Eagle (British car brand)
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Further development of the RV based on Range Rover with all-wheel drive. |
Eagle SS | 1981-1999 | 605 |
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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
- Allcarindex (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Eagle (XI).
- ^ 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)
- ↑ 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).