Interstyl

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Interstyl
legal form
founding 1974
resolution 1989
Seat Compton Verney , Warwickshire United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management William Towns
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Six wheeled hustler

Interstyl was a British design company and manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The designer William Towns founded the company in Compton Verney in the county of Warwickshire in 1974 . He started developing and producing automobiles. The brand name was u. a. Interstyl . Production ended in 1989. A total of over 350 copies were made.

vehicles

The most successful product was a kit car , designed in 1979 and sold under the brand name Hustler between 1980 and 1989 .

The Astra was created in 1978 . This was a small car . A transversely installed four-cylinder engine from the Mini propelled the vehicle. The vehicle remained a prototype .

In 1985 Interstyl manufactured the Black Prince as a one-off. This was a replica of the Invicta Black Prince . The chassis of the Reliant Kitten formed the basis. There was a connection with Invicta Cars from Plymouth .

The tracer appeared in 1986 . This was an open two-seater that remained a prototype.

Of pizazz or pizzazz emerged from 1986 to 1987 three copies. These were add-on parts for the Peugeot 205 .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hustler and Towns.
  • Harald Linz, Harald Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. 100 years of history, 2500 brands from 65 countries. BLV Verlag, Munich 1985, p. 128.
  • 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. 759. (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. 39, 123-125, 198 and 257 (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 Hustler and Towns.
  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. 759. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 39, 123-125, 198 and 257 (English).
  4. ↑ Harald Linz, Harald Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. 100 years of history, 2500 brands from 65 countries. BLV Verlag, Munich 1985, p. 128.