Triton Sports Cars
Triton Sports Cars | |
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legal form | |
founding | 2001 |
resolution | 2003 |
Seat | Northampton , Northamptonshire |
management | Mark Bean |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Triton Sports Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
2001 Mark Bean founded the company in Northampton in the county of Northamptonshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Triton . Production ended in 2003. A total of over 25 copies were made.
vehicles
No name has been passed down for a model. This was a Lotus Seven- style vehicle . The open body offered space for two people. Many parts came from Ford . Triton manufactured around 25 vehicles between 2001 and 2003. Then Deanfield Motorsport continued production.
The other model was the Challenger, available from 2001 . This vehicle was similar to the Lotus Eleven , an open racing car. A motorcycle engine propelled the vehicles. GTS Tuning continued production between 2005 and 2009. A total of around five vehicles of this model were built by the two manufacturers together.
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. 53 and 259 (English).
Web links
- Company website ( Memento from April 26, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed September 1, 2015)
- Allcarindex (accessed September 1, 2015)
- Photo of the Triton Challenger (accessed September 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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. 53 and 259 (English).