Frazer-Nash
The company was founded in 1922 by Archibald Frazer-Nash who had, with HenryRonald Godfrey founded and run the GN cyclecar company. The company was established in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, moving to Isleworth, Middlesex in
1929. The company entered receivership in 1927 and re-emerged as AFN Limited.
It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before
the World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK.
After the war it continued producing sports cars with conventional transmission
until 1957. It also continued selling BMW cars and motorcycles and finally in
1956 became the official importer of Porsche cars.
AFN Ltd produced about 85 more cars from 1948 to 1957. These
cars were entirely unrelated to the chain-drive pre-war Frazer Nash, but were
largely a direct evolution of the sporting BMW 328.
Frazer Nash cars participated in 4 World Championship Grand Prix. Drivers of Frazer Nash cars
scored 3 World Championship points.
Frazer Nash Falcon 1931
Frazer-Nash 1958
Frazer Nash TT Replica 2-Seater Sports 1935
Frazer-Nash Namir
The Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro claims to be the world's fastest hybrid. The car unveiled
in Geneva is a 187 MPH missile miserly enough to run
on vapors. How fitting.
Presented during the 79th edition of the International Motor Show in Geneva,
Namir represents the turning of a new page in the book being written by the
Torino-based firm since 2004, opening with the Alessandro Volta project and
followed up with the commemorative dream car – Quaranta - the result of
research and development on sports cars fuelled by hybrid systems produced last
year in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the company's founding.
The Arabian name Namir, meaning "tiger", sums up the main features of
the concept car: elegance and power, aggressiveness and litheness of lines.
Without any doubt it is a sports car: a coupé with two bucket seats and an
accurate equilibrium between style and mechanics, aesthetics and contents. The
sophisticated mechanics as well as the avant-garde electric and electronics
systems are wrapped up into an aggressive package with an exquisitely balanced
proportion of volumes and a stunning contrast between the sharp accents of the
rear end and the sinuous front lines that emphasise this supercar's
performance: over 300 km/h (187 mph) at maximum speed and an acceleration of 0
to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds and from 0 to 200km/h in 10.4 seconds, making this
the fastest hybrid car in the world.
Namir is also an ecological vehicle. The hybrid system developed together with
Frazer-Nash combines an 814 cc endothermic rotary engine with four electric
motors, guaranteeing autonomy of 39 km with one litre of fuel CO2 emissions of
less than 60 grams per km travelled.
Namir is not merely an exercise in style in and of itself, but rather a
fully developed project followed in each and every phase by the Torino-based
firm: chassis, body, and mechanical layout were designed and constructed by the
Engineering Division, the exterior and interior style was entrusted to the
Italdesign Giugiaro Style Centre, while the electrical and electronic elements
were developed in collaboration with Frazer-Nash.
Frazer-Nash Namir took to
Goodwood for the hill climb.
- For
Goodwood, the car just used two motors out back powering the rear wheels.
- In
EV-only mode the car can travel about 60 miles depending on driving
conditions.
- Using
the charger you can travel the full 60 electric miles without using the
gas engine.
- All the
hardware was developed in-house
- It's not
purely vaporware as they intend to build and market a few of these
vehicles, though the ultimate goal is to demonstrate the technology
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