Fenix Automotive
{{Short description|British sports car manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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| type = Private
| foundation = 2009
| dissolved = 2012
| founder = Lee Noble
| location_country = Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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| industry = Automotive
| products = Sports cars
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Fenix Automotive Ltd was a British sports car manufacturer founded by Lee Noble in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1036676_lee-noble-launches-fenix-automotive-plans-new-v-8-supercar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525130703/http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1036676_lee-noble-launches-fenix-automotive-plans-new-v-8-supercar |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-25 |title=Lee Noble Launches Fenix Automotive, Plans New V-8 Supercar |publisher=Motorauthority.com |date=2009-11-19 |access-date=2011-12-18 }} Lee Noble created the company ten years after the founding of his previous company Noble Automotive. Noble left Noble Automotive in the spring of 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Fenix-Automotive-the-new-supercar-by-Lee-Noble/ |title=Fenix Automotive – the new supercar by Lee Noble | Automotive & Motoring News | Car Magazine Online |publisher=Carmagazine.co.uk |date=2010-01-06 |access-date=2011-12-18}} Fenix was dissolved on 20 November 2012, after producing only one model.{{cite web |url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//companysearch?disp=1&frfsh=1424088716result |title=Companies House Listing |publisher=Companies House |date=2015-02-16 |access-date=2015-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229053844/http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/#result |archive-date=29 December 2008 }}
Projects
An unnamed car was under development and was revealed to the press in November 2009. The car was to have a V8 from the Corvette ZR1, lightweight, cost below £75,000 and was due for release near the end of 2010. It was to be manufactured in South Africa. The first images of the prototype car were released in January 2010. In September 2010 Lee Noble told a BBC reporter the Fenix sports car was preparing to move into production.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8967000/8967135.stm |title=Noble's Fenix supercar moves into production |publisher=BBC Leicester |access-date=2010-09-03 | date=2010-09-03}}
See also
References
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{{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom}}
Category:Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2009