DC Supercars

DC Supercars emerged from Hand Crafted Cars, founded in Thornton Heath in 1998 by Dave Harrison and Ron Spearink to build the Diablo-inspired RD1 Coupé and Roadster. After Spearink departed around 2003, Clive Dingwall joined Harrison, the operation moved to Boston, Lincolnshire and adopted DC Supercars identity. DC Supercars Ltd was formally incorporated on 29 March 2006 with Dingwall and Harrison as directors and was dissolved on 7 February 2012. The marque's practical activity therefore began before the legal company, around 2003, and the verified endpoint is 2012; AllCarIndex's 2018 tail may reflect aftermarket references but lacks equivalent legal or catalog evidence. The central DC Roadster used a triangulated spaceframe with steel floor and firewall, eight wishbones and six adjustable coilovers. Customers could select BMW V12/Audi, Rover V8/Renault or Chevrolet powertrains, and numerous VT, 6.0, SV or Anniversary panels and wheels. Those choices are configurations, not models. The catalog also offered a Countach-inspired DC Konig Countach, a closed DC SV Coupé and the M Series chassis project. DC explicitly omitted the M Series body, interior, glass, lighting and wheels, so it is catalogued as a component chassis package rather than a finished production car. At least one Roadster passed UK IVA, but completed-car and kit quantities are unavailable. A book-derived estimate of about fifty-six Hand Crafted Cars and DC cars/kits overall, including roughly forty HCC RD1 Coupés, cannot be divided into DC models. HCC's earlier RD1 products remain predecessor-marque history rather than DC rows. Lamborghini Diablo and Countach were styling inspirations, not licensed vehicles or aliases; customer turbo conversions, individual BMW V12 builds and panel packages likewise remain configurations. Four rows exhaust the archived DC product catalog: Roadster, Konig Countach, SV Coupé and M Series Chassis.

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