Strathcarron 1999-2001 - the affordable alternative to the Ferrari F50
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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. Strathcarron is one of the brands that are unknown today. The son of Lord Strathcarron had been working on a sports car project since 1994. His aim was to create a sports car that was as light and inexpensive as possible. 5 years later, the first Strathcarron SC-4 was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. However, stricter emissions regulations meant that the planned number of 1000 cars per year was reduced to 17.
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Lord Strathcarron supplied technology to the automotive industry from 1960, and his son Ian Mcpherson worked on a sports car project from 1994. The aim was to fill the market niche for a road and track sports car that combined performance and value for money at the highest level with low weight and low costs, "a sort of", as Ian Macpherson put it. In 1996, he founded Strathcarron Sports Cars plc in Tebworth, Bedfordshire. A development partner was found in Reynard Motorsport Ltd, a company with Formula 1 experience, while Colin Spooner, Engineering Director at Lotus, was recruited as Technical Director. In 1999, the Strathcarron SC-4 was presented at the Geneva Motor Show.
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