Sagesse Motor Company

Sagesse Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1990
resolution	1991
Seat	Gosforth near Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear , United Kingdom
management	Matt Ritson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Sagesse Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Matt Ritson founded the company in 1990 in Gosforth near Newcastle upon Tyne in County Tyne and Wear . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Sagesse . Production ended in 1991. In total, exactly three or about four copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Helios . The basis was a space frame made of tubes. A body with 2 + 2 seats was mounted on it. There was a choice between a coupé and a coupé with a T-top, a kind of Targa roof . A four-cylinder engine from Ford was in mid-engine layout mounted and drove to the rear axle.

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. 1405. (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. 119 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

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. 1405. (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. 119 (English).