Lister Motor Company Ltd. is a British sports car company which is based on the original George Lister and Sons company which started in 1954. They are mostly known for their racing cars, due to the limited numbers of their production and kit cars.
Pictured above left is one of the Lister Storm race cars, this example being the black #1 sponsored by Michelin Tires. This model typically featured a V12 engine mounted in the front.
Lister started competing in sports car racing using Bristol and Jaguar engines in their vehicles. 1959 saw the racing team and company retire until its return to racing in the 1980s.
The Lister Storm V12 is powered by a Jaguar-designed 7.0 liter V12 engine, similar to the one pictured at the right. It produced over 600 horsepower when in race settings.
A street-legal version of the Lister Storm V12 became available in 1993, which was capable of over 200 MPH thanks to its 600 horsepower engine. Having a production version allowed them to enter the race car in a number of GT racing events where it finished well quite often.
In January 2018, a new Lister model was revealed, the Lister LFT-666. It is built from a Jaguar F-Type R and has a modified 5.0L supercharged V8 engine as utilised in the Jaguar F-Type SVR trim.
In August 2020, Lister revealed its new Lister Stealth, which claimed the title of Britain's faastest SUV, a title it still held 5 years later. Based on the Jaguar F-Pace, the Stealth is equipped with a Lister-modified version of the supercharged 5.0L V8 engine found in the factory F-Pace SVR.
The company was located at Lister House, Walliswood, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5RD. Its headquarters is now located at The Rocket Center at Trident Park, 3 Trident Way, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
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- Lister's UK Web Site
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