MFE (car brand)

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MFE was a British car brand.

Brand history

Roger Mossop founded in 1984, the company Metro Fiber Engineering (MFE) in Tangmere in the county of West Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was MFE . In 1986 the name was changed to Motorspeed . From 1988 Scorhill Motors from Godalming in Surrey continued production, which moved to Walton-on-Thames in Surrey in 1992 . From 1993 the company operated as Scorhill Motor Company and was based in Chertsey in Surrey. Production ended in 1996. A total of about 83 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Magic . One source describes the sports car as a mix of a 1930s-style vehicle and a recreational vehicle. A special chassis formed the basis. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine and drive came initially from the MG B and later from the Ford Cortina .

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 , pp. 1022-1023. (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. 155 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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 , pp. 1022-1023. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 155 (English).