Aeon Sportscars

Aeon Sportscars Limited
Company type	Limited company
Industry	Automobiles
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Marden, Kent
Key people	Keith Wood, Suzan Heather Wood
Website	https://www.aeonsportscars.com/

Last updated August 21, 2024

Aeon Sportscars Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles.^[1]

Company history

The company was founded on November 3, 2000, in Marden, Kent.^[2] Keith Wood and John Timothy Hewat became directors on July 1, 2001.^[2] They began producing automobiles and kits in 2003. The brand name is Aeon. Since March 31, 2007, Susan Heather Wood has been the second director.^[2] Hewat left the company at the same time and founded Blaze Motorsport. Doncaster based Exceed Autocraft, led by Matthew Flett, was the licensee from 2011 to 2021.^[3] A total of around 17 copies have been created so far.^[1]

Vehicles

The first model was the GT 3 Coupé in 2003. Special features of the coupé are the three-seater design, with the driver sitting in the middle, and the gullwing doors. The engine usually comes from Ford. The GT 2 Coupé, which has been available since 2011, conventionally has two seats next to each other. The coupés have found around twelve buyers so far.^[1]

The GT 3 Spyder appeared in 2004. This is the open version of the coupe. The vehicles are usually powered by a four-cylinder engine from Volkswagen with a displacement of 1,800 cm³ and a turbocharger. Initially also three-seater, since 2011 there has also been the GT 2 Spyder and GT 2 Aero with two seats next to each other. So far, around five copies of the Spyder have been built.^[1]

The Epona was designed by Garry Gooderham. Aeon Sportscars presented a model at a trade fair in 2009, but did not put it into series production. Exceed Autocraft has been trying since 2011. This lightweight, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car is planned as a coupe and roadster.^{[ citation needed ]}

Literature

Steve Hole: A-Z of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8, p. 20–21 and 86.

External links

Company Website
Exceed Autocraft (Archived from the original on 1 September 2019)

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References

1 2 3 4 Hole, Steve (2012). A-Z of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing. pp. 20–21 and 86. ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8.
1 2 3 "AEON SPORTSCARS LTD". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "EXCEED AUTOCRAFT LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Hole, Steve (2012). A-Z of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing. pp. 20–21 and 86. ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 "AEON SPORTSCARS LTD". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[3] "EXCEED AUTOCRAFT LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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