Allard
Established in London in 1945 by Sydney Allard, the Allard Motor Company Limited was one of the first internationally successful car companies that featured cars with American engines. The majority of Allard’s models featured different US-built power plants from Ford, Cadillac, and Chrysler (via Supercars).
Allard’s concept was pretty simple but innovative for the time. Sydney wanted his cars as light and powerful as possible. With the addition of a big V8 in the front, his cars were very fast for the day and won numerous races. The company was closed in 1958. But Allards will always be remembered as one of the fastest cars of the era. And one of the most influential models since Carroll Shelby and Zora Arkus Duntov drove them and later developed models that featured the same design philosophy.