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1975 Enfield 8000

1975 Enfield 8000 in Top Gear, Non-fiction TV, 1978-2002 IMDB

Class: Others, Microcar — Model origin: UK — Built in: GR

1975 Enfield 8000

[*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase 

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kudos SX

◊ 2012-08-05 19:08

 First Enfield 8000 on the site. :) Only around 108 cars were produced, most of which went to various electrical boards across Southern England. This example is owned by two retired scientists from Dorset and was being used regularly for short journeys. According to them, it can do 41mph on a level road.

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Others from period footage:

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Commander 57 US

◊ 2012-08-05 19:28

 That's just about the plainest, dullest, most "communist" looking car I've ever seen.

Sandie SX

◊ 2012-08-05 19:31

 It's a poor man's Scottish Aviation Scamp, that's for sure.

G-MANN UK

◊ 2012-08-05 20:53

 Surely a Lada is duller and more communist?

Sandie SX

◊ 2021-04-03 01:49

 Link to "autoshite.com"

Quote I've noticed that a lot of people think these cars were made on the Isle of Wight...but only a very few were..less than 10. Manufacturing Enfields at the Isle of Wight factory was stopped in 1973after an industrial dispute, and Giannis Goulandris, the owner of Enfield Automtive, shipped production of the car to the town of Ermoupoli on the island of Syros where they were made up until 1976. They were then sent back to the Isle of Wight just to have the batteries fitted and to be sold as they were not road legal vehicles on Greece. I've lived on Syros for 4 years now and the Enfield is a BIG deal here. The Prime Minister even had the one from the museum here taken to Athens last year so he could stand by it in a press announcement about electric cars. It was the first mass produced electric vehicle...so is a bit of automotive history...and of the roughly 120 made, fewer than 15, so far as I can tell, are still working or currently being restored.

Attached are some photos...the factory where they were made was a supermarket until a couple of years ago and is currently being used as a storage building for the Industrial Museum in the town. The group photo shows Goulandris in white overalls and the workforce at the factory when the first Enfield was finished in October 1973. The other 3 photos are the only ones I have of inside the factory.

dsl SX

◊ 2021-04-03 02:03

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