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Robin Hood Brief History
Robin Hood Engineering Limited was a British kit car manufacturer based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The factory covered 30,000 square feet and was on a one and a half acre site.

The company was founded in 1980 by Richard Stewart, and started by making Ferrari Daytona replicas based on the Rover SD1 and later the Jaguar XJ12.The Lotus Super Seven was copied after the production by Lotus ended.
it was the series 3 that was copied, not the series 4 that Caterham cars had bought the rights to which we will come on to later.

Whilst other manufacturers had customers trawling scrap yards for an assortment of components to build cars, the Robin Hood policy of "One kit + one donor vehicle" was a valuable selling point.

High Court action from Caterham Cars almost stopped production, however legal advice gave a remedy to the problem. Robin Hood Engineering were careful not to deviate from the strict guidelines set down as a result of the action. An agreement was reached and it was agreed that the word SEVEN, OR GREEN CARS WITH A YELLOW NOSE CONE could not be used in Robin Hoods promotions

During 1996 and 1997 sales of Robin Hoods peaked at over 500 kits per year, and larger premises at Mansfield, Nottingham, and extensive new CNC machinery were purchased to maintain production.