Westfield Sportscars

Westfield Sportscars are manufacturers o baith factory biggit an kit versions o several twa-seater, open tap sportscaurs. Thair main product line is a Lotus Seven inspired caur - vehicles oreeginally designed bi Colin Chapman wi ae the bare essentials for motorin in order tae gie the rawest an maist exhilaratin drivin experience.

History
Whilst Caterham Cars bought the richts frae Lotus Cars, Chris Smith set up a rival company an manufactured kits wi vera seemilar stylin an construction. This led Caterham tae threaten litigation (based on Industrial design richts) in the late 1980s which wis eventually settled oot o court an resultit in Westfield improvin an changin the design o thair caurs. Whilst externally sharin a common leuk, Westfield an Caterham caurs are somewha different in construction. Westfield prefers tae employ the same gless feebre body method that Lotus haes tradeetionally uised for thair ither models sic as the Elise, Esprit, an Elan, rather than the aluminium uised bi Caterham.

Westfield haes an aa pioneered technical innovations sic as Independent rear suspension an a wider chassis, which ither manufacturers hae syne adoptit. The company haes recently introduced a version o its SEi kit that uises donor pairts frae the Mazda Mx5 Miata.  This is generally cawed an SDV (Single Donor Vehicle) kit.  Thare is an' a' an SDV kit that uises a Ford Sierra as a donor.

Accordin tae figures gien tae the magazine Tot Kit Car, Westfield produces aboot 450 SEi an XTR chassis each year.

In the first series o BBC's Top Gear, a Westfield XTR2 driven bi the black Stig set a faster lap time than the reignin record haulder o that series, the Pagani Zonda.

In December 2006, Westfield became a pairt o Potenza Sports Cars Leemitit. In December 2007, it wis annoonced that GTM Cars an aa became a pairt o Potenza Sports Cars.

 Models 

FW400
Megabusa
Megablade
SE
SEi & Sport
SEiGHT
SDV
Sport Turbo
XTR2
XTR4
XI

 Racin models 
AeroSport
AeroRace

 Prototypes an concept caurs
TRZ
Topaz

See an aa
 Lotus Caurs
 Caterham Cars

References

External links

Offeecial
 Westfield Sportscars Ltd. 
 Information on the current Westfield XI 
 Information on the current Westfield XTR2 

Clubs & Forums
 Westfield Sports Car Club - Black Country Area 
 Westfield Sports Car Race Drivers Association 
 Westfield Sports Car Club
 Westfield XTR2 Forums 
 Westfield versus Caterham on youtube
 FM Westfield builder forum 

Resources
 Pictures, info and Technical help on Westfield Sports Cars 
 Information on Westfield kit cars and other kit car manufacturers 

Build Diaries
 John Williams's Westfield - An example of a builders website 
 A nut & bolt account of rebuilding a Westfield - by Paul Crisp 
 Mellow Yellow - A build up of a Vauxhall powered Seiw Westfield - by Tigger 
 A build up of a Sierra based SDV - by Rob Sims 

Racin
 BARC Westfield Championship 
 New race formula for 2008 in The Netherlands

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