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Murtaya Sports Cars Limited
Automotive manufacturer of Exeter, Devon; United Kingdom From 2010 to 2013.
Murtaya Sports Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles and kits from the early 2010s. The brand name was Murtaya.
History
Andrew David White, Benjamin Arthur White and Graham Allin Codling founded in 2010, the company in Exeter, Devon. They took over a project of Adrenaline Motorsport and started the production of automobiles and kits. In total, about twelve copies were made. By 2013 the production had ended.
The first model was the Murtaya. This was a two-seat roadster. Fitted with a boxer engine from the Subaru Impreza.The Murtaya features a composite monocoque tub with engine and front suspension bolting onto a spaceframe that is multi pointed to the main tub. This provides a very stiff platform allowing the suspension to perform its job, keeping the wheels in contact with the road!The running gear from the iconic Subaru Impreza (1993-2000) is used in largely unaltered form making for a straightforward build. The car has been carefully designed to offer an exciting project for self assembly. Any necessary modifications are carried out by our engineers and included as exchange items in the kits.The use of the rally proven Impreza drivetrain means that the performance of the Murtaya is very good with incredible levels of traction and cornering grip generated by the four wheel drive give the car simply astonishing ground covering ability.
SPECIFICATION
Chassis: Composite GRP monocoque. Spaceframe for engine, gearbox and front suspension
Bodywork: GRP clamshell, side skirts, doors, bootlid and rear bumper
Suspension: Fully independent Mcpherson strut all round
Brakes: Discs all round, vented at front, solid or vented at rear
Engine: 2.0 litre turbo charged Subaru Impreza. 2.5 litre option allowing up to 500 BHP
Wheels: 17 x7.5J with 215 45 R17 tyres. 18" wheel and 235 tyre option
price : Factory built, from £19,OOO kits from £9000
A further development was the 2011 presented Fulgara RTS , which found only about two buyers.
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Larini (Sculptural Engineering)
Automotive manufacturer of Ringwood, Hampshire; United Kingdom From 1999 to 2006.
Sculptural Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The brand name was Larini .
History
The brothers Simon and Jeremy Crowther founded in 1999 the company in Ringwood in the county of Hampshire. They started with the production of automobiles and kits. By 2006 ended production with only a total of about three copies built. GTM Cars took over the project in 2006, developed it for the GTM Ballista and presented a prototype in 2007.
The car model was a sports coupe with looks of a lotus, The base was a spaceframe tubular frame. The body was optionally made of fiberglass or carbon fibre. The empty weight of the vehicle was light at only 550 kg. Four-cylinder engines from the VW Golf and Jetta powered the vehicles.
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Gregori Syber sports cars
Automotive manufacturer of Kidderminster, Worcestershire; United Kingdom From 1998 to 2002.
Syber Sportscars, previously Gregori Sportscars, was a British manufacturer of kit type automobiles from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The brand name was Gregori .
History
Roger and Phil Gregory founded the company Gregori Sportscars in 1998 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. They started with the production of automobiles and kits. Phil Gregory left the company to form Pembleton Motor Company. Mike Dowling replaced him. By 2000 the company was renamed as Syber Sportscars. In total, about twelve copies were made. 2002 ended the production.
The model built was the GPR Spider. A small sports car,The base was a monocoque with subframe. Many parts came from Ford. The four-cylinder Zetec engine of the front-wheel drive Ford Escort XR3i third generation (MK5) the engine was mounted behind the seats in mid-engine construction and drove the rear wheels. Other Ford engines to the V6 engine with 2500 cc displacement. From the coupe created about eight vehicles. For 2001 presented Roadster this found four buyers.
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Khaleej Cars Limited
Automotive manufacturer of Chichester, West Sussex; United Kingdom From 1998 to 2001.
Khaleej Cars Limited is a British company in the field of automobiles and former automaker from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The brand name was Khaleej .
History
1998 Roger Whalley founded the company in Lavant at Chichester in the county of West Sussex. They started producing automobiles and kits. The sale of complete vehicles also to be sold to Arabia but by 2001, the production ended. In total, only a handfull of copies were created. As a car dealer, the company is still active.
The main model was the Scarab Runabout. This was a vehicle in the style of the Mini Moke . The base was the front wheel drive Ford Ka with a custom steel ladder chassis and bespoke glass fibre bodyshell. The Buddy models, a delivery version, and the better-equipped Surf only made the prototype stage.
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JJR Automotive Ltd. Parradine
Automotive manufacturer of Scunthorpe Lincolnshire, United Kingdom USA From 1998 to 2005.
JJR Automotive Ltd. was a British manufacturer of sports automobiles from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s . The Brand name as Parradine.
History
The Parradine Motor Company from Appleby (Lincolnshire) produced already previously from 1987 to 1991 built automobiles, which were also marketed as Parradine . In 1998, JJR Automotive Ltd. made a fresh start . from Thealby scunthorpe . The production was limited to only 50 vehicles. 2005, the production ended.
In 1998 a updated V8 S appeared with a space frame chassis . A V8 engine from Ford with 4600 cc displacement. The original price was £ 110,000 in 1999 .
Details of the new Model 525 S were announced in 1999 . A traditional front-engined, rear wheel drive, luxury muscle car with open top driving.Incorporating performance with drivability, the latest materials. electronics and mechanics, are housed within a hand crafted and distinctive package.
A 4.6 litre supercharged and intercooled V8, 32 valve, quad cam power plant generating 525 bhp drives the rear wheels via a six speed manual gearbox.
0-60 mph in an 3.8 seconds and top beyond 200mph.The composite muscular body shrouds a torque tube space frame chassis designed to be stiff enough for race use. strong, safe and durable. Yet with The interior finished in hand tooled hide. supple leather upholstery above deep Wilton carpeting.
The cockpit has advanced information systems binnacle are rear vision monitors linked to miniature camera
Controls for the air conditioning and in-car entertainment are housed within a central console which rises gracefully from within the transmission housing.The advantage of a front engined design and for open-top motoring thc roof folds, out of site, quickly and easily.
