Vincent (car brand)

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Vincent is a British car brand.

Brand history

1982 Martin Vincent founded the company Vincent Cars in Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Vincent . Production ended in 1987. Various companies such as Swindon Sportscars from Chiseldon in Wiltshire , Domino Cars from Southampton in Hampshire , Vincent Engineering from Solihull in West Midlands and Glassfibre Moldings also in Solihull followed.

Dwornik Engineering currently manufactures vehicles of this brand from Horton-cum-Studley in Oxfordshire. A total of around 171 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

Below is an overview of the models, periods, approximate production figures, manufacturers and brief descriptions.

model	Period	number of pieces	Manufacturer	Brief description	photo
Vincent Brooklands Vincent Sports	1983–	6th	1983–1984 Vincent Cars 1984-1987 Swindon Sports Cars 1987 - Dwornik Engineering	Replica of the Riley MPH from the 1930s, similar to the Vincent MPH , but with steering front fenders .
Vincent Hurricane	1982-1995	65	1982–1987 Vincent Cars 1987-1991 Domino Cars 1991–1995 Vincent Engineering 1991-1995 Glass Fiber Moldings	Roadster based on Triumph Spitfire and Triumph GT 6 . Has been marketed as Caburn by Caburn Engineering since 1995 .
Vincent MPH Vincent Rally	1982–	100	1982-1984 Vincent Cars 1984-1987 Swindon Sports Cars 1987 - Dwornik Engineering	Replica of the Riley MPH, with ladder frame, fiberglass body , aluminum hood , elongated front fenders, many parts from the Ford Escort and Ford Cortina .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Vincent.
• 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. 1681. (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. 268 (English).

Web links

Commons : Vincent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dwornik Engineering (accessed March 1, 2015)
• Vincent MPH (accessed March 1, 2015)
• Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

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 Vincent.
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. 1681. (English)
3. ^ ^{A b} 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. 268 (English).