Robnell Sports Cars

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Robnell Cobra
Front view

Robnell Sports Cars Pty Ltd was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Bayswater company began manufacturing automobiles in 1988 under the direction of Rob Darnell. The brand name was Robnell . Production ended in 2003.

A company of the same name was registered in Australia on January 25, 2013. The connection is unclear.

vehicles

Replicas of the AC Cobra were on offer . The base was a lattice frame . An open two-seater body made of aramid or glass fiber reinforced plastic was mounted on top. Two different V8 engines from Ford have survived. The 302 had 4952 cm³ displacement with 281  hp (207 kW), while the 429 had 7035 cm³ displacement and 398 hp (286 kW). The curb weight was 1158 kg or 1250 kg, depending on the version. The transmission had five gears.

literature

Web links

Commons : Robnell Sports Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1344. (English)
  2. ↑ AUS 61 Business (accessed December 1, 2015)