Atalanta Sports Tourer unveiled

Little-remembered Brit sports car marque gets a new lease of life 75 years on

By Riggers / Monday, 19 March 2012 / Loading comments

A few months back we revealed that a Staffordshire-based entrepreneur by the name of Martyn Corfield had embarked upon

plans to revive the Atalanta sports car marque

The return of the brand, which made just 21 vehicles between 1937 and 1939, was intended to (in the words of Corfield) "sensitively bring the original Atalanta design up to date, delivering modern motoring needs of safety, reliability and performance but still remaining true in spirit to the Atalanta sports car ideals and deliver the quality of product that this marque deserves".

And this is the result. Launched a couple of weeks ago (exactly 75 years after the first Atalanta was shown to the public), the new car is certainly redolent of the 1930s original - right down to maintaining tall, narrow tyres for 'driver feel and ride comfort'.

There's a lot of new, bespoke stuff in it, however, with castings, stub axles, springs and the steering system unique to the car. In fact, its makers claim 85 per cent of the Atalanta is made from bespoke parts. Which, presumably, is why there's no word on the Atalanta's price, although you can order one now...

And if you want an Atalanta, ordering one is probably your best bet - of the 21 examples originally built only seven remain, and only four are in working order.