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


Image:Westfield 25 logo small.png|Westfield 25t Anniversary Logo
Image:Westfield prelit seven.png|A 'Pre-Lit' Westfield Seven
Image:1997_Westfield_SEi.jpg|A 1997 Westfield SEi
Image:Silver_westfield_sport_at_Stoneleigh_2008.JPG|Westfield Sport
Image:Black_westfield_sport_at_Stoneleigh_2008.JPG|Westfield Sport
Image:Westfield XI.png|Westfield XI
Image:Westfield_xtr2.png|Westfield XTR2
Image:Westfield_race_engine_at_Stoneleigh_2008.JPG|Westfield Race Ingine
Image:WestfieldPhoenixPark.jpg|Irish Westfield SEi
Image:Westfield_Megabusa.jpg|Westfield Megabusa

Image:Westfield Seight.jpg|Westfield Seight


## 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