Marc Nordon Racing (MNR Sportscars) is a

kit car Kit may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kit (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Kit (surname), a list of people Places * Kit, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province * Kit Hill ...

manufacturer specialising in bike (motor cycle) engined cars or BECs and in particular,

Lotus Seven The Lotus Seven is a sports car produced by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars (initially called Lotus Engineering) between 1957 and 1973. The Seven is an open-wheel car with two seats and an open top. It was designed by Lotus founder Colin Ch ...

Replicas. They are based in

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and civil parish in the North Yorkshire District, district and North Yorkshire, county of North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist de ...

, England. MNR was formed by former BTCC Driver Marc Nordo

in 2000 as a racing car rental business for "pay to drive" racing drivers who preferred not to purchase and maintain their own vehicles. In 2003, they started making the Vortx RT, a Lotus Seven inspired car based on

Ford Sierra The Ford Sierra is a Mid-size car, mid-size/D-segment, large family car manufactured and marketed by Ford of Europe from 1982–1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Bob Lutz (businessman), Robert Lutz and Patrick Le Quément, and was noted for ...

components. This was followed by the multi donor RT+ and RT Super using Ford Sierra Rear and

Ford Cortina The Ford Cortina is a medium-sized family car manufactured in various body styles from 1962 to 1982. It was the United Kingdom's best-selling car of the 1970s. The Cortina was produced in five generations (Mark I through to Mark V, although of ...

front end components combined with an inboard Rising Rate suspension setup. Since starting they have diversified away from solely

replicas, and added to the range the mid-engined Tytan and LMP cars. MNR achieved Top Ten in kit car volume sales within their first 18 months of commencing

salesTotal Kit Car magazine

References

External links

Locost Enthusiast Forum

Marc Nordon Racing Website

RGB (BEC) Championship Racing Website

Garagisti Limited Website
{{Lotus Seven Motor vehicle manufacturers of England Companies based in Harrogate Kit car manufacturers Lotus Seven replicas