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The Covin is a replica kit car of the Porsche 911 Turbo created by Tim Cook and Nick Vincent in the early 1980s. The name Covin came about from CO (Cook) and VIN (Vincent) giving us COVIN Performance Mouldings. Early models of the Covin were based on a shortened Beetle floorpan/running gear but later used its own Covin chassis and VW Type 3 running gear. The company was sold in the 1990s to DAX and later moved to new owners GPC and was relocated to County Galway in Ireland where unfortunately up to now the Covin has not been produced again. The Covin came in 3 body styles all based on the Turbo model. These were, Flatnose and Coupe, both were also available in a convertible version. There is also known to be only one narrow body Covin ever made. Covin also produced a few 356 Speedster models but these are rather rare. Some Covin units even run real Porsche 911 engines. == The Concept == Tim Cook and Nick Vincent (hence the Co-Vin name) both felt that there was a gap in the market for a stylish G.T with all the comforts of a production car but at the reasonable price of a kit car. They set out to create a 911 clone that could be built on the VW bug chassis. The end result was a vehicle that did in fact look like a very good 911 replica. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Covin (automobile)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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