Kougar Cars

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Starcourt Wells Limited (1976–?)
Kougar Cars (? –1990)
Kougar Cars (1990) Limited (1990–1994)
Kougar Cars (1994–1998)
Kougar Car Company (1998–2001)
Kougar Cars Limited (since 2001)
legal form Limited
founding 1976
Seat Rye , East Sussex
management Simon Dunford
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.kougar-cars.com

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Kougar Cars Limited , previously Starcourt Wells Limited , Kougar Cars , Kougar Cars (1990) Limited and Kougar Car Company , is a British manufacturer of automobiles and kit cars .

Company history

Rick Stevens was the head of Starcourt Wells Limited (according to other sources, Storcourt Wells Limited or Starcon & Wells Limited ). The seat was in Crowborough in the county of East Sussex . The first prototype was created in 1976 . Dick Crosthwaite and John Gardiner supported him. Series production began. The brand name is Kougar .

The company became Kougar Cars in 1976, 1977 or 1979 .

The company moved to Mark Cross in 1979 and to Uckfield in 1982 . Both places are also in East Sussex.

Phil Street took over the company in 1990. He renamed it Kougar Cars 1990 Limited and Kougar Cars (1990) Limited . The company's headquarters were now in Trent near Sherborne in Dorset .

The next takeover was in 1994 by Sam Cobley. Under the new name Kougar Cars , the company was now based in Warwick in Warwickshire .

In 1998, under the direction of John Killick, the company was renamed the Kougar Car Company .

Simon Dunford, who previously worked at Lynx , took over the company in 2001 and changed the name to Kougar Cars Limited .

The company's headquarters are now in Rye , East Sussex.

A total of around 830 vehicles have been built so far (as of 2015).

vehicles

Sports

The Sports is the first and most successful model. It is a two-seater roadster with a resemblance to the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica from 1950. Initially it was technically based on a Jaguar S-Type , later on a Jaguar XJ . In 1986 the second version appeared with a different frame and wheel suspension. The fourth version from 2004 has a different hood and fenders . The Sports is available in two versions, which differ slightly in terms of design: Classic Kougar Sports and Kougar Sports MK 4. Around 800 of this model have been made so far.

Monza

The Monza appeared in 1980. It is also a roadster. However, the shape is more modern and the fenders are integrated into the body. One source sees a resemblance to Ferrari's 1950s models . The basis was initially the Ford Cortina , later also the Jaguar XJ 6 with the V8 engine from Rover . So far, 34 copies have been made.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Kougar.
  • 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. 835. (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. 139 (English).

Web links

Commons : Kougar Cars  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Kougar.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 835. (English)
  3. ↑ a b GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring Ltd (accessed on March 7, 2015)
  4. ↑ a b c Kougar Owners Club ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 7, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kougarownersclub.orangehome.co.uk
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Steve Hole: A – Z 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. 139 (English).
  6. ^ Company website (accessed January 12, 2015)