also

• Vanden Plas Princess
• List of automobile manufacturers