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Lister Cars, the manufacturer that used to develop Jaguar and Corvette-powered race cars back in the 1950s, has announced its comeback under the Lister Motor Company Limited name.
Almost 25 years since the last production Lister was built, the three Lister companies - George Lister Engineering of Cambridge, Brian Lister Light Engineering and Lister Storm - have been reunited into one company that intends to develop continuation cars of the legendary Lister “Knobbly” Jaguar.
The newly-founded organization has announced it has invested in a new facility in Cambridge, UK, and that Jaguar D Type-specification engines and gearboxes have been commissioned from Crosthwaite & Gardiner, one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of parts to the historic motor racing industry.
“Anyone with a fondness for British sports car manufacturing and with an understanding of Lister’s remarkable heritage should rightly be excited by this news. The Lister ‘Knobbly’ was a powerful, giant-killing racing car in its heyday, and with all the expertise we have brought together for this project, I can promise that the new Lister will be a fabulously exciting and desirable car. This is a passionate undertaking for us and we also have some very exciting plans for the future.”
The first new Lister “Knobbly” Jaguar race cars are scheduled to arrive in 2015.
The newly-founded organization has announced it has invested in a new facility in Cambridge, UK, and that Jaguar D Type-specification engines and gearboxes have been commissioned from Crosthwaite & Gardiner, one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of parts to the historic motor racing industry.
“Anyone with a fondness for British sports car manufacturing and with an understanding of Lister’s remarkable heritage should rightly be excited by this news. The Lister ‘Knobbly’ was a powerful, giant-killing racing car in its heyday, and with all the expertise we have brought together for this project, I can promise that the new Lister will be a fabulously exciting and desirable car. This is a passionate undertaking for us and we also have some very exciting plans for the future.”
The first new Lister “Knobbly” Jaguar race cars are scheduled to arrive in 2015.
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