Elysee (car brand)

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Elysee is a British car brand.

Brand history

1991 or 1993 Liam Wilkinson founded the company Gemini Cars in Hucknall in the county of Nottinghamshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name is Elysee . JB Sportscars from Shepperton , Surrey under the direction of John Keywood continued production from 1999 to 2001. After a long break, Caburn Engineering from Haywards Heath in West Sussex took over the project in 2010. A total of around 20 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

The only model is the sprint . This is the replica of the Lotus Elan , but with fixed headlights. Initially the vehicle was technically based on the Vauxhall Chevette and from 1999 on the Ford Sierra . A ladder frame formed the basis. In addition to Vauxhall Motors and Ford , engines also came from Fiat . Caburn developed a new chassis .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Élysée (II).
  • 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. 494. (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. 85 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Élysée (II).
  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. 494. (English)
  3. ^ A b 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. 85 (English).