Opus Cars

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Opus Cars
legal form
founding 1998
resolution 1999
Seat Ringwood , Hampshire
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Opus Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company based in Ringwood in the county of Hampshire began in 1998 with the production of automobiles and kits . The brand name was Opus . Production ended in 1999. A total of about two copies were made. The connection to sculptural engineering is unclear.

There was no connection with Opus Cars from Bristol , which a few years earlier manufactured automobiles and also marketed them under the Opus brand.

vehicles

The only model was the sprint . This model was an open two-seater in the style of the Lotus Seven . The basis was a spaceframe. The body mainly consisted of metal panels. Only the front and the steering front fenders were optionally made of fiberglass or carbon fiber . The engine came from the Honda Fireblade .

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. 1156. (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. 191 (English).

Web links

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. 1156. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 191 (English).