Argyll Turbo Cars

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Argyll Turbo Cars Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1976
resolution 1990s
Seat Lochgilphead , Scotland
management Bob Henderson
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Argyll from 1978

Argyll Turbo Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Racing driver Bob Henderson, who was already making Minnow Fish Carburettors carburettors for his company , founded the company in 1976 in Lochgilphead in the Scottish county of Argyll . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Argyll . Production ended around the mid-1990s.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The basis was a self-developed chassis; according to one source, a tubular frame. The independent suspension came from the Triumph 2500 . The engine was mounted transversely behind the seats in a mid-engine design and drove the rear axle. The options were initially a four-cylinder engine from Saab and a V8 engine from Rover . In both cases, a turbocharger provided more power. The maximum speed was specified as 209 km / h for the version with Saab engine and 275 km / h for the version with Rover engine. The PRV engine with six cylinders was later also available. Another source also called an engine of Lancia with 2,000 cc displacement and a V6 engine from Rover with 2600 cc capacity. The five-speed transmission came from ZF . The coupé body offered space for 2 + 2 people.

The auction house H&H Classics Limited offered a vehicle at auction on June 10, 2009 , but did not sell it.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Argyll (II).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 68. (English)

Web links

Commons : Argyll Turbo Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Argyll (II).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 68. (English)
  3. ↑ Auction ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed January 10, 2015)