Scorhill Motor Company

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Scorhill Motors (1988–1993)
Scorhill Motor Company (1993–1996)
legal form Company
founding 1988
resolution 1996
Seat Chertsey , Surrey , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Robert Taylor
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Scorhill Motor Company , previously Scorhill Motors , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1988 Robert Taylor founded the company Scorhill engine in Godalming in the county of Surrey . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand names were Scorhill , MFE and Carisma . In 1992 the company moved to Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. From 1993 the company operated as Scorhill Motor Company and was based in Chertsey in Surrey. Production ended in 1996. Crestel Services from the same location continued production until 1999 while maintaining the brand name.

vehicles

Brand name Scorhill

The El Cid was an open multi-purpose vehicle in the style of the Citroën Méhari . It was based on the Citroën 2 CV . Between 1988 and 1999 Scorhill and Crestel made about eleven copies.

The ME 4 was an own design from 1996. This was a two-seater coupé with a mid-engine that remained a one-off.

Brand name MFE

Scorhill sat from 1988 the production of the model Magic of engine speed continues, further than MFE was offered. One source describes the sports car as a mix of a 1930s-style vehicle and a recreational vehicle. A special chassis formed the basis. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine and drive came initially from the MG B and later from the Ford Cortina .

Brand name Carisma

From 1992 Scorhill continued the production of two models by Carisma Engineering while retaining the brand name. The vehicles were based on a steel ladder frame. An open body, which was mainly made of fiberglass, was mounted on it. Only the sides of the bonnet were made of aluminum . The vehicles were similar to the SS 100 from the 1930s. A four-cylinder engine from the Ford Cortina powered the vehicles. The two-seater Century was much more successful than the four-seater Manhattan with about two copies during the entire production period with about 35 copies.

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. 1425. (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. 51, 84, 155 and 165 (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. 1425. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 51, 84, 155 and 165 (English).