Durow Cars

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Durow Cars
legal form
founding 1985
resolution 1994
Seat Newthorpe , Nottinghamshire
management Nick Durow
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Durow Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1985 Nick Durov founded the company in Newthorpe in the county of Nottinghamshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Durow . Production ended in 1994. A total of about nine copies were made.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Deluge VS . The basis was a chassis with two rails. Part of the passenger compartment was from the MG Midget . The rest of the body was made of fiberglass . Many parts came from the Ford Granada . In addition to the Granada-engine also had V8 engine from Rover available. However, the vehicle was 46 cm longer than a Granada. The Landaulet body shape has been handed down. In 1986 a kit cost 1950 pounds . About four copies were made between 1985 and 1990.

The rigidity was even longer. Its body was made of steel , aluminum and stainless steel . There were three buyers between 1986 and 1990.

The Debonair was available from 1989 to 1990, but remained a one-off.

The Virage de Ville existed between 1992 and 1994 . It was also based on a Ford Granada. Its body was inspired by the 1936 Chrysler Imperial . Only one vehicle was created.

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. 471. (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. 77 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 471. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 77 (English).