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Evante Cars

Evante

Country of Origin : England

 

George Robinson of VeganTune thought that Colin Chapman's Lotus Elan was a fine sports car, but he felt that he could do even better.

The result was the Evante, which is quite clearly based on the Lotus Elan, but under the skin is a quite different beast.

The chassis is a more rigid structure made with tubes instead of sheet steel, the geometry is quite different, with different track and wheelbase and the reinforced resin body includes Kevlar (as used in bullet proof jackets) in critical places instead of Glass Fibre and the bumper areas also include Carbon Fibre for a stronger than steel body.

Fitted as standard with 1700 VTA Ford Kent engine , the Evante is a car that out-accellerates and out-manoeuvers the Elan.

A new firm was split off from VeganTune in the mid 1980s called Evante Cars Ltd, to produce the Evante. Cars were produced to order, with each customised to suit the buyer; orders came from all over the world. Alas it was a bad time for a new specialist car company and the recession  caused the firm to close.

Only a limited number of these fine cars exist and VeganTune remains the sole worldwide agent for their repair and maintenance.