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Trojan was an automobile manufacturer and a Formula One constructor, in conjunction with Australian Ron Tauranac, from the United Kingdom. They participated in 8 Grands Prix in 1974. They qualified six times and scored no championship points.

The car producer Trojan Limited was founded by Leslie Hounsfield in 1914 in Clapham, South London, and later in Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey. In 1962, the rights to manufacture the Heinkel microcar were acquired Speaking to Motor Cycle magazine in 1965 after cessation of production, Peter Agg confirmed that a 1962 British government reduction in purchase tax from 50% to 25% aligning car taxation with three-wheelers and motorbikes, had given a big boost to the cheaper end of the car market, adversely affecting sales of the economy-sector three-wheeler, making continued production uneconomical.

Also in 1962, Trojan acquired the Elva sports car business and started to make the Mk IV Elva Courier.

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See also

  • Trojan (automobile)

References

  • All Formula One results are taken from formula1.com
  • Trojan Museum Trust
  • F1 Rejects article about the team