Light Car Company

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Light Car Company
Industry Automotive
Founded1991
Founder Gordon Murray/Chris Craft
Headquarters,
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Products Cars
Production output
55 vehicles
Light Car Company Rocket
LCC Rocket.jpg
Light Car Company Rocket at the Snetterton Trackday
Overview
ManufacturerLight Car Company
Production1991-1998 (55 vehicles produced)
Layout mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
Powertrain
Engine Yamaha 1,000 cc inline-four, 4-stroke, air-cooled motorcycle engine, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Transmission 5- or 6-speed sequential manual gearbox
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2413 mm (95.0 in)
Length3518 mm (138.5 in)
Width1600 mm (63 in)
Height914 mm (36 in)
Curb weight 385 kg (850 lb)

The Light Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. [1]

Contents

Company history

Gordon Murray and Chris Craft founded the Light Car Company in St Neots in 1991 and started producing automobiles. Production ran until 1998. [2]

Vehicles

The only model was the Rocket. The vehicle was built to be extremely lightweight and as such it weighs only 850 pounds (385.6 kg), less than the Lotus Seven or Caterham 7. [3] The open, doorless body offers space for two people in a tandem configuration. A frame formed the chassis. A 1,000 cc Yamaha engine with options of 143 hp or 165 hp powered the vehicle. The top speed was 230 km/h (142.9 mph) for the lesser powered model. The Rocket has a wheelbase of 2413 mm, total dimensions are 3518 mm long, 1600 mm wide and 914 mm high.

Rocket R & D Limited released a new edition of the vehicle in 2007. [4]

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References

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Rear end

References

  1. Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. www.Ultimatecarpage.com (accessed 12. January 2014)
  3. "Light Car Company Rocket". Evo. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. www.Rocket-Car.co.uk (January 2014)