Nota 1280827 213653170 2008-05-20T07:16:37Z Rei-bot 3258344 robot Adding: [[pt:Nota Sports Cars]] :''This article is about an Australian automobile manufacturer. There are also articles on the 19th century Hungarian song style [[nĂ³ta]], the ballot choice [[None of the above]] (NOTA) and [[Network on Terminal Architecture]] (NoTA).'' '''Nota''' is an [[automobile]] manufacturer in [[Australia]]. The company was founded by [[Guy Buckingham]] in [[1952]]. He was an aircraft engineer and used his expertise to build triangulated [[spaceframe]]d sportscars. Possibly Australia's first space-framed cars. In [[1958]] the company built a series of all-enveloping aluminium streamlined sports cars. First called "Streamliners", and later called "Mazengarbs". Up to [[1960]] eleven of those were made. In the late 1950s the company produced [[Formula Junior]] cars. In [[1963]] the company started with [[Mini]] powered sports cars. In [[1964]] they started production of the [[Nota Sapphire]]. In [[1965]] they started with [[Formula Vee]] cars. In the 1960s the company started with their "Sportsman", a [[Lotus 7]] lookalike. In [[1968]] came the [[Nota Fang]], their most successful model with over 100 being made. In [[1973]] Nota started with their Marauder range of cars. At first they used the same mechanicals as the Nota Fang, but in [[1974]] the [[Nota Levanti]] front engine twin cam was released. In [[1975]] the supply of Leyland 1275 GT engines started to ran out so Nota contacted [[FIAT]] and both Marauders and Fangs were made with the 2-litre twin cam FIAT/[[Lancia]] engine. In the late 1970s Nota had started on [[4WD]] 351 V8 mid-engined Marauders, but in the 1980s Ford stopped export of the 351 engine to Australia. After a trip to England Chris Buckingham assembled a design team to design a Fang with Fl 3 litre V6 quad cam engine as well as a fully enclosed, similarly specified Chimera. For [[2003]] Nota developed the [[Nota Le Mans]], powered by either a Suzuki GTi 1300 cc or 1100 cc motor cycle engine. For road use it could also use a Toyota 1800 cc VVTi 6-speed or the 3-litre V6 quad cam. == Models == === Older models=== * Nota FJ (Formula Junior) * [[Nota Major]] * [[Nota Sapphire]] * [[Nota Fang]] === Current models === * [[Nota Le Mans]] * [[Nota F1]] * [[Nota Fang]] * [[Nota Sportsman]] * [[Nota Chimera]] == External links == * http://www.notasportscars.com/ [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Australia]] [[Category:Australian racecar constructors]] [[nl:Nota (fabrikant)]] [[pt:Nota Sports Cars]]