GRS Cars

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GRS Cars
legal form
founding 1982
resolution 1989
Seat Witham , Essex
management Brothers Walklett
Branch Automobile manufacturer

GRS Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Walklett, the Ginetta initiated, in 1982 founded the company in Witham in the county of Essex . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was GRS . Production ended in 1989. A total of about 363 copies were made.

vehicles

The first model, Tora , was available from 1982 to 1988. It was a small two-door station wagon . The base was a steel ladder frame. A fiberglass body was mounted on top. Many parts such as the engine , windshield , doors and interior fittings came from the Hillman Hunter . About 360 copies were made of this model.

In 1988 the Tora Estate followed . A different chassis , the four-cylinder engine from the Ford Cortina and the four-door station wagon body were the differences. Only three copies were made until it was discontinued in 1989.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GRS
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 651. (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. 112 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GRS
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 651. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 112 (English).