OBC or Ottmar Beckman Cars AB was a car manufacturer in Mantorp

Mantorp

Mantorp is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,326 inhabitants in 2005. In the middle of Mantorp there is a small centre where a Christmas market is held annually. The locality is surrounded by farmland...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. In 1974 they presented a two seated mid engined sports car called OBC Mantorp (named after the Mantorp Park

Mantorp Park

Mantorp Park is a motor racing circuit near the town of Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip...

 race track). The design was somewhat similar to the Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...

, but with a more rounded front. It was powered by a BMW

BMW

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 engine mated to a Porsche

Porsche

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 gearbox. Both the chassis and bodywork was in fibreglass. The company planned a production rate of five a day with 100 employees, but it never entered production.