Cavallo Cars

Cavallo Cars
legal form
founding	1983
resolution	1985
Seat	Leeds , West Yorkshire
management	Colin Robertson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Cavallo Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1983 Colin Robertson founded the company in Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Cavallo . Production ended in 1985. Equus Cars continued production for a short time. A total of about four copies were made.

vehicles

The first model was the Estivo . A chassis made of steel formed the basis. An open body was mounted on it. The small convertible offered space for four people. Various four-cylinder engines from the Austin and Morris 1100 and 1300 powered the vehicles. There were also plans to use the engines from the Austin Allegro and Austin Maxi . The Estivo was a kit car .

The Equus appeared in 1985. It was the same model, but only available as a complete vehicle.

literature

• 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. 253. (English)
• 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. 87 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 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. 253. (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Steve Hole: A – Z 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. 87 (English).