Specter Supersports

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Specter Supersports Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1994
resolution 2009
Seat Poole , Dorset
management Ray Christopher
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Specter R 45
Side view

Specter Supersports Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1994 Ray Christopher founded the company in Poole in the county of Dorset . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Specter . Production ended in 2009.

One source also mentions the company Specter Cars Limited from Tilbrook near Milton Keynes . The connection is unclear.

vehicles

The first model R 42 was taken over by GTD . This was a supercar inspired by Group C racing cars . The basis was a monocoque. A coupé body was mounted on it. A V8 engine from Ford with a displacement of 4600 cc and 350 hp was mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats and drove the rear axle. The maximum speed was given as 280 km / h. Between 1994 and 1997, between 16 and 36 copies of this model were made.

The successor model R 45 was slightly revised in terms of chassis and body, better equipped and, in contrast to the pop-up headlights of the previous model, had fixed headlights.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Specter.
  • 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. 1481. (English)

Web links

Commons : Specter Supersports  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Specter.
  2. ↑ 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. 1481. (English)