The Star Motor Company

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Tifosi Sports Cars
The Star Motor Company Limited (2008-2013)
legal form Limited
founding 2000s
resolution 2013
Seat Kingsbridge , Devon
management
  • Kevin Neil Moore
  • Tracey Caroline Moore
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Tifosi Rana

The Star Motor Company Limited , previously Tifosi Sports Cars , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Tifosi Sports Cars from Chulmleigh in the county of Devon asked for since about 2002 parts Automobile ago. In 2006 the production of automobiles and kit cars was added. The brand name was Tifosi .

Kevin Neil Moore founded The Star Motor Company Limited in Kingsbridge , Devon on January 4th, 2008 . Tracey Moore also worked for the company. They continued production. On August 13, 2013 the company was dissolved.

From 2011 there was also a connection to Quantum Sports Cars from Chulmleigh under the direction of Mark Burley.

Hall's garage from Bourne in Lincolnshire took over the designs and the rights to the name in January 2014 and has continued production ever since.

vehicles

The first Rana model appeared in 2006. This was a replica of the first generation Austin-Healey Sprite . Chassis from later generations of this model, or alternatively from the MG Midget , formed the basis. This model found around 50 buyers.

The similar Rana RS from 2009 remained a one-off. It had a separate space frame. The vehicle was longer and wider.

The Rana TS was only available in 2010. Although similar in appearance, it is based on the Mazda MX-5 . About two vehicles were made from this model.

The SS appeared in 2011. It was based on the normal Rana , but had a coupé body like the Sebring racing versions of the 1960s. He found around 25 buyers.

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. 206 and 252 (English).

Web links

Commons : The Star Motor Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 206 and 252 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c opencorporates.com on The Star Motor Company Limited (accessed September 1, 2015)
  3. ↑ MG Enthusiast of January 21, 2014 (English, accessed September 1, 2015)