Atalanta Motors

British car company

For English automobile manufactured in Greenwich, see Atalanta (1915 automobile). For English automobile manufactured in Staines, see Atalanta (1937 automobile). For Other uses, see Atalanta (disambiguation).

Atalanta Motors Ltd

Company type| Private
Industry| Automotive
Founded| 2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Founder| Martyn Corfield
Website| atalantamotors.com

Atalanta Motors is a British car company created in 2011 by Martyn Corfield to relaunch the dormant 1930s Atalanta which stopped production due to the war[1] after a production run of only 21 cars.[2]

Initially announcing the rebirth of the marque in 2012 with the retro-designed Sports Tourer,[3] Atlanta Motors displayed another car at the 2014 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace,[4] but production models have yet to be announced. The production is limited to 10 cars a year.[5]

The new Atalanta is built from hand-beaten aluminium panels over an ash wood chassis, with a claimed 90 per cent of the components designed and engineered in-house. The Atalanta features disc brakes, rack and pinion steering and is powered by a 2.5-litre 4-cylinder engine producing 214 bhp (160 kW; 217 PS).[6]

## References

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1. ^ Staff (16 March 2012). "Bespoke classic has style and substance". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
2. ^ Donaldson, Shane (2011). "British Atalanta marque revived". Autocar. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
3. ^ Hanlon, Mike (13 March 2012). "The 1937 Atalanta Sports Tourer rides again - brand new inside, 75 years old on the outside". Gizmag. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
4. ^ Hudson, Paul (4 September 2014). "New Atalanta launched". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
5. ^ Atalanta buyers get the opportunity to create an updated British classic car digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020
6. ^ Mullen, Enda (5 October 2014). "Midlands businessman recreates classic British car killed off by Second World War". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

## External links

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* Official website