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Radford has announced that its first model, Project 62, will be launching on August 7 at the Lyon Air Museum in California. The event will be streamed online. Radford – which is co-owned by ex-F1 champ Jenson Button, car designer Mark Stubbs and TV star and car builder Ant Anstead – took deposits for the 62-unit limited edition Lotus-based sports car in May.
Radford, which calls itself a global luxury coachbuilding brand with a British heart and soul, also announced the acquisition of its second US trademark for one of the world’s most iconic race liveries, Gold Leaf. The Gold Leaf livery is now owned by Radford in the US, and will feature on future Radford models.
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British specialty coachbuilder, Radford, has announced their acquisition of the John Player Special livery trademark. The iconic tobacco sponsored livery has long been associated with racing, best known on some of the most successful and memorable Lotus Formula 1 cars.
One of the most successful JPS-liveried cars was the instantly recognizable Lotus Type 72D with which Emerson Fittipaldi took five victories and clinched the Formula 1 championship . The color scheme was also present on multiple Formula 1 cars throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Ayrton Senna’s Lotus 98T.
The black and gold theme could be seen on bikes from the Norton Motorcycle Team and was featured on production cars, with the well-known Lotus Esprit JPS edition and the lesser-known examples of the Australia-exclusive BMW E21 323i JPS and the MkII Ford Capri JPS.
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Burge to lead coachbuilder Radford
Jenson Button’s coachbuilding firm appoints former Lotus Engineering director as CEO By Neil Dowling on 7th June 2021
SPECIALIST luxury coachbuilder Radford, which has directors including race driver Jenson Button and TV presenter Ant Anstead, has appointed Dan Burge as its chief executive officer.
Mr Burge, who was previously commercial director at Lotus Engineering and has held senior roles with Williams Advanced Engineering and Prodrive, brings more than 20 years of automotive and engineering management experience to the role.
He will report to the company’s four co-founders: Button, Anstead, car designer Mark Stubbs and business advisor Roger Behle.