John Barlow founded the company in Preston in 1990. On the basis of large-scale production technology, he developed three models in the style of the 1930s and sold them in kit form (as so called kit cars) or fully assembled. In 2001 the company was dissolved.

The Empire Motor Company from the Netherlands took over the Sabre in 2001 , handed it over to the Vintage Motor Company from Pontefract under the direction of Alan Bielby, who discontinued it in 2006 and sold it to Sabre Sportscars from Wandsworth under the direction of Simon Rhodes in 2009.