GS Cars

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GS Cars is a British company in the automotive and former automobile manufacturer.

Company history

The Bristol company was a Lotus Cars vehicle dealer in 1970 . The production of automobiles and kits began in 1975 under the direction of Bernard Gray. The brand name was GS . One vehicle was presented at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1975 . Production ended in 1980. A total of about 15 copies were made. The company is still active today.

vehicles

Only the GS Europa model , designed by the designer William Towns , was on offer . It was based on the Lotus Europa . Pop-up headlights were attached to the front of the vehicle . The rear also differed significantly from the original model and allowed a much better all-round view. In the final year of production, a complete vehicle cost £ 5,250 .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GS
  • 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. 652. (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 GS
  2. ^ A b 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. 652. (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. 112 (English).