RS (car brand)

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RS is a British car brand.

Brand history

1998 Paul Horner founded the company RS Automotive in Shoeburyness in the county of Essex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was RS . Haulier Gary Campbell supported him from 1999. 2004 the production ended initially. Bill Watson founded RS Motorsport in Manston , Kent , in 2009 and has continued production ever since.

vehicles

The only model Evo 200 is the successor to the Mercury Evolution 200 from Mercury Motorsport & Engineering Company , previously Kara 430 from Kara Sports Cars . The vehicle is inspired by the Ford RS 200 . The basis is a spaceframe. The suspension, steering and brakes come from the Ford Sierra . Various engines from Ford and Renault drive the vehicles.

A total of about 115 copies have been made by the four manufacturers so far.

literature

  • 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 , pp. 1013-1014. (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. 135 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 , pp. 1013-1014. (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. 135 (English).