Onyx Sports Cars Ltd is a UK
kit car
A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car. Usually, many of the major mechanical systems such as the engine and transmission are sourced from donor ve ...
manufacturer. They produce the Onyx Mongoose, a mid-engined machine made for the
Rover K engine from a
Rover Metro
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* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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or
Rover 200 Series
The Rover 200 Series, and later the Rover 25, are a series of small family cars that were produced by British manufacturer Rover from 1984 until 2005.
There have been three distinct generations of the Rover 200. The first generation was a four ...
, and the Onyx Firefox, a two seated open sports car made using the Rover K engine in front wheel drive position. The Onyx Firecat was introduced in 1995 and was designed by David Golightly. It used
Fiat Uno parts and was front wheel drive. It also had the option of using the Fiat Uno Turbo engine. During its five-year production run about 100 were sold.
Their first car was the 1993 Onyx Firefly which was based on the
Fiat Panda
The Fiat Panda is a city car manufactured and marketed by Fiat since 1980, currently in its third generation.
The first generation Panda (Mk 1: 1980–1986 & Mk2: 1986–2003), introduced in 1980, was a two-box, three-door hatchback designed b ...
. Since 2005 the Firefly has been produced by Alphax Kitcars and has been reintroduced to the British and European market as the Alphax Firefly.
References
External links
Onyx Sports Cars LtdOnyx Firefox Build PageOnyx Mongoose Build ReportAlphax Kitcars - current manufacturers of the FireflyFiat uno turbo forum with ONYX Firecat section
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Sports cars
Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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