Total performance

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Total Performance Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1971
Seat Wallingford , Connecticut , USA
management Michael V. Lauria
Branch Automobiles
Website www.tperformance.com

Total Performance Inc. is an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on November 26, 1971 in Wallingford , Connecticut . MV Lauria and GC Gallicchio are named as founders. The production of automobiles and kit cars began. The brand name is Total , possibly with the addition of Performance . In 1976 a model was taken over by the Glassic Motor Car Company . Michael V. Lauria heads the company.

According to the company, a cooperation with Speedway Motors has existed since 2009 .

vehicles

Initially, only hot rods were in the range. The vehicles optionally resembled the 1923 Ford Model T , the Ford Model A , a 1930 Ford Phaeton and a 1932 Ford Highboy.

Since 1976 there have been replicas of the Ford Model A, as previously made by Glassic. Various V8 engines from Chevrolet and Ford power the vehicles.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Total.
  • 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. 1898. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Total.
  2. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1598. (English)
  3. a b opencorporates (English, accessed on March 25, 2017)