False Dawns for Brit Cars - How many???

[Rover414]

Depends, the Aero 8 uses a BMW V8, the Morgan Roadster uses a 3.0 Ford Duratec V6 and the 4/4 uses a Duratec 1.8. The Plus 8 used Rover V8s though I'm not sure if they make this anymore?

[Barrett.in.the.USA]

One of the most attractive, capable, desirable and reliable British GTs ever made, the Gordon Keeble - 99 built.

 

Re-born as the De Bruyne GT - 1 built

 

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[HillmanImp]

One of the most attractive, capable, desirable and reliable British GTs ever made, the Gordon Keeble - 99 built

 

This is the ultimate car for me. One day when I am rich eh?

[garethj]

The Gordon Keeble was a development of the Peerless GT, launched in 1958 with mostly TR3 parts but a de-dion rear axle. It’s an impressively clever use of space with 2 fuel tanks in the wide sills so the boot is huge. This morphed into the Warwick GT after the company got into financial difficulties, then the Warwick 350GT which I think was the first British use of the Buick V8 that Rover took on.

 

After a few problems Warwick went under and the car was developed into the Gordon Keeble

One idea, three different cars, all going bust. We've got a proud heritage of engineering in Britain, but as far as business and management goes, we're bottom of the heap.

[RedSparrow]

They stopped making Rover V8s about 6-7 years ago.

I would guess that BMW or the Chinese own the rights/tooling now.

 

On another note, the cityRover might have sold ok if it was £2000 cheaper because that's all it was worth. I don't think it would have hurt to call it a Metro either.

[Danblez]

Just looked up the Keeble car and knew the badge looked familiar....took this a year ago or so. That'll cost ya then?!

 

[HillmanImp]

I love the look of them, but what really sets them apart for me is the fuggin wonderful interior. I could not think of a nicer place to be than inside a Gordon Keeble except the back of a Transit with a couple of porn starlets.

 

[morris_ital_lover]

T'were they not British built, italian styled and American powered? The perfect formula back in those days.

 

Anybody know why they didn't do so well then?

 

m0rris

[Barrett.in.the.USA]

[/quote=garethj]After a few problems Warwick went under and the car was developed into the Gordon Keeble

One idea, three different cars, all going bust. We've got a proud heritage of engineering in Britain, but as far as business and management goes, we're bottom of the heap.

 

I thought that Jim Gordon left Peerless after the failure of the project, and started laying down plans for the Gordon GT. The Warick was produced by a different company than the Peerless and was actually (briefly) contemporaneous to the Gordon Keeble. I believe the Peerless company folded die to supply issues with the TR bits, which is why the Warick company tried to move over to the Buick V8.....

 

....Could be massively wrong though, you're the only person I've met who's actually owned one of these cars and, frankly, I'm drunk

[AnthonyG]

They stopped making Rover V8s about 6-7 years ago.

I would guess that BMW or the Chinese own the rights/tooling now.

 

 

Ford (for it was located at Solihull ) sold off the entire production line and machinery for the V8 some time around 2005-6. I remember seeing the website where it was for sale. I imagine a Land-Rover/BL parts empire like Rimmer bought it.

[chaseracer]

Jensen dropped a massive bollock by trying to build it here in Liverpool... They should have tried again back in the Midlands - but made sure that any "Red Robbo" union type characters were shot on sight.

 

Anyhoo...

 

...the prize for the most inappropriate use of posh Metro headlights IN EVAR goes to...