Turnbull Engineering
Turnbull Engineering is a New Zealand manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Bruce Turnbull founded the company in Bunnythorpe . He started producing automobiles in 1989. The brand name is Saker . Saker Sportscars from the Netherlands is a licensee .
vehicles
The first SV 1 model appeared in 1989. This coupé is a street legal racing car. Various engines are mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats. Mentioned four-cylinder engines and V8 engines from Rover with 3900 cc engine capacity , from Chevrolet and Ford with 5000 cc capacity.
In 1995 the Rouzy and Sambar models followed with all-wheel drive . The engines came from Subaru . The bodies were made of fiberglass .
literature
- 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. 1630. (English)
Web links
Commons : Turnbull Engineering - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Company website (accessed December 6, 2015)
- d'Auto (accessed December 6, 2015)