Griffin (make of car)

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Griffin was a British car brand.

Brand history

1975 Jim Finch founded the company Group Design (according to another source Griffin Design ) in Poole in the county of Dorset . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was initially GD-XM . In 1976 or 1977 the brand name changed to Griffin . In 1979 Nomad Sales from Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex or from Crowthorne in Berkshire took over production, and in 1983 Balena Cars from Swanage in Dorset. Production ended in 1985. A total of about 20 copies were made.

Interplan from Diez sold the vehicle in Germany.

vehicles

Jim Clark was the designer. A hardtop was available for the open body . Initially, the vehicles were based on the chassis of the Morris Minor in the delivery van version. The four-cylinder engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle. Alternatively, the four-cylinder engine from the MG Midget and a V8 engine from Rover were available.

From 1977 or 1978, a slightly longer version was also available based on the chassis of the VW Beetle .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Griffin chapter (II).
  • 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 , pp. 649-650. (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. 111 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Griffin chapter (II).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f 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 , pp. 649-650. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e 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. 111 (English).