Gazelle Sports Car Company

Gazelle Sports Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1975
resolution	1982
Seat	Leeds , West Yorkshire , United Kingdom
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Gazelle Sports Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Leeds company started producing automobiles and kits in 1975 . The brand name was Gazelle . Production ended in 1982. Classic Cars of Titchfield from Titchfield continued production from 1992 to 1994. A total of about 18 copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a certain resemblance to a Mercedes-Benz SSK , as offered by Classic Motor Carriages with great success in the USA . The Mark VR version was based on the chassis of the VW Beetle and thus had the engine in the rear. The Mark CF had a front-engined Ford engine . In 1975, the new price for a complete vehicle was £ 15,000 , which was the price of a Porsche 911 .

literature

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. 101 (English).

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 101 (English).
↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 156 (English).

[Kit_Cars-1] 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. 101 (English).

[British_Specialist_Cars-2] Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 156 (English).