Enduro Cars has bought rival sports car maker Proteus Cars, manufacturer for the past 21 years of recreated sports cars such as its Jaguar C-Type.
Enduro’s own all-aluminium C-Type replica was launched at the 2006 International Historic Motorsport Show a year ago and, since then, examples have been sold in the UK, US, Belgium, Germany and Portugal.
This year, Enduro Cars is sponsoring the International Historic Motorsport show – now known as Race Retro and on this coming weekend – and will use the occasion to re-launch the Proteus name.
Henceforth the Proteus tag will be reserved for fully built, factory warranted cars and body/chassis components, while the Enduro name will be used for mechanical components.
Intriguingly, the company will also show a half-scale model of a new model proposal: a coupe version of the famous C-type that looks rather promising. Although never made by Jaguar in period, the company will gauge public reaction at the show before making a decision on production.