Advanced automotive design

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Advanced automotive design

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founding 1990s
resolution 2010
Seat Pretoria , South Africa
management Brian Glover, Rhys Edwards
Branch Automobiles

Advanced Automotive Design was a South African manufacturer of automobiles and kit cars .

description

Brian Glover and Rhys Edwards founded the company in Pretoria . In 1997 they presented a vehicle at the Miami Motor Show . Sales began in 2000. The brand name was Shaka . Glover Designs Inc. from Florida sold the vehicles in the USA . One source states that production ended in 2010. A complete vehicle was built in 2000 and 2002, none in 2001 and two in 2003.

Models

The only model Nynya was a sports car . The basis was a spaceframe made of tubes. An open two-seater body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The literature describes the vehicle as a kind of Lotus Seven , but with a more modern body . Another source sees a similarity to the Plymouth Prowler . Standard engine was a V8 engine from Oldsmobile with 5700 cc engine capacity , but also a different engine from Oldsmobile and a V6 engine of Buick survived. Another source mentions engines from Chevrolet .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1439. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
  3. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on July 17, 2016)
  4. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed July 17, 2016)