Marcos car logos images and Marcos car history
Marcos is a British sports car manufacturer.
The company was founded in Luton, Bedfordshire, England in 1959 by Jem Marsh and Frank Costin. Frank Costin had earlier worked on the De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bombers and from there the idea to use plywood for the chassis. The company moved to a converted mill in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire in 1963 and in 1971 a purpose built factory at nearby Westbury.
Problems with exporting cars to the U.S. and the move to new premises led to financial problems of the 1970s and in 1971 went bankrupt. Jem Marsh however stayed in the car business and in 1976 he bought the rights to the name of Mark, and in 1981 the Marcos was relaunched with the Marcos V6 Coupe that was sold in kit form.
Marcos went bankrupt again in 2000, but thanks to a wealthy Canadian Tony Stelliga buy the company, production was again revived in 2002. The race car production moved to the Netherlands, while the road car production moved to Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. In 2005 most of the designers of the nearly bankrupt TVR joined the company.
On 9 October 2007 it was announced that Mark would cease production of cars and go into voluntary liquidation [1] [2].
Mini Marcos
As the Marcos GT had gotten bigger and more powerful, a return to smaller cars had arrived in 1965 with a fiberglass monocoque body Mini Marcos. With a wheelbase of only 69 inches (1,800 mm) Malcolm Newell designed Mini Marcos was significantly shorter than normal cars Marcos, but was the only British car to finish Le Mans the following year. It was powered by one of the mini-series range with a transverse engine and uses front wheel drive Mini and subplots and rear suspension. Production ended in about 1975 for adoption by Harold Dermott, who came to produce the Midas. Cars were also made under license in South Africa, Australia and Ireland. During 1300 are held in the car kit and the full versions.
In 1991 the Mini Marcos was relaunched to meet the demands of Japan and was made until 1995.
After the fall of Marcos limited sales, the molds were acquired by Marcos Mini Rory McMath of Marcos Heritage Spares. They are able to manufacture / supply of all parts of fiberglass, a warhead of a missile track. Marcos Mini Marcos Heritage relaunched in 2005 as the Marcos Heritage Mk. VI and Mk. VI GT
The GT version was also included in the game Gran Turismo 4 for PlayStation 2.
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