Evolution Sports Cars

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Mike Ryan (1993–1995)
Evolution Sports Cars (1995–1999)
legal form
founding 1993
resolution 1999
Seat Avonmouth , Bristol
management Mike Gould
Branch Automobiles

Evolution 1 with Rover V8 engine
Rear view

Evolution Sports Cars , previously Mike Ryan , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1993 Mike Ryan founded the eponymous company in Cheltenham in the county of Gloucestershire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Evolution . 1995 Mike Gould took over the company and relocated to Avonmouth in Bristol . Production ended in 1999. A total of about twelve copies were made.

There was no connection with Evolution Sportscars , which operated a few years later.

vehicles

The only model was the 1 Roadster . This was a Lotus Seven- style vehicle . A spaceframe formed the basis. Different four-cylinder engines from Ford and the V8 engine from Rover 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. 512. (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).

Web links

Commons : Evolution Sports Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 512. (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. 88 (English).