Leitch Industries
| Leitch Industries | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1986 |
| Seat | Invercargill , New Zealand |
| management | Barry Leitch |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Leitch Industries is a New Zealand manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Barry Leitch initially manufactured a sports car for his own use. He received orders to build these vehicles. So he founded the company in Invercargill and began producing automobiles. The brand name is Leitch . The vehicles have also been exported to Australia and Japan , at least in the past . Up to 1996, more than 50 vehicles have been delivered.
vehicles
Sports cars in the style of the Lotus Seven are on offer . The Super Sprint model has a lattice frame . The body is made of aluminum and fiberglass . Various four-cylinder engines from Ford and Toyota with a displacement of 1600 cm³ power the vehicles. As of 1996 were fender of carbon fiber available.
Around 1996, the replica of the Brabham BT 21 formula racing car added to the range.
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. 888. (English)
