Boe

Magnus Bodell operated Boes Motor & Mekanik from Törnkvists väg 2 in Färjestaden on the Swedish island of Öland. Automobile activity began around 2006 under the shortened Boe marque rather than the full workshop name. The company's only model was the Boe 7, a two-seat open kit car inspired by the Lotus Seven. Unlike many Seven replicas built from square-section tube, Bodell designed its spaceframe around round 28×2 mm steel tubing. The donor-component scheme was deliberately pragmatic: a Volvo 740 supplied the live rear axle and the basis for modified front hubs, Volvo 240 parts supplied the steering rack and pedal assembly, and the steering column came from a Toyota Carina or Corolla. A Nissan Micra brake servo was available as an option. Customers could install Audi or Volvo engines and matching transmissions, so individual displacement, output, gearbox and trim specifications are configurations rather than separate Boe models. Surviving references describe the car as both a kit and a completed automobile offering, but preserve no reliable price, homologation count or production total. The manufacturer website was archived in August 2010 and specialist directories consistently place activity in approximately 2006–10; later sustained production is not evidenced. The catalog therefore retains one complete Boe 7 family with that cautious period and distinguishes the Boe marque from the legal/workshop identity Boes Motor & Mekanik, as well as unrelated Boes or Böß motorcycle makers.

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