Editing Marcos Engineering (section)

==History==
Marcos was founded in [[Dolgellau]], North Wales, in 1959, by [[Speedex]] cars' [[Jem Marsh]] with aerodynamicist [[Frank Costin]]. Costin had earlier worked on the [[de Havilland Mosquito]] fighter-bombers and from there he got the idea to use plywood for the chassis. The company moved to a converted mill in [[Bradford on Avon]], Wiltshire, in 1963; in 1971 they relocated to a £125,000 purpose-built factory at nearby [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]].

Problems with exporting cars to the US and the move to the expensive new premises led to financial troubles, and in 1971 Marcos went out of business. In July 1971 it was reported that the Rob Walker Group of Companies, a principal dealer, had acquired the stocks and assets and established a new company, Marcos Ltd.<ref name=Motor197107/> The new owners said production would continue, albeit, at least in the short term, only for the UK market,<ref name=Motor197107>{{cite magazine| title =Motorweek|magazine= [[The Motor|Motor]]| page =53|date = 10 July 1971}}</ref> but it is not clear whether any additional cars were built.  Although Marcos dealers in the UK had been heavily discounting new cars since the end of 1970, and ''[[The Motor|Motor]]'' magazine reported at the time of the collapse that the company's stock of 35 unsold cars in the United States had to be "liquidated",<ref name=Motor197107/> there may have been a substantial stock of new cars without buyers.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

In June 1972, what was described as "a cash jumble sale of Marcos bits – prototype and shop soiled components, benches, tools..." took place at the "old Marcos Cars factory" at [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]].<ref name=Motor197206>{{cite magazine|title = Motorweek|magazine= Motor| pages =  50–51|date = 3 June 1972 }}</ref> The sale was occasioned by the company's reorganisation and move to a smaller factory.<ref name=Motor197206/>

Marsh stayed in the car business, and bought back the rights to the Marcos name in 1976. In 1981 the brand was relaunched with the Marcos V6 coupé, which was sold in kit form. The design evolved to incorporate both Rover and Ford V8 engines, as well as moving from kit cars to entirely factory-built cars (from 1992), before the company went bankrupt again in 2000.

Canadian entrepreneur Tony Stelliga formed Marcos Engineering with Marsh, and revived production in 2002. Race car production was relocated to the Netherlands while road car production moved to [[Kenilworth]], Warwickshire, England. By 2005, most of the designers from near-to-bankrupt [[TVR]] had joined the company.

On 9 October 2007 it was again announced that Marcos would cease production and go into voluntary liquidation. The design property rights, drawings, jigs and car history files were bought by Marcos Heritage Spares Ltd, owned by Rory MacMath, who had worked closely with Marsh on all the Marcos cars.<ref>[http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=16937 Marcos Engineering Appoints Administrator]</ref><ref>[http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Marcos_news.html?id=7308 Marcos folds] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020200204/http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Marcos_news.html?id=7308 |date=20 October 2007 }}</ref>