Minion (make of car)

Minion was a British car brand.

Brand history

1983 Peter Fairhurst founded the company Minion Cars in Bexhill-on-Sea in the county of East Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Minion . In 1985 he took on Peter Gowland as a partner, renamed the company Imperial Special Vehicles and relocated the company headquarters to Eastbourne in East Sussex. Eagle Cars from Storrington in West Sussex continued production in small quantities from 1988 to 1995. Jackal Cars from Herstmonceux in East Sussex followed from 1995 to 1998. The last manufacturer from 2001 was Cotswold Kit Cars from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire . Production ended in 2002.

A total of about 99 copies were made.

Below is an overview of the models, periods, approximate production figures, manufacturers and brief descriptions.

model	Period	number of pieces	Manufacturer	Brief description
Minion Jackal J 3	1983-2002	42	1983–1985 Minion Motors 1985–1987 Imperial Specialist Vehicles 1988-1995 Eagle Cars 1995-1998 Jackal Cars 2001-2002 Cotswold Kit Cars	Vehicle in the style of the 1930s, with a resemblance to the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim , as a four-seater coupé . Four-cylinder engines from the Vauxhall Viva and Ford Cortina .
Minion Jackal Sports	1983-2002	50	1983–1985 Minion Motors 1985–1987 Imperial Specialist Vehicles 1988-1995 Eagle Cars 1995-1998 Jackal Cars 2001-2002 Cotswold Kit Cars	Convertible version of the Jackal .
Minion Jackdaw	1984-1987	7th	1984–1985 Minion Motors 1985–1987 Imperial Specialist Vehicles	Panel van version of the Jackal .

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. 1043. (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. 128 (English).

↑ 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. 1043. (English)
^ ^A ^b 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. 128 (English).