tractor makers that make sports cars??

kindalen

i know that lambo started with tractors(and still amke them), and david brown bought aston martin(thats where the db comes from).

are there any others?

Henry Ford III

VAG and their 1.9tdi surely? 500bhp, orbit altering torque, red i, and 99mpg with a remap.

A bit rattly but what the hell.

david

http://www.porschetractors.com/

TomMc

And of course Harry Ferguson's four wheel drive system in the Jensen FF, which is kind of relevant.

http://www.thejensenff.com/ffstory.htm

BlackWizard

david wrote: »

http://www.porschetractors.com/

AP109 has 14bhp. You would wonder why they bothered with these machines. A few horses with a rope would be cheaper, no?

BlackWizard

Steyr made cars back in the day.

BlackWizard wrote: »

AP109 has 14bhp. You would wonder why they bothered with these machines. A few horses with a rope would be cheaper, no?

At the time 14hp was a lot. Porsche are a lovely vintage tracter if restored correctly, I often go to vintage tractor events and have seen a few of them. They are rare though and very expensive to buy/restore

Biro

Ford are another. Fiat also. It's been a while since Fiat had a sports car as such, but they have had some legends in the past. Their tractors are excellent too.

TomMc

And Renault tractors, Renault Sport Spider, GTA and of course Alpines.

tc20

Mercedes Benz. I knew they built the Trac (the big green one) and also the Unimog (could be argued that this is not a 'true' tractor), but after a quick Google, it appears that Benz built the worlds first production diesel tractor in 1922

http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/tractor-brands/mercedesbenz/mercedesbenz-tractors.html

Henry Ford III

Biro wrote: »

Ford are another. Fiat also. It's been a while since Fiat had a sports car as such, but they have had some legends in the past. Their tractors are excellent too.

Barchetta?

tc20

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Barchetta?

:P

Dino...Coupe...500 Abarth anyone

Biro

tc20 wrote: »

:P

Dino...Coupe...500 Abarth anyone

Plenty of abarths along with the 500 abarth! And a few coupes from way back!

maidhc

JCB. They build tractors and this:

Lamborgini do not build tractors. They have not done for many many years. Same-Deutz Fahr just have a licence to use the name since the time lambo went to the wall. Lamborgini tractors are also quite rubbish.

William Morris AKA Lord Nuffield built sports cars (Morris Garages!) and tractors bearing both his names.

MG:

Nuffield:

Both were very common in Ireland.

maidhc

Biro wrote: »

Ford are another. Fiat also. It's been a while since Fiat had a sports car as such, but they have had some legends in the past. Their tractors are excellent too.

Fiat is a majority shareholder in both CNH, Ferrari and Maserati.

BnA

How could you forget Leyland

Don't know what kind of cars they made, but many's teh happy day I spent on a 272....

maidhc

BnA wrote: »

How could you forget Leyland

Don't know what kind of cars they made, but many's teh happy day I spent on a 272....

Leyland tractors were essentially Nuffields from the British Leyland era.

trackcar

Volvo build tractors years ago, the P1800 was sold in the 1960's and also
the raced the 850 in the BTTC in the early 1990's

Biro

maidhc wrote: »

JCB. They build tractors and this:

Lamborgini do not build tractors. They have not done for many many years. Same-Deutz Fahr just have a licence to use the name since the time lambo went to the wall. Lamborgini tractors are also quite rubbish.

Lambo tractors are actually very good. Seeing as they're practically the same as Same tractors, which are also good. Tractors are just gone the way cars are going - platform, engine and transmission sharing across makes. They're just a step farther down that road than cars.
And I know about the Fiat relationship with Ferrari etc, but no point considering a Ferrari as a Fiat sports car. That'd be like calling a Lambo a VW...

Max_Damage

On another note, Toyota also making sewing machines, and Mitsubishi make electrical appliances.

zilog_jones

Mitsubishi Electric is very much a separate business from Mitsubishi Motors these days, although I think they may be a bit closer now since DaimlerChrysler sold their share in the latter. The conglomerate also includes Mitsubishi Bank, Mitsubishi Atomic Industry, and many others (Mitsubishi Pencil Co. is not related).

Toyota and Daihatsu started in the textiles industry, and Honda were making bikes long before cars

biomech

FORD...............

galwaytt

Hyundai.

And Kawasaki make ships. Does that count ?

G Luxel

Im sure that Daewoo make tractors although i may be wrong, but I cant remember any sports cars by them, unless they are selling the Pontiac Solstice as a Daewoo..?

And seeing that so many builders have gone bust, it wont be long until Toyota start importing their houses :-)