Lister Cars

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Lister Motor Company Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1954
Seat Cambridge , UK
management Lawrence Whittaker ( Managing Director )
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.listercars.co.uk

Lister with Chevrolet engine at the Silverstone Classic
Lister Jaguar on the Nürburgring
Monza Lister-Jaguar, built in 1958, at the AvD-Oldtimer-Grand-Prix 2011
Lister Storm GTS in the livery of the 2003 season

Lister is an English car brand founded in 1954 by Brian Lister .

Lister sports car

In 1954, Brian Lister, a British racing driver, began building sports cars. In his factory in Cambridge , 34 vehicles were built in the 1950s, initially powered by MG or Bristol engines. Jaguar engines were used from 1957 and the two-seaters, under the name Lister-Jaguar, were tough opponents of the Jaguar D-Type and the Aston Martin in sports car races of that era . Some vehicles received an aerodynamically optimized body designed by Frank Costin . Despite these successes, Brian Lister largely stopped the production of sports cars after Archie Scott-Brown's fatal accident in 1959. Only for the 24 Hours of Le Mans did he develop a Lister Coupé with an aluminum body in 1962/1963, which also came from Frank Costin. It stayed with this one-off, which was unsuccessful at Le Mans in 1963 and meant the end of Lister.

In 1986 the brand was brought back to life by British engineer and financier Laurence Pearce. At first it operated as a tuning company, which partially converted Jaguar XJS for racing use. In the mid-1980s, 90 tuned vehicles were created. The financial success of this activity led to the construction of a new Lister in 1990. The Lister Storm GT , equipped with a Jaguar V12 engine, was built from 1993. Initially planned as a racing car, there was also a street version in 1993. At the beginning of the new FIA GT championship , the Lister Storm GT was even the dominant vehicle there at the end of the 1990s.

With the construction of the Lister Storm LMP for the big class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , the small company took a considerable risk that exceeded its capacities. The LMP was never able to follow up on the success of the GT sports car, and further development remained piecemeal due to the concentration on the Le Mans project. After early failures in 2005 and 2006 , Lister refrained from further operations from 2007.

In 2018, the manufacturer presented the LFT-666, a model limited to 99 copies based on the Jaguar F-Type Coupé . The sports car is powered by a five-liter supercharged engine that has a maximum output of 490 kW (666 hp). In March 2019, the model was presented as a convertible limited to ten copies.

In the same year an SUV based on the Jaguar F-Pace was presented with the LFP . The LFP is powered by the five-liter supercharged engine, which has a maximum output of 499 kW (679 hp). This should accelerate the vehicle to 60 mph (96.5 km / h) in 3.5 seconds. The manufacturer specifies the maximum speed at 200 mph (321.9 km / h).

Lister monopostos

Lister is usually only mentioned in connection with sports cars. Brian Lister also built monopostos. In 1956 the team developed a Formula 2 racing car , the basis of which was a tubular space frame in square tube construction. A Coventry Climax -FPE engine with a Bristol gearbox served as drive . The engine was offset and inclined in front of the driver. The vehicle was very small and turned out to be a failure.

However, Lister was not deterred and built another Formula 2 car in 1957, which was not quite so tiny and looked more convincing all round. The cockpit was moved back as far as possible by means of an extended wheelbase. The first use in Goodwood was again unsuccessful. The car lacked competitiveness, so it had to be withdrawn. Lister continued to pursue the project, however, and the car was rebuilt again. Archie Scott-Brown, the designated driver, died before the renovation work in Spa was complete and the project was discontinued.

Lister built a special vehicle for the 1958 Race of Two Worlds. A Lister sports car was given an aluminum body in accordance with the Indianapolis 500 mile regulations . The single-seater, known as Lister Monzanapolis, was driven by Jack Fairman , who was unable to place himself in the front row with the car.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uli Baumann: Lister LFT-666: Jaguar F-Type in a fine twist. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. August 1, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Patrick Lang: Lister LFT-C with a beastly 666 hp: This convertible is only built 10 times. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. March 21, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Marcel Sommer: Lister Jaguar F-Pace: SUV in 3.5 seconds up to a speed of 96. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. September 10, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 .