Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:14 PM |
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Any guesses as to who this is for sale ???
http://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/Specialist-Sports-Car-Manufacturer-For-Sale.aspx
Ultima, Noble, Marcos ?
I just need to find another £10,999,999 and its mine !
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:19 PM |
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Its not Ultima - they are based in Hinkley.
Its not Nobel - i think they are based outside of Hinkley
(Hinkley is in between Coventry and Leicester).
Marcos ? I did wonder about prodrive till i got to the bit about employees and products.
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:21 PM |
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Marcos are based in south Coventry (Kenilworth)
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:25 PM |
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google is your friend....
http://www.fbscars.co.uk/aboutus.htm
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:28 PM |
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Think I'll retract my interest then, that looks awful. Nobles are assembled in Barwell, very near Hinckley.
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MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
google is your friend....
http://www.fbscars.co.uk/aboutus.htm
You sure? the car with the quote" Fantastically quick British-built supercar, the only real threat to the Mclaren F1." doesnt look like
that one...Link
[Edited on 7/9/05 by MonkeyHunter]
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:35 PM |
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Im not convinced its them, that is never going to be considered a competitor to the Mclaren F1. I think its Ultima, is it just an assembly plant in
Hinckley ? I think its a fairly small unit they have.
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:40 PM |
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This business was founded in 1999/2000
Ultima, Noble and Marcos have been running longer than that haven't they?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:48 PM |
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£11m for a company with no premises, no employees and all of the moulds and jigs at sub-contractors.
That's one hell of a lot of goodwill and intelectual property?
Mike
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 04:52 PM |
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and heres another one for sale :
http://lite.businessesforsale.com/1293501/268707.html
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 05:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
£11m for a company with no premises, no employees and all of the moulds and jigs at sub-contractors.
That's one hell of a lot of goodwill and intelectual property!!
Does seem a shade over-priced. Never heard of it before. Has it really been competing in international GT events?
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 05:20 PM |
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I was thinking the price was pretty stupidly high.
Almost 100% certain its not Ultima.
The one in Standish is JBA. Owned by one of the three Ainscough brothers (of Ainscough Crane hire fame). I'm originally from the village and my
parents still live there.
(the industrial estate also used to be owned by one of the brothers and may still be so along with Wainhomes & Ainscough building supplies - yep
three successful brothers).
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ReMan
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 05:44 PM |
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My each way bet is Noble, not that i'm a gambling 
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 06:08 PM |
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Stealth B6 anyone?
Link
The actual "Fantastically quick British-built supercar, the only real threat to the Mclaren F1" McLaren quote is at the bottom of this
page
Mike
[Edited on 7/9/05 by Guinness]
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chrism
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 06:36 PM |
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I think its the stealth aswell, looking at the motorsport section of the website, loads of facts match up.
Car seems overpriced though
£98k + VAT for the road car with High Output V8 and 6 speed box, doesn't Ultimas similar spec sell for about £67k
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pathfinder
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 06:38 PM |
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how about farboud? they used to be near Cambridge but think they moved to Wiltshire! they make quality cars, think the owner was a bit of a ritch kid
and had it as a hobby!!!!
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steve_gus
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 07:54 PM |
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that car on the track really really really loooks like its been phototshopped.....
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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the_fbi
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| posted on 7/9/05 at 09:17 PM |
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Mosler
Saleen
Lister
I think Lister are too old but Mosler are a possibility.
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andyps
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 01:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pathfinder
how about farboud? they used to be near Cambridge but think they moved to Wiltshire! they make quality cars, think the owner was a bit of a ritch kid
and had it as a hobby!!!!
Farboud have been bought by Chris Marsh who used to own Marcos so it is unlikely to be them - unless it is an old advert.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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NS Dev
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 02:19 PM |
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stealth were set up by ex Ultima engineer Steve Smith, incidentally! (he fell out with Ted Marlow as far as I know)
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NS Dev
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 02:28 PM |
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I can tell you who that is, no probs, can't believe nobody else has thought of it - Ascari!!!
They are in Oxon, never knew about the leics bit, but Ultima have been around a lot longer than the company mentioned!!!
Ascari have competed in international GT's, and have sold bugger all road cars!
Ultima will certainly not be for sale in the forseeable future as far as I know!!!
Noble might be soon, watch this space!!! Probably wrong, but the chap that owns Noble now (chairman of Burtons, Morrison's etc) is looking to
offset some of the losses incurred with the Safeway takeover.
[Edited on 8/9/05 by NS Dev]
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 04:12 PM |
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The Ascari isnt available as a road car is it ? weve done a good chunk of the analysis work on the chassis. As far as Im aware you get one if you
join some fantastically expensive new gentlemans motor race circuit/country club in Spain or Portugal. As I understand it the development costs have
been so high that it would need to be sold at a price well above its very best potential competitors.
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the_fbi
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 06:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
I can tell you who that is, no probs, can't believe nobody else has thought of it - Ascari!!!
quote:
Business For Sale Website
This business was founded in 1999/2000 by the original owners
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Ascari Website
Originally established in Dorset, England in 1995
Shouldn't be Ascari, unless they didn't know what year they were founded....
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/9/05 at 10:38 AM |
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Yes, the ascari is available as a road car, and the company went through a "reformation" more recently than 1995 after it's original
financier pulled out, so maybe that explains the dates??
Dunno, just seemed obvious choice due to location and price. Anybody think of who it might be. No way Stealth are worth 11 mil and they aint in those
locations. Deffo not Ultima, not Noble..............................
Lola? (no road cars though)
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/9/05 at 10:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeffers_S13
The Ascari isnt available as a road car is it ? weve done a good chunk of the analysis work on the chassis. As far as Im aware you get one if you
join some fantastically expensive new gentlemans motor race circuit/country club in Spain or Portugal. As I understand it the development costs have
been so high that it would need to be sold at a price well above its very best potential competitors.
if it cost that much to develop then why isn't it fast.........in blunt terms.
The Ultima was developed (in relative terms) on a shoestring and it is quicker than pretty much anything else on the market!
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