HMC Sportscars

HMC Sportscars Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1985
resolution	2000
Seat	Stroud , Gloucestershire
management	Peter Holmes, Graham Holmes
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

HMC Mark IV from 1997

HMC Lightweight from 2000

HMC Sportscars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Peter and Graham Holmes brothers founded the company in 1985 in Stroud in the county of Gloucestershire . They started with the development and in 1989 with the production of automobiles. The brand name was HMC . Production ended in 2000.

vehicles

Replicas of the Austin Healey 3000 were on offer . A central tubular frame formed the basis. A body was mounted on it, initially made of fiberglass and later of aluminum . The Mark IV version was luxuriously equipped, the Silverstone was lighter and the Lightweight presented in 1995 was the lightest variant with an empty weight of 940 kg. Various V8 engines of Rover drove to the vehicles.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter HMC (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 , p. 704. (English)

Web links

Commons : HMC Sportscars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

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 HMC (II).
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. 704. (English)