Editing Kit car (section)

==Kit car manufacturers==

===Argentina===
* [[Pur Sang]]

===Australia===
[[File:1987 Robin Hood 2.0 Front.jpg|thumb|A [[Robin Hood Engineering|Robin Hood]] kit car]]
* [[Alpha Sports]]
* [[Bolwell]]
* [[Pellandini Cars]]
* [[PRB (car)|PRB]]
* [[Purvis Eureka]]
* [[Elfin Sports Cars]]
* [[Bushrangie]]
* J&S Hunter Coupe
* [[amaroo cars]]

===Austria===
* [[Custoca]]

===Belgium===
* [[Apal]]

=== Canada ===

* [[Spex Design Corporation]]

===Estonia===
* [[ESTfield]]
* [[Rexer Ltd.|Rexer]]

===France===
* [[Automobiles Martin]]
* [[Marcadier]]

===Germany===
* [[Apal]]
* [[Fiberfab]]
* [[Michalak C7|Michalak Design]]
* [[Hoffmann 2CV]]

===Hong Kong===
* [[Automobile Addiction Company Limited]] – cars based on Ferrari 250's

===Italy===
* [[ATS Automobile Turismo Sport]] – sports cars

===Mexico===
* [[Unidiseño Mastretta]]

===Netherlands===
* [[Burton car|Burton]]
*Le Patron[[File:Patron-6528-Left.jpg|thumb|Le Patron 4 made by Godfried van den Bergh, Ophemert, The Netherlands]]
* [[Ruska_(car)|Ruska]]

===New Zealand===
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New Zealand had a long history of small garages and vehicle enthusiasts modifying and creating sports and sports racing cars. In the early 1950s, with the advent of [[fibreglass]] bodied cars, a new opportunity arose for local companies associated with car enthusiasts to create car bodies. Among these early manufacturers was [[Weltex Plastics Limited]] of Christchurch, which imported a [[Microplas]] Mistral sports car mould and began making bodies and chassis in 1956. They were followed in 1958 by Frank Cantwell's Puma and Bruce Goldwater's Cougar.<ref>Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand, Graham Vercoe, Reed Books, Auckland 1991, {{ISBN|0-7900-0189-6}}</ref> Also in New Zealand during this period, [[De Joux (car)|Ferris de Joux]] was constructing a variety of sports racers. De Joux is noted in particular for his Mini GT from the 1960s.

[[File:Saker GT (front quarter).jpg|thumb|left| Saker GT]]Ross Baker's [[Heron Cars]] started in 1962 making racing cars and eventually began producing kit cars in 1980. Bill Ashton, formerly of Microplas and Weltex, joined with Ted George in the 1960s and made the Tiki. Three were known to have been made. [[Graham McRae]] with Steve Bond of Gemini Plastics imported a replica Le Mans M6B styled GT mould in 1968, The cars were made and sold by Dave Harrod and Steve Bond of Fibreglass Developments Ltd, Bunnythorpe as the Maram. McRae went on to make a [[Porsche Spyder]] replica in the 1990s.

A number of new companies entered the market in the 1980s – [[Almac (automobile)|Almac]] 1985, [[Alternative Cars Limited (New Zealand)|Alternative Cars]] (1984), Cheetah (1986), [[Chevron Engineering Ltd|Chevron]] (1984), Countess Mouldings (1988), [[Fraser Clubman|Fraser]] (1988), [[Leitch Super Sprint|Leitch]] (1986), and [[Saker Cars|Saker]] (1989). Some recent ones are [[Beattie (automobile)|Baettie]] (1997), which became Redline in 2001 and moved to the United Kingdom in 2007 as Beattie Racing Limited, and McGregor (2001).

Two companies who specialise in making replicas of various models to order are Classic Car Developments (1992) and Tempero.

===Slovakia===
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The K1-Attack Kit car is produced by [[Slovakia]]n company K1 Styling & Tuning. Their cars are customizable and have come in many different variations since 2001. K1 offers engines produced by [[Honda]], [[Toyota]], etc. in the 130HP to 800HP range. Due to its light weight it achieves the same power output–weight ratio as [[Lamborghini Gallardo]], [[Audi R8]], or [[Ferrari F430]] even with a 280&nbsp;hp engine. 

