Fenix Automotive
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Fenix Automotive Ltd is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 supercar
Supercar
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 manufacturer founded by Lee Noble
Lee Noble
Lee Noble is a British entrepreneur, car designer and engineer. He is the founder of the sports car companies Noble Automotive Ltd in 1999 and Fenix Automotive in 2009. He is also the designer of some low-volume sports cars, including the Ultima Mk1, Ultima Mk2, Ultima Mk3, Midtec Spyder, and...

 in 2009. Lee Noble created the company ten years after the founding of his previous company Noble Automotive. Noble left Noble Automotive in the spring of 2008.

Projects

A currently unnamed car is currently under development and was revealed to the press in November 2009. The car is said to have a V8
V8 engine
A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 from the Corvette ZR1, lightweight, below the £75,000 mark and will be due for release near the end of 2010. It will also be manufactured in South Africa. The first images of the prototype car were released in January 2010. In September 2010 Lee Noble told a BBC reporter the Fenix sports car was preparing to move into production.

See also

  • Fenix Automotive
  • Noble Automotive
  • Lee Noble
    Lee Noble
    Lee Noble is a British entrepreneur, car designer and engineer. He is the founder of the sports car companies Noble Automotive Ltd in 1999 and Fenix Automotive in 2009. He is also the designer of some low-volume sports cars, including the Ultima Mk1, Ultima Mk2, Ultima Mk3, Midtec Spyder, and...

  • Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
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