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)
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.

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.

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. 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.

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

External links

• www.Ultimatecarpage.com (English, accessed 12. January 2014)