Marcos History:
The company was founded in Luton, in Bedfordshire, England, in 1959 by Jem Marsh and Frank Costin. Frank Costin had earlier worked on the De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bombers and from there he got the idea to use plywood for the chassis. The company moved to a converted mill in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire in 1963 and in 1971 to a purpose built factory at nearby Westbury. Problems with exporting cars to the USA and the move to the new premises led to financial troubles in the 1970s and by 1971 they were out of business. Jem Marsh however stayed in the auto business and in 1976 he bought back the rights to the Marcos name, and in 1981 the Marcos was relaunched with the Marcos V6 Coupe that was sold in kit form. Marcos went out of business again in 2000, but thanks to a wealthy Canadian buying the company, is now producing cars again. The race car production is now located in The Netherlands while the road cars are now made in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. On October 9th 2007 it was announced that Marcos would cease car production and go into voluntary liquidation.

Marcos Overview:
Based in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, Marcos is private company that deals in automotive products. It was started way back in 1959.Their first car was made in 1960.It was a Marcos GT which looked rather strange with its gullwing doors and a windscreen in four panels. The company later made several changes in 1963 which led to the introduction of a two seater coupe Marcos Get-Tough the company has enjoyed relative success through years, it later became bankrupt. The company sold of its manufacturing facilities in 2007.

Other Marcos Details:
Marcos Engineering Ltd is an automotive Manufactures with headquarters in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1959 and its key people include; Jem Marsh and Frank Costin who are co founders. Tony Stelliga is the director. In October 2007, Marcos went bankrupt for the second time and the companysmanufacturing facilities were sold off. The company’s famous car models include; Marcos Mantis and GTS, Marcos Mantaray, Marcos Marcasite, Marcos TSO. Marcos Mantis is a 2 seater coupe or convertible road car based on the LM series powered by a Ford Cobra V8 and capable of 170 mph. In 1999 a 500 bhp supercharged version was announced. The Marcos GTS was a version of the new Mantis, but powered by 2 litre Rover engines. The top version was the 200 bhp turbo version. In 1998 the GTS evolved into the Marcos Mantaray, but now with 4.0 and 4.6 Rover V8 as well as the 2 litre Rovers. Only 11 were made with the 4.0 litre, and seven with the 4.6 litre engine. In 2002, after a break in production caused by bankruptcy, a new company was launched to manufacture the Marcasite TS250 with a 2.5 litre 175 bhp Ford V6 followed in 2003 by the 5 litre Rover V8 powered TS500. Another new car, the TSO, arrived in 2004 with a Chevrolet V8 engine in either 350 bhp or 400 bhp versions. The carscomponents were CAD designed in England, while chassis engineering has been done by Prodrive.