Bond Cars Ltd was a British car maker. The company was formed by Lawrie Bond in Preston, Lancashire, England in 1948. Initially called Sharps Commercials Ltd, it changed its name to Bond Cars Ltd in 1965. The company was taken over by the Reliant Motor Co Ltd of Tamworth, Staffordshire in 1970 who then quickly closed down the Preston factory, transferring the spare parts business for the Bond Minicar, Bond 875, Ranger van and Equipe models to a firm in Oldbury]] in the West Midlands. Reliant nevertheless continued to use the Bond name until 1974 on Bond Bug models made at their own plant at Tamworth, Staffordshire.