JPR Cars

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JPR Cars
legal form
founding 1984
resolution 1996
Seat Chichester , West Sussex
management John Paul Randall
Branch Automobiles

JPR Wildcat
JPR Wildcat as a station wagon coupé

JPR Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Paul Randall, who previously worked for Dutton Cars and an Australian kit car manufacturer, founded the company in 1984. Location was Goodwood Circuit in Chichester in the county of West Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was JPR . Production ended in 1996. A total of about 148 copies were made.

The connection to JPR Cars Ltd. is unclear.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Wildcat . It was similar to the Jaguar E-Type , but was not a replica . The vehicle was 20 cm wider than the original. A chassis from TVR formed the basis. The rear rigid axle came from Ford . Initially a four-cylinder engine from the Ford Cortina powered the vehicles. Later, more powerful four- and six-cylinder engines from Jaguar Cars , the Ford Sierra and the Ford Pinto were used. About 122 copies of this model were made by 1996.

The Wildcat 2 + 2 added to the range in 1987. The vehicle was 23 cm longer and had two (small) seats in addition. This model had 20 buyers by 1996.

The Wildcat Le Mans was similar to the lightweight hardtop coupé . Between 1991 and 1996 three vehicles of normal length and two that were 23 cm longer were built.

A station wagon coupé has also survived.

The SL , a replica of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL as a roadster , was created in 1993 and remained a one-off. A Daimler-Benz engine powered the vehicle.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter JPR.
  • 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. 803. (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. 133-134 (English).

Web links

Commons : JPR Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 JPR.
  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. 803. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 133-134 (English).