Tornado Sports Cars

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Tornado Sports Cars
legal form
founding 1984
Seat Kidderminster , Worcestershire
management Andrew Sheldon
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.tornadosportscars.com

Tornado TS 40
Tornado Raptor

Tornado Sports Cars is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alan Sheldon and his son Andrew Sheldon founded in 1984, the company in Kidderminster in the county of Worcestershire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name is Tornado . In 1997 Alan Sheldon retired from the company. A total of over 1000 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

The first model was the M 6 GTR . This was the replica of the McLaren M 6 GT racing car . Initially, the chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis. Later it was a spaceframe tubular frame that accommodated V6 and V8 engines from Ford and Rover in mid-engine design . About 30 copies were made between 1984 and 1989 and between 1997 and 2002.

The most successful and currently only model is the TS 40 , also known as the TSC GT 40 . This is the replica of the Ford GT 40 . A spaceframe frame forms the basis, although in the past some vehicles received a monocoque made of steel or aluminum . V8 engines drive the vehicles. This model has already found around 950 buyers since 1989.

The Raptor was similar to the Lotus Seven , but slightly larger. An open two-seater body was mounted on a spaceframe. A V8 engine powered the vehicles. About 50 of this model were made between 1999 and 2008.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Tornado (II).
  • 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. 1597. (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. 255-256 (English).

Web links

Commons : Tornado Sports Cars  - Collection of pictures, 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 Tornado (II).
  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. 1597. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 255-256 (English).