Fiero Factory

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Fiero Factory Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1990
resolution 2014
Seat Tardebigge , Worcestershire
management Steve Briddon, Terry Sands
Branch Automobiles

Fiero Factory F 282
Fiero Factory Euro 427

Fiero Factory Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Steve Briddon, Roy Morris and Terry Sands founded in 1990, the company in Birmingham in the county of West Midlands . They started producing automobiles and kits in 1991 . The brand name was Fiero Factory . The company later moved to Tardebigge in Worcestershire . The company was dissolved on April 8, 2014. A total of about 2000 copies were made.

vehicles

The first Belaro Berlinetta model , a replica of the Ferrari Testarossa , came from the USA and was only imported.

The Fierossa was the first proprietary model. It also resembled the Testarossa. As with so many models from the company, the basis was the Pontiac Fiero . From 1991 to 2003, around 85 copies were made.

The Monza 308 , which was similar to the Ferrari 308 , had around 135 buyers in the same period.

The F 282 was available from 1995. It was similar to the Ferrari F 355 . About 400 copies were made of this model.

The Venom also appeared in 1995 and was similar to the Dodge Viper . Originally, Fiero Factory imported this Chevrolet Corvette- based model from the United States. But later they developed a stand-alone version based on the Ford Granada . Venom Sports Cars took over production in 2003.

The MR 3 SS looked like the F 282 , but was based on the Toyota MR 2 . From 1998 it found around 400 buyers.

The V 2 also appeared in 1998. It was similar to the Plymouth Prowler . The basis was a combination of tubular frame, space frame and ladder frame. The body was made of fiberglass . The engines came from the Ford Granada. Around 20 copies were made by 2003.

The Euro 427 Replica was a replica of the AC Cobra and was launched in 1998. Various V8 engines from BMW and Daimler AG powered the vehicles. Euro 427 Sports Cars continued production in the 2000s.

The MR 4 T was similar to the Ferrari F 40 . It was also based on the Toyota MR 2. From 1999 about ten vehicles were built.

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. 548. (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. 38 and 95-96 (English).

Web links

Commons : Fiero Factory  - collection of images, 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. 548. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 38 and 95-96 (English).