Panache Cars

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Panache Kit Cars (1983–1985)
Panache Cars Limited (1985–1987)
legal form Limited
founding 1981 or 1983
resolution 1987
Seat Blackburn , Lancashire
management Bob Davies
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Panache Cars Limited , previously Panache Kit Cars , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Paul Lawrenson designed a vehicle back in 1978. 1981 or 1983, he founded the company together with Peter Robinson Panache kit cars in Darwen in the county of Lancashire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Panache . In 1985, Bob Davies took over the company, renamed it Panache Cars Limited and relocated its headquarters to Blackburn , Lancashire. Production ended in 1987. A total of about 131 copies were made.

vehicles

The first model was not given a model name. It was somewhat similar to the Lamborghini Countach . The unabridged chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis. A coupé body was mounted on it. A special feature was the forward-opening pulpit above the passenger compartment, similar to the Bond Bug . Around 71 copies were made by 1985.

In 1985 a replica of the Lamborghini Countach followed with the LP 400 . Davies developed a ladder frame with front suspension from the Triumph Herald . Various engines to V8 of Rover were in mid engine design mounted behind the seats. Around 60 copies were made by 1987.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Panache.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1180. (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).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Panache.
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1180. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 191 (English).