Robin Hood Engineering

The company was founded in 1980 in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire by Richard Stewart, and started by making Ferrari Daytona replicas based on the Rover SD1 and later the Jaguar XJ12.

Development of the new product was continual and feedback from customers showed that a range of engine sizes were needed, so that more people could afford to run such a vehicle.

During 1996 and 1997 sales of Robin Hoods peaked at over 500 kits per year, and larger premises at Mansfield Woodhouse Notts, and extensive new CNC machinery were purchased to maintain production.

This generally upsetting period enabled Richard Stewart to look carefully at Robin Hood Engineering's operations, an now in his fifties, ideally would have liked to have sold the business to allow him to concentrate on other interests.

But with no offers forthcoming, the licence to manufacture Monocoque chassis about to expire and the recent heavy investment in new CNC machinery, the only option was to carry on with a brand new model.