Light Car Company

Light Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1991
resolution	1998
Seat	St Neots , United Kingdom
management	Gordon Murray , Chris Craft
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Light Car Company Rocket

The Light Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Gordon Murray and Chris Craft founded the company in St Neots in 1991 and began manufacturing automobiles. The brand name was Light Car Company . Production ended in 1998. A total of 55 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was the Rocket . The vehicle was designed to be even more lightweight than the Lotus Seven . The open, doorless body offered space for two people. A tubular frame formed the chassis . A built-in engine from Yamaha with 1000 cc displacement and either 143 HP or 165 HP propelled the vehicle. The top speed was specified as 230 km / h for the weaker model. With a wheelbase of 2413 mm, the vehicle was 3518 mm long, 1600 mm wide and 914 mm high.

Rocket R & D Limited attempted a reissue of the vehicle in 2007.

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 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Light Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.Ultimatecarpage.com (accessed January 12, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. ↑ ^{a b} www.Ultimatecarpage.com (English, accessed on January 12, 2014)
3. ↑ www.Rocket-Car.co.uk ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2007 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 January 12, 2014)