Rotor motifs

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Rotor Motive Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1998
resolution 2001
Seat Glasgow , Scotland
management Graham Millar
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Rotor Motive Limited ( spelling RoToR Motive Limited ) was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Graham Millar had been running the Rotor Racing team since 1982 . In 1998 he started producing automobiles and kits under Rotor Motive in Glasgow . The brand name was Rotor . Production ended in 2001. A total of two copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the rotor JT 7 ( own spelling RoToR JT 7 ). This was a Lotus Seven- style vehicle . The open body offered space for two people. A Ford engine with a capacity of 2000 cc was mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats. For the very light vehicle, an acceleration from 0 to 60 miles (about 96 km / h) of 4 seconds was specified. One of the two vehicles was used as a racing car . The other one bought J. Kyle and registered it with the British registration R 8 TOR .

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 , p. 1371. (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. 134 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 1371. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 134 (English).