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Lister a company with racing pedigree







I was recently going through Road & Track car magazine on a day when I had run out of any interesting cars to research and write about, until I stumbled across this racing company. Lister is a British racing and race Car Company from the 50’s and has won several races in Britain and other countries. The cars were built in Cambridge and built by Brian Lister. Some of the models listed on their website or rather manufactured by them are the Lister Knobbly a car with a hand beaten aluminium body underneath which lies a Jaguar 3.8L V6 engine a four speed gear box this car has the power to impress both on paper and on road, the power out is 330 horse power. Just 330hp? Let me just remind you that it weighs just 787 kg. 0-60 takes just 4.3 sec. this car is all back to basic, track focused beast.  To add to the line-up Lister has a Lister Knobbly Sir Stirling Moss version of it. This model is a replica of the car that Stirling Moss himself drove to victory in 1958 at Silverstone.


Lister Knobbly 

























The most recent addition to the line-up is the Jaguar F-type based Lister LFT.666. It is powered by a supercharged 5.0L V8, and 666 in the name stands for the power output. Yes it makes a massive amount of power but what about the torque? The torque produced 720.33 lbs. All these figures help the car reach 208 mph (334kmph). It also has a lot of in-house designed carbon fiber parts. The number of cars being produced is limited to just 99.






A true one of a kind car that appeared during the super car gold rush was the Lister Storm V12. An all-aluminium space frame built around a massive V12. It was made in the year 1993. It was a front mounted engine, the V12 had an output of 598hp and 580lbs did 0-60mph in 4.2 sec and did 200 mph. The storm was a heavy car filled with nice leather interiors, standard air conditioning and even electric seats. However the engine was placed almost far back into the cabin allowing an amazing weight distribution. The car reached 200mph even with a high drag co-efficiency of 0.35. There were only 4 road going versions made with each one priced at a whooping £220,000. 





 



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At the end of the day Lister is a company that also offers racing kits for Jaguars and is a company that has a racing heritage to be proud of.








  
1993 Lister Jaguar XJ12


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  1. pjr8 August 2018 at 21:38

    Nice compilation about a company that I was totally unaware off. Thanks for educating me.

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