The (cheapest) complete kit costs around $15,000, and is based on the [[Honda Accord]] 4/5G F20/F22 (2.0L–2.2L) engine. A complete kit with [[Honda Civic Type R|Honda Civic Type-R]] 9-10G K20C1 achieves 320HP (at request, the engine can be tuned to 400–500HP). Many more engines, such as [[Honda K engine|Honda K24]], Toyota 3SGTE are available.

Customer projects have included engines such as the [[Volkswagen|VW]] [[TDI (engine)|1.9 TDI]], [[Volkswagen|VW]] [[1.8T]], (not specified) 2.0 [[Subaru]] engine, 2.5L [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], 3.0 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]], 3.0 [[Straight-six engine|I6]] [[BMW]], or 4.2L [[V8 engine|V8]] from [[Audi R8]].

Though based in [[Slovakia]], the company markets itself as producing [[Czech Republic|Czecho]]-[[Slovakia]]n products.

===South Africa===
* [[Birkin Cars]], building a copy of the Lotus Super 7.

The specialist car builder [[Hi-Tech Automotive]] does not venture to supply cars in kit form at all, but only builds fully-assembled "[[turnkey]]-minus" continuation series cars with chassis, bodywork and interior trim finished off, ready for engine installation. Almost all cars are exported, mostly to the [[Kit car#United States|United States]] as "[[Glider (automobiles)|glider kits]]".<ref>"The Price is Right", [https://www.carmag.co.za/ Car Magazine (South Africa)], p80, April 2022, Issue 782</ref>

===Sweden===
[[File:Dala 7 side.jpg|thumb|Dala 7, is a [[Lotus Seven#Replicas|sevenesque]] kit-car made in [[Stora Skedvi]], close to [[Säter]] in [[Dalarna]].]]
Technically, kit cars are not allowed in Sweden, but provided that most of the components and material are sourced by the builder personally it is possible to register them as [[amateur]] built vehicles. Before the law requiring a mandatory [[crash test]] in 1970 there was a booming kit car industry in Sweden with most companies basing their kits on the [[VW Beetle]] chassis. By the time amateur-built vehicles were once again allowed in 1982, all kit car makers in Sweden were out of business.

The inspection (SVA equivalent) in Sweden is handled by the car builders' association [[SFRO]] who does two inspections: one when the car has reached the rolling [[chassis]] stage and the second when the car is finished. Amateur-built cars are currently limited to a [[Power-to-weight ratio|power ratio]] of {{convert|15|kW|PS|1|abbr=on}} per 100&nbsp;kg (182&nbsp;hp/ton). Until 2003, the limit was {{convert|10|kW|PS|1|abbr=on}} per 100&nbsp;kg, so for very light cars (like a Lotus 7 type car) it was a problem to find a suitable engine.

* Boes Motor & Mekanik
* [[Esther (car)|Esther]]
* [[Hult Healey]]
* [[Mania Spyder]]
* [[Mascot (car)|Mascot]]
* [[Ockelbo-Lundgren|Ockelbo]]
* [[Ockelbo-Lundgren|Pagano]]
* [[Racing Plast Burträsk]] (RPB)
* [[Roadline]], [[Porsche Speedster]] and [[Porsche Boxer RS]] replicas

===United Kingdom===
[[File:DuttonSierraKitCar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Dutton Cars|Dutton]] Sierra kit car [[chassis]] and [[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] [[Coachwork|bodywork]] prior to installation of mechanical components]]
[[File:Quantum Mark 1 Hatchback Chassis Q003 as of end of 2016.jpg|thumb|Quantum Mark 1 Hatchback, one of very few kit cars to have a [[glass-reinforced plastic]] (grp) [[monocoque]] construction]]
Vehicle regulations in the UK allow the production of up to 200 vehicles a year without the extensive [[regulation]] and testing requirements applied to mass-market vehicles. This has led to an expanding industry of small producers capable of offering partial and complete kits, some for export, and finished vehicles for domestic use.

