Light Car Company
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Gordon Murray/Chris Craft |
| Headquarters | St Neots , UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Cars |
Production output | 55 vehicles |
Motor vehicle
| Light Car Company Rocket | |
|---|---|
 Light Car Company Rocket at the Snetterton Trackday | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Light Car Company |
| Production | 1991-1998 (55 vehicles produced) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Layout | mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Yamaha 1,000 cc inline-four, 4-stroke, air-cooled motorcycle engine, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive |
| Transmission | 5- or 6-speed sequential manual gearbox |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2413 mm (95.0 in) |
| Length | 3518 mm (138.5 in) |
| Width | 1600 mm (63 in) |
| Height | 914 mm (36 in) |
| Curb weight | 385 kg (850 lb) |
The Light Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles.[1]
Company history
Gordon Murray and Chris Craft founded the Light Car Company in St Neots in 1991 and started producing automobiles. Production ran until 1998.[2]
Vehicles
The only model was the Rocket. The vehicle was built to be extremely lightweight and as such it weighs only 850 pounds (385.6 kg), less than the Lotus Seven or Caterham 7.[3] The open, doorless body offers space for two people in a tandem configuration. A frame formed the chassis. A 1,000 cc Yamaha engine with options of 143 hp or 165 hp powered the vehicle. The top speed was 230 km/h (142.9 mph) for the lesser powered model. The Rocket has a wheelbase of 2413 mm, total dimensions are 3518 mm long, 1600 mm wide and 914 mm high.
Rocket R & D Limited released a new edition of the vehicle in 2007.[4]
References
- George Nick Georgano (Chief Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Light Car Company.
- www.Ultimatecarpage.com (English, accessed 12. January 2014)
