Kestrel Cars

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Kestrel Cars Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1984
resolution 1985
Seat Chesterfield , Derbyshire
management Victor Vaughan
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Kestrel Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles . The ISS Car Company used the same brand name.

prehistory

Dovetail Plastics from Woodlands St Mary in the county of Berkshire took over the Scorpion project in 1984 under the direction of Peter Sylvester , developed it further and brought it onto the market under the brand name Kestrel .

Company history

Victor Vaughan founded Kestel Cars Limited in Chesterfield , Derbyshire in 1984 . He took over the project from Dovetail, developed it further and began producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was still Kestrel . Production ended in 1985. In total, about two copies or very few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was the Scorpion . The original from the 1970s had a semi- monocoque and a four-cylinder engine from the Hillman Imp in the rear.

Dovetail developed a spaceframe. According to Sylverster, Lotus Cars helped develop the special wheel suspensions. A fiberglass coupé body was mounted on the frame. The double doors were a special feature . A boxer engine from the Alfa Romeo Alfasud was mounted as a mid- engine.

Kestrel again used a semi-monocoque supplied by Cheetah Cars .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Scorpion (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. 820. (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. 136 (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 Scorpion (II).
  2. ^ A b 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. 820. (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. 136 (English).