MCA (car brand)

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MCA was a British car brand.

Brand history

The Italian Aurelio Bezzi founded Bezzi Cars or MCA in 1983 in Bognor Regis in the county of West Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was MCA . Minari Engineering from Ranton in Staffordshire from 1988 to 1990, Dash Sportscars from Eardisley in Hereford from 1990 to 1994 and IPS Developments from Hadleigh in Suffolk from 1994 to 1996 continued production. A total of 26 vehicles were probably built.

vehicles

The only model was the 600 Sports , also known as the Sports Coupé . The base formed a lead frame - chassis of Jago Automotive . A coupé body made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic was mounted on top. A two-cylinder engine from the Fiat 126 in the rear with 594 cm³ displacement propelled the vehicle. Dash Sportscars also developed a convertible on this basis .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter MCA (II).
  • 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. 987. (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. 164 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter MCA (II).
  2. ↑ 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. 987. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 164 (English).