Encore Cars

Encore Cars
legal form
founding	1992
resolution	1997
Seat	Norwich , Norfolk
management	John Hostler
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Encore Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Hostler founded in 1992, the company in Norwich in the County of Norfolk . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Encore . Production ended in 1997 when Hostler was hired by Lotus Cars . A total of about ten copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Super 95 . This was the replica of the Lotus Elite . The basis was a chassis with a front and rear subframe. A fiberglass coupé body was mounted on top. Various Ford - four-cylinder engines from the Ford Escort and Ford Sierra drove to the vehicles.

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. 498. (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).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)

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. 498. (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. 85 (English).