Minotaur (make of car)

Minotaur was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Brand history

John Forakis founded Minotaur Cars in 1993 in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent . In the same year he presented a prototype at a trade fair. But it wasn't until 1998 that automobiles and kits began to be produced . The brand name was Minotaur . From 2006 to 2009, Pilgrim Cars from Small Dole near Henfield in West Sussex continued production. Again John Forakis was the last manufacturer between 2009 and 2012 in his new company Vision Sportscars in Framfield near Uckfield in East Sussex . A total of about eight copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. This was a sports car with an exotic look designed by John Forakis. The base was a spaceframe tubular frame. A V8 engine from Rover was in mid engine design mounted behind the seats pushed to the rear wheels. From 2009 a V8 engine from Chevrolet with 5700 cm³ displacement and 350 hp was available.

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 , 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. 172 (English).

Web links

• Vision Sportscars ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed May 1, 2015)
• Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)
• Cars Show (2009) (accessed May 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)
2. ^ ^{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. 172 (English).