Sports Power Drive

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Sports Power Drive
legal form
founding 1999
resolution 2001
Seat Kingswinford , Staffordshire
management Steve Griffiths
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Sports Power Drive was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Steve Griffiths founded in 1999, the company in Kingswinford in the county of Staffordshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was SPD . Production ended in 2001. RS Jigtec and later Cradley Motor Works continued production while maintaining the brand name until 2008. A total of about 43 copies were made.

vehicles

The first model was the 7 . The open two-seater was inspired by the Locust . Many parts came from the Ford Sierra . Of these, around 20 vehicles were built between 1999 and 2000.

The Snake also appeared in 1999. The vehicle is described as a mixture of AC Cobra and Lotus Seven . The engine came from Ford . Sports Power Drive produced three units by 2001, RS Jigtec from 2001 to 2003 and Cradley Motor Works from 2003 to 2008 another five units.

The 200 was a replica of the Ford RS 200 . The technology also came from Ford. Sports Power Drive produced seven vehicles between 2000 and 2001. Another eight were created by RS Jigtec and Cradley Motor Works by 2008.

literature

  • 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. 234 and 235 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 234 and 235 (English).