YKC Sports Cars

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YKC Engineering Limited (1992-2000)
YKC Sports Cars Limited (2000-2008)
legal form
founding 3rd July 1992
resolution February 19, 2008
Seat Ackworth at Pontefract , West Yorkshire
management Donald Edward Burt
Branch Automobiles

YKC Romero
YKC Julietta

YKC Sports Cars Limited , previously YKC Engineering Limited , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company YKC Engineering Limited was in on 3 July 1992 Ackworth at Pontefract in the county of West Yorkshire founded. Other sources name the place Elvington in North Yorkshire . Stephen Himsworth and Pauline Frances Burt were the directors from July 17, 1992. They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was YKC , short for Yorkshire Kit Cars . On December 15, 2000 the name was changed to YKC Sports Cars Limited . Martin John Griffin also became a director on April 18, 2001. Himsworth resigned on April 30, 2001, and Pauline Burt on July 18, 2001. Donald Edward Burt replaced Griffin as director on February 13, 2004. Production ended in 2007. On February 19, 2008 the company was dissolved. A total of over 800 copies were made.

vehicles

The Roadster was the successor to the Marlin Roadster from Marlin Engineering . This was a 1930s style roadster . Himsworth and Clive Gamble revised the model. The technology came from the Ford Sierra . Around 500 copies were made by 2004.

The Berlinetta was the coupé version of the Roadster . It found around 150 buyers by 1998.

In 1998 the Romeo added to the range. It was similar to the roadster . The technology also came from the Ford Sierra. Around 80 vehicles were built by 2004. Then Aquila Sportscars made the model.

The Imola was on offer from 1999 to 2005 and found around 20 buyers. Except for little things like the front fender , which came much closer to the front wheels, it corresponded to the Romero .

The Julietta appeared in the same year. The differences to the Imola were minor. From 2004 to 2007 Aquila Sportscars continued production under its own brand name. A total of about 40 copies were made of this model.

The Mille Miglia was also visually similar, but had two small foldable front windows. A semi-monocoque is called for this model. Around ten vehicles were built between 1999 and 2004. Aquila Sportcars then also manufactured this model.

The Raider was in the range between 1999 and 2004. It was a sports car for the racetrack that looked somewhat similar to the other YKC models, but was larger. A V8 engine from Rover drove the vehicle. Only two copies were made.

The Pace was the successor of Margin Street Council of Margin Sports Cars . This was a small open two-seater. The four-cylinder engine came from the Ford Fiesta . This model found around three buyers between 2002 and 2004.

In 2002 YKC also took over the production of the F 27 Clubman and MBE models from Formula 27 Cars , both vehicles in the style of the Lotus Seven and the KR Roadster , a two-seater sports car. Image Sports Cars has continued production of these models since 2005.

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. 1776. (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. 98 and 279-280 (English).

Web links

Commons : YKC Sports Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1776. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Steve Hole: A – Z 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. 98 and 279-280 (English).
  3. ↑ UK Companies List (accessed May 1, 2015)
  4. ^ Open Corporates (accessed May 1, 2015)