Unipower

Unipower was a British car brand.

Company History

The company Universal Power Drives Limited of Perivale in Middlesex, which established since 1934 trucks, began in 1966 with the production of automobiles.

In 1970 the car production was discontinued after about 75 copies produced.

Rolling stock

The only model was the Unipower GT. On a self-developed chassis, a flat coupé body was mounted. The four-cylinder engine from the Mini was placed in the center of the vehicle. There were two engines to choose from. The smaller engine with 998 cc displacement made ​​40 kW, the larger engine with 1275 cc 55 kW. From 1967 to 1970, the small coupes were to be found on many race tracks of Europe and even overseas. Team Unipower set in 1969 two works racing cars in almost all major races of the World Sports Car Championship, with Roger Enever and Andrew Hedges could undertake even two long experienced pilots who had previously driven for MG. However, the team was dogged by bad luck this season, a vehicle was on the Targa Florio completely destroyed during testing of a mechanic. 1970 gave the company the international racing commitments the private team of Stanley Robinson, who replaced the now obsolete BLMC mini art by a Cosworth FVA Formula 2 engine.