Tauro Sport Auto is a Spanish manufacturer of luxury
sports car
A sports car is a car designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving and racing capability. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s and are currently produced by ...
s based in
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...
,
founded in 2010,
when a group of Spanish businessmen joined with a British manufacturer of
racing cars to create the company.
Their most popular model is the
Tauro V8.
It is based on the mechanical underpinnings i.e. chassis of the
Pontiac Solstice
The Pontiac Solstice is a sports car that was produced by Pontiac. Introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show, the Solstice roadster began production in Wilmington, Delaware, starting in mid-2005 for the 2006 model year. It ...
[ ] and is powered by a
Chevrolet-sourced powertrain as its base engine and is offered in four variants: Spider,
Coupe
A coupe or coupé (, ) is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.
The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
,
Saeta and
Portago. The Spider is based on the
Kappa platform, purchased from GM. New body styling and a range of big V-8 has replaced the
turbocharged four cylinder, the interior design has now some modifications, upgraded in materials and given a variety of colors.
The Tauro's core markets include the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
, Russia,
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...
, China, and
America.
History
In 2010, several Spanish businessmen, including
Pedro J Santos,
and a British manufacturer of
racing cars joined together to create the company based in
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...
.
They are produced in small series and made to order, with much of the manufacturing process done by hand.
Models
All models are called the Tauro V8.
They were all powered by a Chevrolet LS3 engine.
File:Tauro Sport Auto V8 Spider in Miami Beach.jpg, Tauro Sport Auto V8 Spider in Miami Beach
File:Tauro Sport Auto Spider V8 front.JPG, Tauro Sport Auto V8 Spider
File:Tauro Sport Auto Spider V8 side.JPG, Chevrolet V8 engine
A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
The first V8 engine was produced by the French Antoinette company in 1904, developed and u ...
in a Tauro Sport Auto V8 Spider
* The
Tauro V8 Spider is a traditional front engine,
rear wheel drive
Rear-wheel drive (RWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the rear wheels only. Until the late 20th century, rear-wheel drive was the most common configuration for cars.
Most rear-wheel ...
roadster.
* The
Tauro V8 Coupé is the
hardtop version.
* The
Tauro V8 Saeta takes its name from the first
jet plane
Plane(s) most often refers to:
* Aero- or airplane, a powered, fixed-wing aircraft
* Plane (geometry), a flat, 2-dimensional surface
Plane or planes may also refer to:
Biology
* Plane (tree) or ''Platanus'', wetland native plant
* ''Planes' ...
made in Spain in the mid-twentieth century, the
Hispano Aviación HA-200 Saeta and incorporates some of its design elements.
* Tauro V8 Spider – Coupé – Saeta and Super Saeta were designed by
Christopher Reitz,
Ferdinand Porsche
Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volksw ...
's great grandson.
* The
Tauro V8 Portago is a
Barchetta named after the
Marquis,
Portago, Spanish
F1 gentleman driver who died in the 1957
Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia (, ''Thousand Miles'') was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before World ...
while driving for
Ferrari.
See also
*
Sports car
A sports car is a car designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving and racing capability. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s and are currently produced by ...
*
Supercar
A supercar – also called exotic car – is a loosely defined description of street-legal, high-performance sports cars. Since the 2010s, the term hypercar has come into use for the highest performing supercars. Supercars commonly serve as t ...
*
Hispano-Suiza
*
Pegaso
References
External links
* Faceboo
Official Tauro Page* Tauro's YouTub
Channel*
{{Automotive industry in Spain
Car brands
Car manufacturers of Spain
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2010
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