Jenson Button Joins The Coachbuilding Business As Radford Co-Owner

The famous Radford coachbuilder is being reborn, and it has three famous co-owners behind.

Former F1 champ Jenson Button, TV presenter and car builder Ant Anstead, and car designer Mark Stubbs, as well as legal business adviser and lawyer Roger Behle, have joined forces to help bring back the famous UK brand to life.

Mark Stubbs will oversee the design of each new Radford model, while the build is left for Ant Anstead. Jenson Button will “track test and meticulously tune each car to offer a superlative driving experience”.

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“To be able to help revive this iconic name is such a special and unique opportunity”, said Button. “The Radford brand carriers such prestige and magnetism for anyone with an appreciation of cars. The work that Harold Radford and his team were responsible for in the mid-1900s is simply incredible, so I jumped at the chance to join Ant and Mark in their quest to put the Radford name back in lights. The journey has very much begun, and news of our first car will follow shortly, so watch this space.”

“The time for a revival of proper coachbuilding is right now”, added Anstead. “People want something unique, something different and something tailor-made. That’s where Radford comes in – our cars will offer the ultimate in global luxury and personalization, blending British heart and soul, state-of-the-art technology with traditional craftsmanship. Jenson, Mark and I are proud to be reviving Radford and humbled to be custodians of this legendary company. Future partnerships that we already have in place are a testament to what Radford is capable of achieving. It feels like fate that a designer, a builder and a driver have all united at this perfect time. It’s really exciting.”

Founded back in 1948 by Harold Radford, the coachbuilding company debuted at the 1951 London Motor show and made a name for itself by offering extremely personalized cars. Bentleys and Rolls-Royces were in their portfolio, which was eventually expanded to Minis. Moreover, they were also involved in making the bespoke fiberglass bodywork for a prototype variant of the Ford GT40. Radford’s clientele included the rich and famous, with all four Beatles getting cars signed by them.