Kingfisher Motors

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Kingfisher Motors Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1981
resolution 1983 or 1984
Seat Rothbury , Northumberland
management Roger King
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Kingfisher Motors Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1981 Roger King founded the company in Rothbury in the county of Northumberland . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Kingfisher . Production ended in 1983 or 1984. Vortex Developments from Morpeth in Northumberland continued production from 1984 to 1985 or only 1985 while maintaining the brand name. A total of about 35 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the sprint . It was something like the successor to the Minijem , but it was longer and higher. The Mini formed the basis . The coupé body was made of fiberglass . The windshield came from the VW 1303 , the rear window from the Datsun 120 Y and the taillights from the Ford Capri . With the help of a turbocharger, the most powerful four-cylinder engine produced 125 hp from a displacement of 1480 cm³ .

The vehicle was supposed to be a rival to the Porsche 911 , but that was too ambitious.

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. 825. (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. 138 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 825. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 138 (English).