by "Svend" (svend)
Published 09/13/2017 at 02:28
by "Svend" (svend)
Published 09/13/2017 at 02:28
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We’ve already seen a Caterham 21 posted by Boxer_4.
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Then we had the 2001 Jensen S-V8 posted by DaftRyosuke.
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Now I bring you a Marcos Mantis Spyder.
Marcos was a company that started in 1959 and went under in 1971 after financial troubles and difficulties with the U.S. market.
Marsh one of the original two owners bought back the rights in 1976, restarted kit production going into full car production before going under again in 2000.
In 2002 a Canadian formed Marcos Engineering Ltd with Marsh. Race car production move to Holland, road car production stayed in the U.K. before the company went into Voluntary liquidation in 2007.
There is a TVR connection in that most of TVRs designers had moved to Marcos in 2005. 4.6 Quad cam V8 with a 5 speed gearbox.
One of the last Marcos to come out was the TSO GT with a 5.7 LS1 V8.
Only seven were produced before the company closed, again.
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The rights were bought in 2010 by Tony Brown (who apparently is good friends with Sir Stirling Moss) and Marcos Cars Ltd was started. In 2013 a Marcos badged car, the Sprint 220 was seen.
Marcos has had some beautiful cars over the years such as the
TS500.
Mantis XP.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/13/2017 at 02:36, STARS: 1
I remember the Marcos Mantis! It was in Test Drive 6 IIRC as well as a large book on cars that I had ten years back, I should really try and find it.
I was planning on doing a whole slew of interesting, rare, unheard of sports cars in the coming days, including the whole 1990s line of ACs (the company famous for giving us the Cobra), including the 1993 Brooklands Ace:
And the 1997 Ace:
"Brian McKay" (brianmckay)
09/13/2017 at 02:38, STARS: 0
for years I’ve thought of British sportscar makers that are dead or no longer British-owned, such as AC, Austin Healey, Bristol, Connaught, Jensen, Lister, Lotus (Malaysian), Marcos, MG (Chinese), TVR ...
"Svend" (svend)
09/13/2017 at 02:40, STARS: 0
Beautiful cars.
"Svend" (svend)
09/13/2017 at 02:44, STARS: 1
There have been so many British car companies with most coming and going over the years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car_manufacturers_of_the_United_Kingdom
35 still around, 500 gone under.
A
AC (1908–present)
Ariel (1999–present)
Aston Martin (1913–present)
Axon (2005–present)
B
Bentley (1919–present)
BAC (2009–present)
Brooke (1991–present)
Bowler Offroad (1985–present)
C
Caparo (2006–present)
Caterham (1973–present)
Connaught (2004–present)
D
David Brown (2013–present)
E
Eagle (2013–present)
Elemental (2014–present)
G
Ginetta (1957–present)
Grinnall (1993–present)
Gardner Douglas (1990–present)
J
Jaguar (1945–present)
JBA (1982–present)
JZR (1989–1998; 2000–present)
Javan (2006–present)
K
Keating (2008–present)
L
Land Rover (1948–present)
Lister (1954–1959; 1986–2006; 2013–present)
Lotus (1951–present)
M
Marlin (1979–present)
McLaren (1969–1970; 1993–1998; 2005–present)
MEV Ltd (2003–present)
Midas Cars (1978–present) [4]
MK (1996–present)
Morgan (1910–present)
N
Noble (1998–present)
O
OVIK Crossway (2008–present)
P
Perrinn (2011–present)
Prodrive (1984–present)
R
Radical (1997–present)
Rolls-Royce (1904–present)
Ronart (1984–present)
S
Suffolk (1990–present)
Sunbeam (2014–present)
T
Triking (1978–present)
TVR (1947–present)
Tempest (1988–present)
Trident Sports Cars (2002–present)
U
Ultima (1992–present)
V
W
Westfield (1982–present)
Williams (1977–present)
Z
Zenos (2012–present)
Zolfe (2008–present)