Sector Three Engineering

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Sector Three Engineering
legal form
founding 1998
resolution 2000
Seat Huddersfield , West Yorkshire
management Ian Pettinger
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Sector Three Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1998 Ian Pettinger founded the company in Huddersfield in the county of West Yorkshire . Steve Greenwood, who previously worked for Litton Cars , and Richard Ashby developed a vehicle. In 1998 or 1999 the production of automobiles and kits began . The brand name was Savant . One vehicle was presented at a Stoneleigh auto show in 1999 . Production ended in 2000. A total of about two copies were made.

Quantum Sports Cars took over the project and marketed it under its own brand name as Quantum Xtreme .

vehicles

The only model was the 175 . This was a Lotus Seven- style vehicle . The basis was a monocoque. An open two-seater body was mounted on it. There was a choice of three versions, which differed slightly. The engine came from the Ford Sierra .

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. 1416. (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. 224 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 1416. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e 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. 224 (English).