Bufori Motor Car Company (M)
| Bufori Motor Car Company (M) Sdn Bhd
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| legal form | Sdn Bhd |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat | Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
| Website | www.bufori.com |
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Bufori Motor Car Company (M) Sdn Bhd is the name of a Malay car manufacturer . Much like Excalibur and Zimmer , Bufori specializes in recreating luxury sedans from the 1930s. The brand name Bufori is an acronym from B for brilliant, U for unique, F for funtastic, O for original, R for romantic and I for irresistible (German: brilliant, unique, original, romantic and irresistible) and should sound like Italian elegance.
prehistory
The former Australian racing driver of Lebanese origin, Gerry Khouri, began in 1986 to build sports cars for himself and his two brothers Anthony and George. In 1986 this became the Bufori Motor Car Company (Australia) based in Australia . Production ended there in 1998.
When Gerry Khouri was traveling with his Bufori on the Malay island of Langkawi in 1997, he was welcomed by the then Prime Minister Dr. Saw Mahathir and asked about his car. Mahathir asked Khouri if he could envision moving production to Malaysia. Since 1998, all products have been handcrafted by the Bufori Motor Car Company (M) Sdn Bhd in Kepong near Kuala Lumpur . In Malaysia only the bodies of the MK. III La Joya made, all other parts come from all parts of the world, many also from Germany .
Models
Bufori MK. II Classic Roadster (1992-2003)
The Bufori MK. II is equipped with the four-cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 2212 cm³ . The engine produces 94 kW (128 hp) at 5200 min -1 and offers 190 Nm of torque at 4400 rpm. The design of the body was based on the luxury sedans of the 1930s . With a wheelbase of 242 cm, the vehicle was 380 cm long, 167 cm wide and 134 cm high. The curb weight was 910 kg.
The top speed was specified with 165 km / h and the acceleration 0 to 100 km / h with 8.9 seconds.
Bufori La Joya (2004-2018)
The MK. III La Joya is the brand's fifth model and translates as “the jewel”. The body is made of synthetic resin reinforced with carbon and aramid fibers .
Bufori Bambino (since 2005)
The Bambino, offered since 2005, is an electrically powered toy car for children in the style of a luxury convertible from the 1930s.
Bufori Geneva (since 2010)
The Geneva, internal MK. VI, is the first sedan from Bufori.
Bufori CS / BMS R1 (2010)
The Bufori CS, in full Compact Sports , is a two-door sports coupe similar to the British Bristol Fighter . Like the La Joya, it has a lightweight body made of fiber-reinforced plastic on a tubular steel frame. In addition to a small series for road traffic, racing versions were also built, for example for the Guia Circuit in Macau . The engine is a four-cylinder turbo engine with a displacement of around 2 liters.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Bufori.
Web links
- Bufori website
- Katharina Bachmann: Small but nice - superlative sports cars. (PDF (0.17 MB)) KL-POST, July 2003, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; Retrieved August 24, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luxury cars from Bufori Spiegel.de from March 10, 2010
