Prova Designs

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Prova Designs Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1986
resolution 2002
Seat Darwen , Lancashire
management Paul Lawrenson
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Prova
Rear view

Prova Designs Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1986 Paul Lawrenson founded the company in Darwen in the county of Lancashire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Prova . Production ended in 2002. A total of about 1255 copies were made.

Lamberti Classic Cars under the direction of Joe Lamberti, who previously headed Lamberti Engineering , marketed the last model until 2004, although it remains unclear whether Lamberti also manufactured it itself.

vehicles

Lee Noble designed the Countach . This was the replica of the Lamborghini Countach . A square tubular frame formed the basis. A coupé body was mounted on it. Various four- , six-cylinder and eight-cylinder engines from Chevrolet , Ford , Renault and Rover powered the vehicles. About 1200 copies were made between 1986 and 1999.

The ZL appeared on the market in 1989. It was modeled on the Lamborghini Miura . In terms of chassis and technology, it corresponded to the Countach . This model had around 55 buyers by 2002.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Prova.
  • 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. 1272. (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. 200 (English).

Web links

Commons : Prova Designs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Prova.
  2. ↑ 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. 1272. (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. 200 (English).