Minus cars

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Minus cars
legal form
founding 1984
Seat Wymondham , Norfolk
management Shaun Dyson
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Minus Cars is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Brian Luff of Status Motor Company started developing a vehicle in 1982. His friend Keith Lain, who previously for Lotus Cars has worked, in 1984 founded the company minus Cars in Wymondham in the county of Norfolk . He took over the project from Luff and started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name is minus . In 1987 the company moved to New Buckenham in Norfolk. PSR Fabrications from Wymondham made one of the models between 1990 and 1993. In 2005 Shaun Dyson took over the management of Minus Carsand moved the company back to Wymondham. The company 224 Engineering is also mentioned in this context .

A total of about 267 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model is the minus . Visually it is similar to the Mini . However, the body is made of fiberglass and is 10 cm lower. Many parts, including the four-cylinder engine , come from the Mini. Around 230 copies have been made so far.

The Minus Maxi was based on the Mini Kombi. It was similar to the Talbot-Matra Rancho . The doors were made of steel . Kits cost £ 995 . Minus Cars from 1985 to 1990 and PSR Fabrications from 1990 to 1993 together produced about 25 copies.

The Minus Pickup is the pick-up variant of the Minus . It came on the market in 2010 and has had around twelve buyers so far.

The 4 R 2 from 1992 was also based on the Mini, but had the mid-engined engine behind the seats. It was similar to the Metro 6 R 4 rally car .

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

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 , p. 1043. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d 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).