Hi-tech engineering

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Hi-tech engineering
legal form
founding 1988
resolution 1991
Seat Kidderminster , Worcestershire
management Pat Matthews
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Hi-Tech Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1988 Pat Matthews founded the company in Kidderminster in the county of Worcestershire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Hi-Tech . Production ended in 1991. A total of about 17 copies were made. Another source gives a connection to the steel company Hi-Tech Welding Services from the same place and gives the production period as 1986 to 1990.

vehicles

The only GT 40 model was a replica of the Ford GT 40 . The basis was a tubular space frame. In addition to a V6 engine from the Renault 30 , various V8 engines from Rover and American manufacturers were available. In addition to a number of coupés , there were also two versions with a Targa roof .

literature

  • 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. 703. (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. 121 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 121 (English).
  2. ^ A b c d 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. 703. (English)