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'''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]]
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