Performance Automobile Construction Engineers

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Performance Automobile Construction Engineers
legal form
founding 1989
resolution 1992
Seat Lancaster , Lancashire
management Robert Scott
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Performance Automobile Construction Engineers was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Robert Scott, Steve Elvy and Alec Wilson founded the company in 1989 in Lancaster in the county of Lancashire . They started producing automobiles and kits in 1990 . The brand names were PACE and Maelstrom . Bob Whiteside replaced Robert Scott in 1990, who took control of the company again in 1991. Production ended in 1992.

vehicles

Brand name PACE

The only model was the Quadriga . It was similar to the Ferrari 308 GTB and GTS. The base was a steel chassis , supplemented by the front subframe from the Lancia Beta , which was mounted in the rear. A one-piece body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. There was a choice of Coupé and Targa . Many parts were from the Lancia Beta. Various four-cylinder , V6 and V8 engines from the Lancia Beta, Lancia Thema , MG Maestro , Rover 800 and other models powered the vehicles. About two copies of this model were made.

Auto Milan continued production from 1992 under the Auto Milan brand .

Brand name Maelstrom

The company took over a project from Maelstrom Cars in 1990 and produced it until 1992. Evans Hunter Sports Cars continued production from 1993. It was an open two-seater.

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. 940. (English)
  • 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. 1169. (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. 155 and 202 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d 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. 1169. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e 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. 155 and 202 (English).