Our 2012 Atalanta ‘Revival’ car embraces the elegance and style of the 1930’s original and where appropriate employs the use of modern materials and technology to ensure reliability, performance and safety.
By remaining true to the original Atalanta design principles, our wish is to provide you with a unique motoring experience; enjoying the pride, thrill and style of pre-war motoring within the confidence derived from 75 years of automotive evolution.
As in the 1930’s, our aim at Atalanta Motors is to provide you with the opportunity to commission an individual Atalanta to your exacting requirements’. Atalanta is about service, individuality and bespoke detailing. We build traditionaly styled cars from new to a high standard that will patinate gracefully and can be cherished for a lifetime.
Limited commissions are now being undertaken. If you would like to experience the exclusivity of Atalanta ownership we would be delighted to create a bespoke car for you.
Staffordshire based motoring enthusiast Martyn Corfield has embarked upon his most ambitious project yet; the revival of arguably ‘the most innovative and stylish pre-war British car manufacturer – Atalanta Motors’. Atalanta Motors developed and produced one of the most technically advanced sports car designs of its’ era. Regularly reported as a thoroughbred amongst their more conservative sports car contemporaries, Atalanta’s advanced design, exceptional performance and riding comfort quickly established the company’s reputation for producing ‘exciting, bespoke sporting cars of quality and style’.
With more than just a gentle nod to Atalanta’s heritage, it is the objective of this venture to bring this most innovative pre-war sports car concept up-to-date, by acknowledging 72 years of automotive evolution, yet remaining true in spirit and sympathetic to the style and function of the original Atalanta sports car designs.
A traditionally coach-built pre-production prototype is currently being developed that remains true to original Atalanta design principles of ‘Innovation, Style and Performance’ and it is scheduled to be unveiled Spring 2012, 75 years after the first Atalanta car was announced. (The Autocar March 5th 1937 and The Motor, March 9th 1937)
Atalanta cars were available in a variety of configurations, each tailored to the bespoke needs of each customer.
Variants included:
- Open two seat sports car
- Two seat sports tourer (as illustrated)
- Two door fixed head coupe and saloon
- Two door drop head coupe
These advanced and expensive sporting cars were regularly tested by both their owners and the works in various competitive events with some success in the late 1930’s.
All Atalanta models benefited from a lightweight construction that contributed to delivering excellent performance and coupled with revolutionary road holding (that was reviewed in a 1939 road test as “beyond criticism; rough, almost colonial sections can be treated like main roads. The Atalanta has the tenacious quality of a racing car when cornering, and it is nearly impossible to cause the tyres squeal”) the cars gave great traction and high levels of grip. Virtues that undoubtedly contributed to the works success winning the team prize in the 1939 Welsh Rally.
Atalanta team on their way to victory Welsh Rally 1937
