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Marcos maps U.S. comeback; Canadian owner wants to import UK sports cars by 
2006
JULIAN RENDELL
Posted Date: 8/24/05
Revitalized British sports car maker Marcos is eyeing the United States for 
a possible introduction in late 2006.

Now owned by Canadian Tony Stelliga, who has businesses in California's 
Silicon Valley, Marcos has a new, two-model lineup-the TSO soft-top and GT2 
coupe, the latter just revealed. A restyled coupe is already on sale in 
Australia.

"I'll be importing a TSO rolling chassis to the West Coast at the end of 
this year for my own transport, and we'll see what kind of reaction it 
 gets," says Stelliga.

He says several specialist dealers are interested in representing Marcos, 
and he has mapped out a sales network wish-list in New England, Florida, 
Georgia and Southern California.


The TSO and GT2 are new ground-up designs engineered with the help of 
Prodrive, the British engineers behind Subaru's rally effort and Aston 
Martin's GT race team.

Both share the same tubular space-frame, front-engine rear-drive chassis and 
LS6, 5.7-liter Chevrolet Corvette V8.

With a curb weight of just under 2600 pounds and power ranging from 350 hp 
to 475 hp, performance is strong. In England, prices run between $72,000 and 
$90,000.

British car magazines have gushed over the TSO's balanced but driftable 
handling and plenty of go, although the car's tight cockpit dimensions might 
not transfer quite as well to this side of the Atlantic.