Adrian@TORQEN Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Invicta Coupe. 4600cc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Went bust in 2012. Invicta owner Michael Bristow saw his dream die when his company, maker of the £150,000 super-coupé Invicta S1, was wound up last week over an unpaid £40,000 debt. The Westpoint Car Company (formerly the Invicta Car Company), which built the cars, was issued with a winding up order by Bath County Court. The order was bought after the presentation of a petition presented to the court by Robert Fountain, of County Durham. Bristow had had long harboured a desire to relaunch the historic Invicta marque and after acquiring the name in 1980 his first effort, the S1, designed by Leigh Adams, debuted at the 2002 Birmingham Motor Show. Ten years ago, he said: "If the S1 sells, then we will survive. If it doesn't, we don't deserve to survive." Although Bristow said he had created a firm that could survive making just a handful of cars per year, in 10 years he says, "the handfuls weren't enough". In spite of efforts to restructure the company and a last-minute change of name to protect the Invicta marque from a fourth financial collapse in its 87-year history, Bristow appears to have now admitted defeat. "With the collapse of Lehman Brothers and subsequent credit crunch," he said, "the market for £150,000-plus sports cars has suffered severely and Invicta, sadly, has not been immune to this recession." The Invicta name joins a long litany of attempts to revamp once-proud British car makers. Invicta was founded in 1925 by Captain (later Sir) Noel Macklin after the sugar magnate Oliver Lyle (of Tate and Lyle) failed to find a car for his wife, who couldn't change gear. Macklin set up Invicta at his home in Cobham, Surrey, producing a series of sports saloons and dropheads of such quality and performance they eventually bankrupted the company several times. Bristow's attempt to reinvent the name was paved with good intentions, but now it joins the BRM, Vanwall, Austin Healey, Connaught and Lea Francis badges as failed rebirths. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Thats a good call Will 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Thats a good call Will Its a bit of an ugly mother, and far too expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I wouldn't pay £150 for that fugly mugly pile of doop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Not a pretty car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Front and side profile are okay, rear is a hideous mess though. And the less said about those wheels, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Looks like a cheap American sports car, the dimensions and proportions are horrific. The front is ugly the side looks wrong and the rear looks proper halfrauds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Compare that to any Aston and it's fail fail fail in all aesthetic departments ! IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Probably handles better though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Most stuff looks rubbish compared to an Aston though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The only Aston I like is the Vantage. The rest are old looking and for retired people. Bit like Jaaaaaaaaags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The only Aston I like is the Vantage. The rest are old looking and for retired people. Bit like Jaaaaaaaaags. Bring on retirement then, be happy to own any of them at least once in my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 DB9 suits the current shape much better than the V8V does, less stunted and more elegant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 It sounded really nice and was a hoot to drive. My mate's dad bought one and the owner came round with a prototype to show him how it was moving on. Unfortunately it was never delivered and he lost his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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