JW Engineering and Motorsport

JW Engineering and Motorsport
legal form
founding	2011
Seat	St Austell , Cornwall
management	Jim Walker
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

JW Engineering and Motorsport (also shortened to JWE Motorsport ) is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

2011 Jim Walker founded the company in St Austell in the county of Cornwall . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name is Thruxton .

A total of around two vehicles were built in the first year.

vehicles

The only model is the Thruxton GT 200 . The vehicle is inspired by the Austin Healey 3000 , but not a direct replica . This is a two-seater roadster . The engine comes from BMW from the E 36 and E 46 series . The vehicle weighs only about 600 kg.

literature

• 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. 251 (English).

Web links

• Company website ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed September 1, 2015)
• Photo (accessed September 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} 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. 251 (English).