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Noble, are they still trading?

Old 08-14-2008, 06:06 AM
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Default Noble, are they still trading?

As above really, do they still sell cars and do they have a dealer network?
Old 08-14-2008, 06:13 AM
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No longer making the M12 or the M400 - I think I read that they sold the rights to a US company which is rebranding it - but it's still developing a new model (the M15, I think).

I'm sure I read that Lee Noble had sold the company too.
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Someone on this forum maybe buying a Noble very soon . M12 apparently
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Noble dealer in Needham Market, Suffolk still had a few on the forecourt when I last passed
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Saw the M15 on Top Gear repeat the other day.

Rather liked it, got rid of all the silly spoilers etc. and a great car by all accounts.

Problem was
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Always been the same, I'm afraid.

Unless a "supercar" is now properly production-engineered, forget it & go back to kit-building.

Unless like Lotus, Lambo et al, they are part of a bigger group whose influence/facilities they can borrow, I don't see the point.


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Originally Posted by Lurking Lawyer,Aug 14 2008, 03:13 PM
No longer making the M12 or the M400 - I think I read that they sold the rights to a US company which is rebranding it - but it's still developing a new model (the M15, I think).

I'm sure I read that Lee Noble had sold the company too.


Sold manufacturing rights to the US to focus on M15
Read and interview with Mr Noble saying such.
Not heard a thing since
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It looks like Lee Noble stayed with the company when he sold it but was then summarily dismissed for gross misconduct earlier this year!

I found this on PH:

[QUOTE]CAR COUPLE ACCUSED OF TAKING COMPANY FUNDS
BY JENNY OUSBEY

10:30 - 30 June 2008



The couple behind a famous British sports car brand have been accused of wrongly obtaining more than
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Originally Posted by JamieS2K,Aug 14 2008, 02:24 PM
Someone on this forum maybe buying a Noble very soon . M12 apparently
someone on this forum might go to the moon before they die.
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Originally Posted by Moggy,Aug 15 2008, 08:53 AM
someone on this forum might go to the moon before they die.
ok, I will put it another way, someone is def buying one soon on this forum.

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