AC appoints Portfield Sports & Classics as first UK dealer.WEYBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 1997--AC Car Group Limited, a subsidiary of Pride Automotive Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAS), the company which rescued Britain's oldest surviving car marque from receivership last December, today appointed its first UK dealer - Portfield Sports & Classics of Chichester. The ceremony at Portfield Sports & Classics' - from where sales of prestige sports cars are made along the south coast of Britain - Alan Lubinsky Alan Lubinsky is the current owner of AC Cars, having purchased it from Brian Angliss in 1996, and has produced cars sporadically ever since. Lubinsky moved production from England to Malta, and in the fall of 2005 announced plans to begin building cars in Bridgeport, Connecticut. , chairman of AC Car Group Limited, said: "This is a major step for us, since in Britain AC Cars have previously been sold direct from the factory. A dealer network will enable us to reach potential customers for our cars more effectively and give them full confidence in the highest levels of after sales service. The fact that Portfield Sports & Classics, a well established sports car dealer, approached us clearly demonstrates the strength of the AC brand and I am delighted to say that we have several other top flight dealer groups interested in our products." Since its foundation in 1994, Portfield Sports & Classics has established itself as one of the country's leading dealers in high quality British sports cars and is a main agent for TVR TVR Target Vessel Revascularization (cardiology) TVR Televisiun Rumantscha (Switzerland TV) TVR Trevor Wilkinson (British automobile company) , Aston Martin Lagonda
The Aston Martin Lagonda and Morgan as well as AC. Part of the City Group, Portfield Sports & Classics is owned by Anthony Wickins whose father and uncle (John and David Wickins) founded British Car Auctions British Car Auctions (BCA),is the largest vehicle remarketing business in Europe, with an annual turnover in excess of £3 billion.[1] History The company was founded in 1946, by David Wickens in the Midlands, when he sold his mothers car on a plot of land, and . Speaking at the AC launch in Chichester today Mike Ayling, director of Portfield Sports & Classics, said: "Portfield Sports & Classics' success has been due to the hands-on enthusiasm of our team - which contains several generations of both the Wickins and Ayling families - and to the quality of our customer care. AC is a brand we have always admired and in fact we were the first dealer to approach Alan Lubinsky for a franchise after he acquired the business. We are confident that there is strong demand for AC Cars amongst our established customers." Portfield Sports & Classics, which now has its own AC Cobra
The AC Cobra was a British sports car built in the 1960s. It was not the first car to combine a lightweight European chassis and aluminium body with a big American V8 engine, but it is demonstrator, is already attracting customers for the classic AC Cobra, still in full production at AC's Weybridge headquarters, and is looking forward to the availability of the AC Ace luxury grand tourer A grand tourer (Italian: Gran Turismo), (initialised GT), is a high-performance automobile designed for long-distance driving. Any such car could be considered a grand tourer, but the traditional and most common body style is the coupé (two door) with either a which will be launched after a major enhancement programme is completed. CONTACT: Martin Hayes Martin Hayes may refer to:
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