NG Cars
| NG Cars
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1979 |
| resolution | 1989 |
| Seat | Milford on Sea , Hampshire |
| management | Nick Green |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
NG Cars (initially: NCG Design or NCG Design ) was a British manufacturer of kit vehicles . The cars from NG were mostly based on the design of sports cars from the pre-war era, and some of them were based on specific models; however, they were not exact replicas . The brand name was NG .
Company history
NG Cars was founded in 1979 by Nick Green. The company was based in Milford on Sea , a parish in the southern English county of Hampshire . Green headed the Speedwell Motor Company in the 1970s, which sold, among other things, kit cars from the Arkley brand (John Britten Garages). Impressed by the commercial success of the Arkley, a conversion kit for the MG Midget , Green decided to produce their own kit cars.
The first models of the company named after his initials NG were inspired by the Aston Martin sports cars of the 1930s, later replicas of MG roadsters from the early 1950s were added. These models were NG's most successful vehicles; they were created in four-digit numbers. Early NG models used the mechanics and drive technology of the MGB . After the prices for MGBs had risen sharply in the mid-1980s and thus using the MGB as a mere donor vehicle was no longer economical, NG switched to technology components from Morris and Ford . The NG kits were considered complete and of high quality; the company advertised that a car could be completed within 10 hours.
In 1987 Green sold the rights to the previous models to his customer Peter Fellowes, who initially offered the vehicles with his TA Motor Car Company before renaming them to Pastiche Cars in 1989 . Pastiche went bankrupt in 1991, whereupon GTM took over the production rights to the NG models.
After selling the previous product range, Nick Green developed a closed sports car in the style of an MG TF from 1988, which was to be sold as a finished vehicle from 1989. For economic reasons, however, series production did not take place. In 1989 NG gave up vehicle production.
The brand name NG was used from 2002 by the sports car manufacturer Findhorn Cars , which had no relationship with the original NG Cars company. Findhorn Cars was dissolved on February 21, 2012.
Models
- NG Tycoon : The first model from NG Cars. It was a wedge-shaped sports car with gull-wing doors and a Rover eight-cylinder engine positioned in front of the rear axle . The vehicle was created in 1979; NG only produced a prototype, after which the company turned to vehicles with classically inspired designs.
- NG TA : an open two-seater produced from 1979 to 1987 based on the Aston Martin International . It is considered to be one of the first kit vehicles that also corresponds in details to the style of the time from which the quoted model comes (so-called period correct replica ). TA Motor Car Company and Pastiche Cars continued production until 1991. A total of around 410 copies of the TA were made.
- NG TC : an open sports car with MGB mechanics inspired by the Aston Martin Ulster . Compared to the original, the body of the TC was smoothed; the car had a fixed windshield and the exhaust was routed to the underside of the vehicle. A version known as the TCR was equipped with the 3.5 liter eight-cylinder Rover engine. From 1990 it was sold as Pastiche Gladiator and could optionally be equipped with mechanical components from the Morris Marina . Findhorn offered a similarly designed vehicle. In total, more than 400 copies of the TC were made, 10 of them in the V8 version.
- NG TD : a 2 + 2-seater variant of the NC, of which around 100 were produced. There was also an offshoot of her in the Findhorn program.
- NG TF : a two-seater based on the MG TF , which was the most successful model from NC Cars. In total, more than 1200 vehicles of this model were built. The technology could either be taken over from the MGB, the Morris Marina or the Ford Sierra . It was also possible to equip it with Rover's V8 engine; this version competed with the Morgan Plus 8 .
- NG Speedwell Spectra : A conversion kit for the MG Midget that only included the front part. It contained new bumpers, a modified radiator grille and a striking front spoiler. The conversion kit cost £ 1,200. It was almost half the price of a brand new midget. The Spectra was not a commercial success. From 1979 to 1983 only 10 copies were made.
- NG Saloon : A closed sports car with curved fenders and a sloping rear. The car, conceived as a prototype in 1988, was based on the technology of the Rover SD1 . The body was made of aluminum. Six- and eight-cylinder Rover engines were provided as the drive sources. A completely factory-assembled car was priced between £ 24,000 and £ 30,000, making the saloon more expensive than a brand-new Jaguar. The saloon did not go into series production. NG only made a prototype.
literature
- Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ So still the entry in Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 , p. 135.
- ↑ Auto Catalog No. 32 (1988/89), p. 110.
- ↑ For the company's history, see Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedia of the UK's kit car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 182.
- ↑ opencorporates.com to Findhorn Cars (English, accessed on September 5, 2015)
- ↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedia of the UK's kit car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 183.