The Invicta car company has delivered its first customer car. Just 11 months after the prototype was unveiled at last year's motor show they handed over the keys to a mystery owner last weekend.
"We are truly delighted to have delivered our very first customer car
," piped Invicta Chairman Michael Bristow. "This is the first full production specification S1 model we have completed, after building and testing two prototypes, and our entire team has worked tremendously hard to reach this landmark moment
."
The company has orders for just over a dozen cars and several hundred potential customers are in the queue for a test drive. The production target is to deliver a car every month.
Invicta Chairman Michael Bristow
A keen supporter of the modern Invicta project, James Gray, Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire and Shadow Minister for Countryside & Rural Affairs, attended the first hand-over to personally congratulate the Invicta team on their achievement. "Everybody in Wiltshire should be proud that this superb, high quality Grand Tourer has been designed and built in Chippenham
," chomped the MP. "The hand-over of the first customer car is a major milestone in the production of this British sportscar and I wish everyone at the Invicta workshops every possible success for the future
."
The Invicta S1 is powered by a 4.6-litre, 32-valve Ford Mustang V8 engine which produces around 320 bhp and drives the rear wheels via a 5-speed manual gearbox and limited-slip diff. One nice touch is the inclusion of a 100-litre petrol tank giving the S1 a range of 500 miles, between fill-ups.
The price of the hand built car is £74,000.
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