Eurosport (UK)

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Eurosport (UK) was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company based in Rayleigh in the county of Essex was originally a car repair shop, referring to the Fiat X 1/9 had specialized. In 1990, the production of automobiles and kits began under the direction of JH and MP Weidner . The brand name was Eurosport . In 1992 the company moved to Sawston , Cambridgeshire . Production ended there in 1996 or 1997. Rimmer Bros from Lincoln in Lincolnshire continued production while maintaining the brand name until 1998. A total of about four copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the TR 40 . It resembled a Ferrari F 40 . The basis was a Triumph TR 7 . Then one was body from fiberglass mounted. There was a choice of a coupé or a convertible .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Eurosport.
  • 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. 510. (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. 88 (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 Eurosport.
  2. ^ A b c d 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. 510. (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. 88 (English).