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Encyclopedia > Elfin Cars

Elfin Cars Pty Ltd has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1957. Elfin Sports Cars was purchased in 1998 by businessmen and historic racing enthusiasts Bill Hemming and Nick Kovatch. It was founded by Garrie Cooper (Adelaide 1935-25 April 1982), a successful championship driver and designer and builder of racing and sports/racing cars as Elfin Sports Car Company. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Garrie Cooper was the largest and longest running racing car manufacturer in the southern hemisphere with a factory in Conmurra Avenue, Edwardstown in suburban Adelaide, South Australia. Edwardstown is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Marion. ...


Elfin won 29 championships and major titles including two Australian Driver's Championships, five Australian Sports Car Championships, four Australian Tourist Trophies and three Formula Ford titles, the Singapore Grand Prix (1968) and twice won the Malaysian Grand Prix. Formula Ford is a single seater class in motor sport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... First included in the Formula One World Championship in 1999, the Malaysian Grand Prix is held at the hyper-modern Sepang International Circuit at Sepang, Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur. ...


Drivers of Elfin cars included World Formula One Champion James Hunt and French Formula One driver, Didier Pironi. Others were Vern Schuppan, Larry Perkins, John Bowe, Frank Matich, Bob Jane, John Harvey, Allan Grice and Peter Manton. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... James Hunt James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was an English racing driver and Formula 1 world champion and subsequently a commentator. ... Didier Pironi (March 26, 1952 - August 23, 1987) was a Formula One driver from France. ...


An Elfin car features in Project Gotham Racing 3, an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005. Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. ... A racing game is any [game or games] that involve(s) competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ... The Xbox 360 (pronounced three-sixty), known during development as the Xenon, Xbox 2, or the Xbox Next, is the successor to Microsofts original Xbox video game console. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Elfin models

25O racing and sports/racing cars in 27 different models were produced in 25-years, including sports and open-wheeler racing cars, such as the 1959 Streamliner, to Formula Vees through to 'big banger' sports cars and the MR9 Formula 5000 of the 1980's. Formula Vee is a popular single-seater junior motor racing formula, with relatively low-costs in comparison to Formula Ford or Formula BMW. It is based on a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. ... Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an auto-racing series that ran in the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1976. ...

  • Elfin Clubman - designed 1961 - 14 vehicles were manufactured
  • A new generation Elfin Clubman Type 3 sports car was launched in 1998 with 50 produced, in 'turn key' form or as rolling chassis kits.
  • MS8 Clubman
  • MS8 Streamliner

Elfin MS8 Clubman // The Elfin MS8 models have been designed by Elfin Sports Cars and styled by the Holden Design team. ... Elfin MS8 Streamliner // The Elfin MS8 models have been designed by Elfin Sports Cars and styled by the Holden Design team. ...

External links

  • Elfin Cars Pty Ltd
  • Introducing the Holden Elfin MS8 Clubman and MS8 Streamliner
  • Brian Ax with a profile of Elfin


 
 

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