Onyx Sports Cars
Onyx Sports Cars Ltdis a UKkit carmanufacturer. They produce the Onyx Mongoose, a mid-engined machine made for theRover K enginefrom aRover MetroorRover 200 Series,and the Onyx Firefox, a two seated open sports car made using the Rover K engine in front wheel drive position. The Onyx Firecat was introduced in 1995 and was designed by David Golightly. It usedFiat Unoparts and was front wheel drive. It also had the option of using the Fiat Uno Turbo engine. During its five-year production run about 100 were sold.[1]
Their first car was the 1993 Onyx Firefly which was based on theFiat Panda.Since 2005 the Firefly has been produced by Alphax Kitcars and has been reintroduced to the British and European market as the Alphax Firefly.
References
[edit]- ^"Total Kitcar: Ones That Got Away".Archived fromthe originalon 8 October 2007.Retrieved5 September2007.
External links
[edit]- Onyx Sports Cars Ltd
- Onyx Firefox Build Page
- Onyx Mongoose Build Report
- Building an Onyx Firefox Roadsport Kit Car
- Alphax Kitcars - current manufacturers of the Firefly
- [1]Fiat uno turbo forum with ONYX Firecat section
