Mirach (make of car)

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Mirach is a British car brand.

Brand history

Chris Field, who previously worked as designer at Vauxhall Motors worked, founded in 1988, the company Leopard Cars in Totnes in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Mirach . Production initially ended in 1994 after ten vehicles had been completed. Another source names the company Mirach Sportscars and the construction period from 1989 to 1991.

Clive Robinson Cars from the same location under the direction of Clive Robinson continued production from 1996 to 1997. Another source states that South West Engineering , led by Jon Fallows, was one of the suppliers to the first company. Fallows put together a consortium that included Clive Robinson. Robinson took over the project in 1991 and produced until 2000.

Rob Hancock of RJH Panels & Sportscars of Wrangaton , Devon, continued production from 2000 to 2007.

Rob Hancock announced in 2011 that Phoenix Automotive Developments of South Brent , Devon, will continue production of a model.

A total of around 28 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model is the roadster . The basis is a special spaceframe chassis made of tubes. An open, doorless body made of fiberglass and carbon fiber is mounted on top . The two-seater body is described as a larger, more aerodynamically designed modern version of the Lotus Seven . Initially drove a 4000 cc engine capacity enlarged V8 engine from Rover with 250 hp power to the vehicles. The new price as a complete vehicle was £ 52,000 . Robinson redesigned the chassis and used an engine from the Ford Sierra . A total of about 21 copies have been made so far.

The ECU , later named by Hancock SC , was based on a 1991 design by Chris Field for May Corp. This was a two-seater that could be used as a roadster and a targa . Various four- and six-cylinder engines were mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats and powered the rear axle. Production by Leopard Cars / Mirach Sportscars and Clive Robinson Cars / South West Engineering is unclear. RJH Panels & Sportscars offered the vehicle between 2000 and 2007 and sold around three copies.

The EMVII ( proper spelling eMVii ) was similar to the Lotus Seven. Various two- , three-, and four-cylinder engines in motorcycles powered the vehicles. Some parts came from the Ford Sierra. The weight was given as 500 kg. RJH made about four copies between 2006 and 2007.

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. 1043-1044. (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. 172-173 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e 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. 1043-1044. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Steve Hole: A – Z 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. 172-173 (English).