Bugle (make of car)

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Bugle is a British car brand.

Brand history

Roland Sharman, who already had experiences with the sale of VW buggies from GP had collected, founded in 1970, the company Bugle Automotive Traction & Manufacturing Company of London in Fulham . There was a connection to Lotusmere . The production of automobiles began. The brand name is Bugle . After a fire, the company moved to Reading in 1971 . In 1971 the name was changed to Bugle Development & Marketing Ltd. In 1972 another fire caused the temporary end.

In the early 1970s, Stephen Foster of Fibersports of Basildon purchased some molds, made kits with them, and offered them between 1972 and 1979. The brand name has not been passed down.

From 1979 to 1985 Chris Watson sat by CW cars from Yorkshire as production and marketing Bugle continued. In 1995 James Hall from GT Moldings from Portslade took over the original molds, reworked them and offered kits until 2003. Brothers Tony and Rob Armstrong from Chelmsford took over the project in 2003, founded Bugle Buggies and have been making Bugles ever since . A total of about 891 copies have been made so far.

So far, exports have been made to the USA , Saudi Arabia , Malta , Portugal , Cyprus , Jordan , Sardinia and Switzerland .

vehicles

buggy

VW buggies are created. At first they resembled the American Bugetta . The basis is a shortened chassis from the VW Beetle . Hussein I of Jordan ordered four vehicles and Rocket Wheel Industries of California ordered 75 kits. The price of £ 160 for a kit in the early 1970s was higher than comparable offers. Since 1995 the chassis have been shortened less.

One vehicle was auctioned for £ 4,840 in late 2017.

Buggy Plus 2

This model was only available from 1970 to 1972 (from Bugle Automotive Traction & Manufacturing Company of London) and 1979 to 1985 (from CW Autos). The basis was the uncut chassis of the VW Beetle with a 240 cm wheelbase . Only 20 copies were made.

literature

  • Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 47 (English).
  • James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 44-45 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 47 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 44-45 (English).
  3. ↑ 2017 auction (accessed April 1, 2018)