Lister Cars

Lister is a car brand from England which was founded in 1954 by Brian Lister.

Lister sports car

Began in 1954 Brian Lister, a British racing driver, with the construction of sports cars. In its factory in Cambridge emerged in the 1950s, 34 vehicles were initially powered by MG or Bristol engines. From 1957 Jaguar engines were used and the two-seater were under the name of Lister Jaguar sports car race in this era of tough opponents Jaguar D -Type and Aston Martin. Some vehicles received an aerodynamically optimized body, the Frank Costin had designed. Despite these successes, Brian Lister presented after the fatal accident of Archie Scott -Brown, 1959, the production of sports cars largely a. Only for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he developed 1962/1963 Lister still a coupe with an aluminum body, which also came from Frank Costin. It remained in this unique piece, which when used in Le Mans in 1963 had no success and marked the end of Lister.

In 1986, the brand from the British engineer and financier Laurence Pearce was brought back to life. First one worked as a tuning company that Jaguar XJS partially umrüstete for racing. Thus arose the mid-1980s 90 tuned cars. The financial success of this work led in 1990 to build a new Lister. The Lister Storm GT, equipped with a Jaguar V12 engine was built in 1993. First planned as a race car, there were 1993 of them also a street version. At the beginning of the new FIA GT Championship Lister Storm GT was there in the late 1990s even the dominant vehicle.

The construction of the Lister Storm LMP for the large class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the small company was taking a considerable risk that exceeded its capacity. The LMP was never able to build on the success of the GT sports car, and also the development was by focusing on the piecemeal Le Mans project. After early failures in 2005 and 2006 Lister refrained from 2007 on more missions.

Lister - seaters

Lister is usually mentioned only in connection with sports cars. Brian Lister but also built -seaters. 1956, the team developed a Formula 2 racing car whose base was a space frame in square tube construction. As a Coventry Climax drive - FPE engine served with a Bristol- gear. The motor was shifted ahead of the driver, and installed at an angle. The vehicle was very small, and proved to be a failure.

However, Lister was not to be deterred and built another 1957 Formula 2 car that was not quite so tiny and completely convincing worked. The cockpit was moved back as far as possible by an extended wheelbase. The first use in Goodwood was again unsuccessful. The car lacked competitiveness, so he had to be withdrawn. Lister pursued the project still on, the car was rebuilt again. Archie Scott - Brown, who was assigned as driver died before the end of the conversion work in Spa and the project was discontinued.

A special vehicle built Lister for the Race of Two Worlds in 1958. Lister A sports car got an aluminum body by the regulations of the 500 miles of Indianapolis. The single-seater, called Lister Monzanapolis, driven by Jack Fairman, but could not place it in the front of the field with the car.