The [[Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency]] (DVLA) regulate kit cars in the UK, which helps to ensure that vehicles used on the road are safe and suitable for the purpose.  The current test for this is Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA), which has replaced Single Vehicle Approval (SVA).  When SVA was first introduced in 1998, many believed this would kill off the kit car market, but in reality it has made the kit car market stronger, as the vehicles produced now have to meet a minimum standard.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}  IVA was introduced in summer 2009 and it is too early to tell what impact this will have on the industry.{{Needs update|date=October 2024}}

A significant number of kit cars do not receive a 'Q' registration plate, which signifies a vehicle of unknown or mixed age. All kit cars are subject to a Vehicle Identity Check, VIC, by the DVLA to determine the registration mark a kit car is assigned.  This will be either, a new, current year, registration; an 'age-related' registration; or a 'Q' plate.  Once a kit car has been correctly registered, a V5C, or log book, will be assigned and then a kit car is treated in exactly the same way as a production car, from any larger manufacturer.  A kit car must pass its [[MOT test]] and have a valid [[road fund license|car tax]], or have a valid [[SORN|Statutory Off-Road Notification]] (SORN) declaration. As part of the IVA, a kit car can sometimes be permitted to assume the age of a single, older car (the ''donor car'') if the major parts were taken from it in its construction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vehicle Registration of Reconstructed classic vehicles |url=https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/reconstructed-classic-vehicles |publisher=UK Government |access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref> If the [[Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom#Age identifiers|age identifier]] assigned to a kit car falls before 1980 the vehicle may be road taxed free of charge.<ref name="Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-exempt-from-car-tax |work=Direct.Gov |publisher=UK Government |access-date=25 April 2013 |title= (UK) Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax |quote=In 2013: You don’t have to pay vehicle tax on vehicles made before 1 January 1973 (‘historic vehicles’); at 2018: Historic vehicles: Vehicles made before 1 January 1977 are exempt from 1 April 2017.}}</ref>

According to figures given to ''Kit Car'' magazine, the most popular kit in the United Kingdom in 2005 was made by [[Robin Hood Engineering|Robin Hood Sportscars]], who sold 700 kits a year. The editor of ''Kit Car Magazine'' suggests in 2016 the MEV Exocet was the best selling kit car.
[[File:Lomax 224 rouge.jpg|thumb|Lomax 224]]
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* [[356 Sports]]
* [[3GE Components]]
* [[AK Sportscars]]
* [[Alternative Cars Limited (UK)]]
* [[Arkley (automobile)|Arkley SS]]
* [[AS Motorsport Limited]] – replica Aston Martin DBR1 and DBR2's
* [[Ashley (automobile)|Ashley Laminates]]
* [[Automotive Design and Development|ADD Nova]]
* [[Autotune (Rishton) Limited]] – replica XK120, Elva, and McLaren
* [[Banham Conversions]]
* [[Beauford automobiles]]
* Brightwheel Replicas Ltd – Replica Cobra and Countach
* [[Buckler Cars]]
* [[Burlington Cars]]
* [[Cavallo (car manufacturer)|Cavallo]]
* [[Clan (car)|Clan]]
*  Classic Replicas – carry on company after Brightwheel -Cobra Replicas.
* [[Covin (automobile)|Covin]]
* [[Dakar 4x4]]
* [[Dax Cars|Dax]]
* [[Davrian]]
* [[Diva (car manufacturer)|Diva]]
* [[Dutton Cars]]
* [[Eagle Cars Limited|Eagle (SS)]]
* [[Elva (car manufacturer)|Elva]]
* [[Embeesea Kit Cars]]
* [[Fairthorpe Cars]]
* [[Falcon Shells]]
* [[Gardner Douglas]]
* [[GCS Cars|GCS Hawke]]
* [[Gentry Cars]]
* [[Ginetta Cars]]
* [[GKD sports cars]]
* [[Robin Hood Engineering|Great British Sports Cars]]
* [[GTM Cars]]
* [[Hawk Cars]]
* [[Heron Plastics]]
* [[Hustler (car)|Hustler]]
* [[Jago (car)|Jago]]
* [[JBA Cars]]
* [[JZR Trikes]]
* [[Locost]]
* [[Locust (car)|Locust]]
* [[Lomax (auto)|Lomax]]
* [[Marcos (automobile)|Marcos]]
* [[MEV Ltd|Mills Extreme Vehicles]]
* [[Clan (car)|McCoy]]
* [[Marlin (car)|Marlin]]
* [[Microplas]]
* [[Midas Cars]]
* MK Sportscars
* [[MNR Sportscars]]
* [[Moss Cars]]
* [[Onyx Sports Cars]]
* [[Opperman]]
* [[Parallel Designs]]
* [[Peel Engineering Company|Peel]]
* [[Peerless (UK car)|Peerless / Warwick]]
* [[Piper Cars]]
* [[Pembleton motor company|Pembleton]]
* [[Quantum Sports Cars]]
* [[Raw Striker|Raw]]
* [[Road Track Race Ltd|RTR]]
* [[Robin Hood Engineering|Robin Hood]]
* [[Rochdale (car)|Rochdale]]
* [[Mini Scamp|Scamp]]
* [[Sherpley Motors]]
* [[Siva Motor Car Company|Siva]]
* [[Sylva Autokits Ltd|Sylva]]
* [[Spartan Cars]]
* [[Tiger Racing]]
* [[Tornado (car company)|Tornado]]
* [[Trident (car company)|Trident]]
* [[Turner Sports Cars]]
* [[Ultima Sports Ltd|Ultima Sports]]
* [[Vindicator Cars]]
* [[Westfield Sportscars]]
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Manufacturers in the UK are actively supported by owners' clubs, some of which are marque specific; while others follow a specific type, such as Cobra replicas. Some groups are also area related, (for example, by county or geographic location).

