| 1789 | Thrupp & Maberley coach and carriage builders formed |
| 1867 | Thomas Humber starts making cycles in Coventry |
| 1876 | George Singer makes cycles in Coventry |
| 1880s | Rootes cycle shop established at Hawkhurst, Kent |
| 1894 | William Rootes born, followed by Reginald in 1896 - they later attend Cranbrook School |
| 1887 | John Marston starts Sunbeamland cycle factory in Wolverhampton |
| 1897 | Tilling-Stevens founded at Maidstone |
| 1898 | First Humber car made |
| 1899 | First Vulcan built by Joseph and Thomas Hampson |
| 1901 | First Sunbeam car |
| 1902 | First Vulcan production car exhibited at Liverpool Cycle Show |
| 1902 | Clement-Talbot established in London |
| 1904 | First Singer car introduced |
| 1905 | Commer Cars founded at Luton |
| 1906 | William Hillman founds Hillman Motor Car Company |
| 1907 | Rootes Motor Agency formed |
| 1908 | Clayton & company manufacturer 30 cwt goods chassis the "Karrier" |
| 1910 | William Rootes at Singer Cars for 1d per hour pupil – not knowing he would one day own the company |
| 1913 | Talbot car is first to reach 100 mph |
| 1917 | Geoffrey Rootes (son of William) born |
| 1918 | Vulcan concentrates on commercials rather than cars, last car built 1927 |
| 1919 | Alexandre Darracq forms STD Motors – Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq |
| 1920 | Claytons becomes Karrier Motors Limited of Huddersfield |
| 1922 | Dodge Brothers imported trucks into UK
Lee Guinness takes land speed record to 122 mph in Sunbeam at Brooklands |
| 1923 | Karrier introduce 6 wheel chassis for export markets |
| 1925 | Rootes Limited formed, Hillman purchased |
| 1926 | Commer Cars of Luton acquired by Humber
Malcolm Campbell takes land speed record to 150 mph at Pendine Sands in same Sunbeam car |
| 1927 | Humber joins Rootes group |
| 1929 | Singer introduces commercial range – gone by 1932 |
| 1930 | British Light Steel Pressings formed
Hillman Wizard introduced |
| 1931 | Karrier Consort introduced, 6 wheeler with Gardner 6LW engine
Vulcan into receivership |
| 1932 | Hillman Minx introduced |
| 1933 | Dodge starts production at Kew using imported engines and gearboxes |
| 1934 | Karrier into receivership and acquired by Rootes |
| 1935 | Sunbeam and Talbot (STD motors) acquired by Rootes |
| 1937 | BSLP absorbed into Rootes
Tilling-Stevens acquires Vulcan, productions moved to Maidstone |
| 1938 | Sunbeam name reintroduced |
| 1948 | Rights to Karrier trolleybuses pass to Guy Motors |
| 1950 | Tilling-Stevens acquired by Rootes |
| 1953 | Production of vehicles at Maidstone (TSM and Vulcan) ceases |
| 1956 | Singer is acquired by Rootes group |
| 1957 | Dodge UK revises its ranges using Perkins engines and Motor Panels cabs, etc. |
| 1959 | William Rootes becomes Lord Rootes of Ramsbury |
| 1961 | "Honeymoon Strike" at Acton starts period of industrial unrest |
| 1963 | Rootes (Scotland) formed to manufacture the Imp at Linwood |
| 1964 | Chrysler buys 30% interest in Rootes
Lord Rootes dies |
| 1967 | Reginald Rootes retires. Chrysler buys remaining 70% and takes over.
Dodge closes Kew plant, moves to Dunstable. |
| 1970 | Names changed to Chrysler UK Ltd |
| 1976 | Dodge badge displaces Commer |
| 1979 | Chrysler UK sold to Peugeot-Citroen group. UK operations renamed Talbot |
| 1981 | Renault purchase Dodge UK |
| 1987 | Dodge name dropped in favour of Renault |
| 1990 | Talbot name dropped |
| 1993 | Last year of production at Dunstable. |
