Strathcarron Sports Cars

Strathcarron Sports Cars PLC
legal form	PLC
founding	1998
resolution	2001
Seat	Tebworth
management	Ian Macpherson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Strathcarron Sports Cars PLC was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ian Macpherson founded the company in Tebworth in 1998 . The first prototype was exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show that same year . In 1999 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Strathcarron . Production ended in 2001.

vehicles

The company made sports cars. Reynard Motorsport designed the chassis . The design for the body came from Simon Cox. The doorless roadster body made of aluminum offered space for two people. With a wheelbase of 2388 mm, the vehicle was 3607 mm long, 1702 mm wide, 1194 mm high and weighed 560 kg. The engine was mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats and drove the rear axle via a six-speed gearbox. The SC-4 was the base model. The vehicle was powered by a Triumph Motorcycles motorcycle engine with a capacity of 1200 cc and 125 hp . In the SC 5 A model , a more powerful engine delivered 140 hp. The SC 6 , 2001 was an entry model at a price of less than 20,000 pounds planned.

literature

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

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed January 17, 2014)
• Conceptcarz (accessed January 17, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.