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* Quantum Owners Club
* Southern Kit Car Club
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===United States===
[[File:Blakely Bernardi roadster.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Blakely Bernardi|Bernardi]] roadster, from the [[Blakely Auto Works]]]]

A [[Vehicle glider|glider kit]] is a term used in the [[United States]] for a kit of components used to restore or reconstruct a wrecked or dismantled vehicle. Glider kits include a [[chassis]] ([[frame (vehicle)|frame]]), [[front axle]], and body ([[cabin (truck)|cab]]). The kit may also contain other optional components. A motor vehicle constructed from a glider kit is titled as a new vehicle.

More common terms include "partial-[[turnkey]]," "turnkey-minus," and (though it technically refers to a vehicle without a body, rather than body without drivetrain) "[[rolling chassis]]," or "roller."

Examples of US kit manufacturers and cars include:

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* [[Blakely Auto Works]]
* [[Bradley Automotive]]
* [[Fiberfab|Classic Motor Carriages (CMC)]]
* [[DDR Motorsport]]
* [[Devin Enterprises]]
* [[DF Kit Car]] – Manufacturer of the DF Goblin kit car
* [[Factory Five Racing]] – Manufacturer of Cobra replicas as well as the GTM Supercar, and 818 of their own design
* [[Race-car-replicas]] – Manufacturers of GT40 (MKI and MKII), Lola T70, Jaguar D-Type and XJ-13, P4, 917 and 962 and others.
* [[Fiberfab]]
* [[Kelmark Engineering]]
* [[Sterling Sports Cars]] – Car from the US also known as the Nova in the UK
* [[La Dawri]]
* [[Lad's Car]]
* [[McBurnie Coachcraft]]
* [[Meyers Manx]]
* [[Pangra]] – Turbocharging, water-injection and body rework of the Ford Pinto<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koch|first1=Jeff|title=Pangra! Low-production, turbocharged Ford from the early Seventies... with a secret|url=https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/mus/2005/04/Pangra-/1280701.html|website=Hemmings|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* [[Fiberfab|Street Beasts]]
* [[Velo Rossa]] Spyder and Coupe (resembles [[Ferrari 250 GTO]]) by Reaction Research
* [[San Diego Replicas]] – Manufacturer of Speedster and Spyder kit cars and full turnkey replicas.
* Brunton Automotive – V6 Roadster originally based on the Chevy S10
* [[SSZ Motorcars]]
* [[Superformance]]
* [[Vaydor]]
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