industry automobiles founded 1982 by chris smith headquarters dudley road kingswinford england products sei megas2000 megabusa seight sport 2000s xi xtr2 xtr4 see models website westfield sportscars.co.uk westfield sportscars are manufacturers of both factory built and kit versions of several two seater open top sportscars . their main product line is a lotus seven inspired car vehicles originally designed by colin chapman with only the bare essentials for motoring in order to give the rawest and most exhilarating driving experience . contents 1 history 2 models 3 racing models 4 prototypes and concept cars 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit whilst caterham cars bought the rights from lotus cars chris smith set up a rival company and manufactured kits with very similar styling and construction . this led caterham to threaten litigation based on industrial design rights in the late 1980s which was eventually settled out of court and resulted in westfield improving and changing the design of their cars . whilst externally sharing a common look westfield and caterham cars are somewhat different in construction . westfield prefers to employ the same glass fibre body method that lotus has traditionally used for their other models such as the elise esprit and elan rather than the aluminium used by caterham . westfield has also pioneered technical innovations such as independent rear suspension and a wider chassis which other manufacturers have since adopted . the company has recently introduced a version of its sei kit that uses donor parts from the mazda mx5 miata . this is generally called an sdv single donor vehicle kit . there is also an sdv kit that uses a ford sierra as a donor . the wide range of drivetrain configurations available to westfield customers now includes the honda s2000 engine and gearbox as part of the company s megas2000 kit and cars . according to figures given to the magazine total kit car westfield produces about 450 sei and xtr chassis each year . in the first series of bbc s top gear a westfield xtr2 driven by the black stig set a faster lap time than the reigning record holder of that series the pagani zonda . in december 2006 westfield became a part of potenza sports cars limited . 1 in december 2007 it was announced that gtm cars also became a part of potenza sports cars . in june 2009 westfield became the first niche vehicle manufacturer to be awarded european small series production status with its sport turbo model and has subsequently produced the iracer an all electric racing vehicle as well as a hybrid vehicle version of the sport turbo model . models edit fw400 megabusa megablade megas2000 7se se sei & sport seight sdv sport turbo xtr2 xtr4 xi racing models edit aerosport aerorace iracer prototypes and concept cars edit trz topaz westfield 25th anniversary logo a pre lit westfield seven a 1997 westfield sei westfield sport westfield sport westfield xi westfield xtr2 westfield race engine irish 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