Automotive Design and Development

Automotive Design and Development

Automotive Design and Development Ltd (ADD) was an English company that was responsible for the creation of the futuristic-looking Nova kit car. The company was based in Southampton from 1971 to 1973 after which it moved to Accrington, Lancashire until 1975. ADD as a company failed and the rights to the Nova were bought by Vic Elam who founded a new company, Nova Cars in Mirfield, West Yorkshire in 1978 which continued until 1990. A low volume production run was made by Nova Developments in Cornwall in the 90's and the company was sold to Shashi Vyas whose company Aerotec Nova was still based in circa 1996. No examples were produced after this time, the body moulds remaining in Cornwall.

The Nova

Sterling Nova

The car was styled by Richard Oakes with engineering by Phil Sayers. The two seater Nova with its dramatically opening roof/door canopy combines basic ideas of the Ford GT40 and Lamborghini Miura in a fiberglass shell on a VW Beetle chassis and mechanicals.

Licensed version of the Nova have been built in Austria as the Ledl, in Australia as the Purvis Eureka, in France as the Défi, in Italy as the Totem and Puma, in New Zealand as the Scorpion, in South Africa as the Eagle, in Switzerland as the Gryff, in the United States as the Sterling and Sovran and in Zimbabwe as the Tarantula. There have also been numerous un-licensed copies. Some versions featured pop-up head lamps and gull-wing doors, but the basic silhouette remained the same.

Versions of the Nova have appeared in number of films, including Cannonball Run II, Death Race 2000, Winners and Sinners and Condorman.

See also

External links

  • [1] Nova Owners Club website
  • [2] UK Nova website
  • [3] US Sterling owners website
  • Nova appearances in movies from the Internet Movie Car Database
  • [4] Sterling Sports Cars LLC USA is a company with new information
  • [5] Information about the film "Condorman" - which featured a yellow Nova car

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Automotive Design and Development — Ltd Acrónimo ADD Fundación 1971 Desaparición 1978, aunque el automóvil se siguió produciendo por otros. Sede …   Wikipedia Español

  • Automotive design — is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses,… …   Wikipedia

  • Design and Technology — (DT) is a school subject offered at all levels of primary and secondary school. In some countries such as England it is a part of the National Curriculum. It is offered in many countries around the world such as Brunei, Bermuda, Singapore,… …   Wikipedia

  • automotive industry — Introduction       all those companies and activities involved in the manufacture of motor vehicles, including most components, such as engines and bodies, but excluding tires, batteries, and fuel. The industry s principal products are passenger… …   Universalium

  • Design management — is the business side of design. Design managers need to speak the language of the business and the language of design …   Wikipedia

  • Design by committee — is a term referring to a style of design and its resultant output when a group of entities comes together to produce something (often the design of technological systems or standards), particularly in the presence of poor leadership. The defining …   Wikipedia

  • Automotive engineering — Modern automotive engineering is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, buses …   Wikipedia

  • Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China — Chang an Avenue in Beijing. Since late 2008, the People s Republic of China has been the largest automotive market in the world.[1][2] …   Wikipedia

  • Design for X — Under the label Design for X, a wide collection of specific design guidelines are summarized. Each design guideline addresses a particular issue that is caused by, or affects the characteristics of a product. The design guidelines themselves… …   Wikipedia

  • Automotive X Prize — The Progressive Automotive X PRIZE is a prize from the X PRIZE Foundation to encourage the creation of a new generation of viable, environmentally friendly vehicles. Teams compete for multi million dollar cash prizes by designing and building… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”