Eagle (British car brand)

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Eagle RV
Eagle SS

Eagle was a British car brand.

Brand history

Tim Dutton of Dutton Cars and Allen Breeze founded in 1981, the company Eagle Cars in Lancing in the county of West Sussex . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Eagle . In 1986, Breeze left the company and Rob Budd took over management. In the same year the company moved to Storrington and in 1993 to Arundel , both also in West Sussex. Production ended in 1997 or 1999. Bob May Engineering from 1996 to 2004, Classic Transport from 1997 to 1999, Pilgrim Cars from Small Dole in West Sussex from 1999 to 2004, Jordan Developments from 2004 to 2006 and TEAC Sportscars from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire from 2007 to 2009 continued production of some models while retaining the brand name.

A total of about 2000 copies were made.

vehicles

Below is an overview of the models, periods, approximate production figures, manufacturers and brief descriptions.

model Period number of pieces Manufacturer Brief description
Eagle + 2 1983-1990 54 Eagle Cars Four-seater cabriolet of the SS , exclusively with front engine from the Ford Cortina .
Eagle DB 50 1992 4th Eagle Cars Off-road vehicle based on Daihatsu Taft F 20 or Daihatsu Fourtrak with all-wheel drive , variant of the RV .
Eagle M 2 Milan 1994 1 Eagle Cars Four-seater convertible based on the Ford Sierra in cooperation with RR Transportgeräte from Germany.
Eagle P 21 1989-1997 40 Eagle Cars Revised successor to the Dutton Phaeton .
Eagle P 25 1989-1997 35 Eagle Cars Variant of the P 21 .
Eagle RV
Eagle RV-2
Eagle RV-4
1983-2009 1100
  • 1983-1997 Eagle Cars
  • 1997–1999 Classic Transport
  • 1999-2004 Pilgrim Cars
  • 2004–2006 Jordan Developments
  • 2007–2009 TEAC Sportscars
Successor to the Rhino by Eland Meres . Vehicle with the look of an off-road vehicle on a ladder frame, front engine from Ford Cortina and rear-wheel drive. From 2007 based on Ford Sierra. When the all-wheel drive RV-4 became available in 2007 , the rear- wheel drive model was renamed the RV-2 .
Eagle RV 4 x 4 1985-1996 100
  • 1985-1996 Eagle Cars
  • 1996-2004 Bob May Engineering
Further development of the RV based on Range Rover with all-wheel drive.
Eagle SS 1981-1999 605
  • 1981-1999 Eagle Cars
  • 2007–2009 TEAC Sportscars
Further development of the Cimbria by Amore Cars from the USA , a flat coupé with a similarity to the Nova . Initially on a tubular steel frame with the four - cylinder boxer engine from the VW Beetle in the rear. From 1983 a front-engined version of the Ford Cortina was available.
Eagle Stendetto 1991-1997 40 Eagle Cars Replica of the Ferrari F 40 based on the Pontiac Fiero .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Eagle (XI).
  • 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. 478. (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. 81-82 (English).

Web links

Commons : Eagle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Eagle (XI).
  2. ^ A b 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. 478. (English)
  3. 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. 81-82 (English).