Light Car Company

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
Light Car Company Rocket
Light Car Company Rocket at the Snetterton Trackday
Overview
Manufacturer Light Car Company
Production 1991-1998 (55 vehicles produced)
Layout RMR layout
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 went 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 or Caterham Seven.[3] The open, doorless body offers space for two people in a tandem configuration. A frame formed the chassis. A 1000 cc Yamaha engine with options of 143 hp or 165 hp powered the vehicle. The top speed was 230 km/h for the weaker 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 tried 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.
Rear end

References

  1. ↑ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ↑ www.Ultimatecarpage.com (accessed 12. January 2014)
  3. ↑ "Light Car Company Rocket". Evo. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ↑ www.Rocket-Car.co.uk (January 2014)
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