Concept Developments

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Concept Developments
legal form
founding 1974
resolution 1978
Seat Market Harborough , Leicestershire
management Peter Timpson
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Concept Developments was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1974 Peter Timpson founded the company in Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Centaur . Production ended in 1978. A total of about 25 copies were made.

Mirage Developments from Biggin Hill continued production under the brand name Pulsar .

vehicles

Only one model series was on offer. The chassis was as vehicles of Marcos Engineering partly of plywood . A fiberglass body was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine came from the Hillman Imp and was mounted in the rear. The vehicle was something of a successor to the Probe 16 from Adams Probe Motor . Instead of side doors, a hinged, hinged roof provided access to the interior. The body offered space for two people. A variant with 2 + 2 seats was added later. A version as a convertible called Condor remained a prototype .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Centaur (IV).
  • 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. 257. (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. 59 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Centaur (IV).
  2. ↑ 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. 257. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 59 (English).