About Holmes motor company
Holmes motor company
limited was founded in 1984 by brothers Graham and Peter Holmes, trading
as HMC sports cars. HMC manufactured Sports cars inspired by the
Austin Healey, although the body shape was similar to the original
Healey the car was an extremely capable modern sports car in its own right
and was widely regarded as the finest in
its class, so much so Geoffrey Healey endorsed it. Unfortunately due to
a dispute between the Healey family and Jensen
in 1989 over the ownership of the Healey trademark, the name was
withdrawn. Despite this draw back the HMC had excellent reviews from
magazines such as Motor Sport and
Performance Car and television programmes
including Top Gear. Through
a network of dealerships the HMC
sold very well
worldwide
until 2001 when parts supplies finally dried up. The company was forced
to evolve so with Peter managing customer support for HMC Healeys and
with a
slight name change Graham and then son Gresham were
flown to Sao Paulo to
help with the
development a new Brazilian sports car called the Lobini. This is the Dream
of Portuguese businessman Jose Orlando Lobo and designer Fabio Birolini
to bring Brazil to the forefront of Sports car manufacture. The
Name Lobini is taken from the names of Jose and Fabio and when
translated means small Wolf, the model name H1 is an acknowledgement of
the work done by Holmes motor company. The Lobini
H1 is now in production and
selling well in Brazil and America and will
soon be available in Europe through
lifestyle automotive in spring 2007.
In 2004 Holmes motor company completed the first Holmes
Spyder 550, they
continue producing this model whilst
developing others such as the RS Spyder and
the
Speedster.
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