1959
Jem Marsh and Frank Costin designed and built
the first racing Marcos. The Marcos name comprises the first three
letters of Marsh and Costin.
1963
The Dennis Adams designed GT is unveiled at the London
Earls Court Motor Show. The same basic design was to be used for
the next 40 years. The car, unusually, perhaps uniquely, employed a
marine ply chassis.
1966
A Mini Marcos was the only British car to finish the Le
Mans 24 Hours race.
1969
The wooden chassis is replaced by tubular steel and the
Volvo engined 3 litre introduced.
1970
Triumph engined 4-seater Mantis is introduced.
1971
The company goes out of business (for the first, but not
last time!)
1981
Marcos V6 launched, in component form.
1984
Rover engined V8 Mantula introduced.
1986
Mantula Spyder launched.
1991
Mini Marcos (Mk V) relaunched.
1992
Marcos re-enters the market as a full-scale manufacturer
(as opposed to component) with the Mantara, again powered by the
Rover V8.
1993
The Le Mans (LM) GT is unveiled with plans to race in the
British GT series.
1994
The LM500 races in the BRDC GT series, taking a number of
class and outright wins.
1995
The LM600 wins the 1995 BRDC GT Championship and 2 factory
backed cars race in the Le Mans 24 Hours, with one car completing
the race.
1996
Continued racing success. The Ford Mustang 4.6 litre
engined Mantis is launched at the Motor Show.
2000
Marcos LM600s win the British and Spanish GT Championships.
The British Championship is won by Calum Lockie in a car run by Cor
Euser; in recognition of this achievement Calum and Cor are elected
to Honorary Memberships of the Club. The racing side of the
business is sold to Eurotech, a Dutch engineering company and long
time racing sponsor of Marcos.
2001
The UK road car business is liquidated, but some of the
assets taken over by Rory McMath, in the form of Marcos Heritage
Spares, with the aim of providing continuity of service and spares
for all cars from 1959 to date.
2002
Jem Marsh is back at the helm of 'Marcos Engineering Ltd'
and the Ford V6 engined Marcasite TS250 is launched at the Goodwood
Festival of Speed.
2003
The V8 powered TS500 is launched, and the TS250's price is
reduced. The basic design of the original Adams' designed GT is
still distinguishable in the TS500, some 40 years since its launch
in 1963.
2004
Production is moved to new premises at Kenilworth in
Warwickshire and in a departure from the Adams design the TSO is
unveiled. It is designed by Damian McTaggart and is powered by a
Chevrolet 5.7 litre V8 (the same engine as powered the LM600).
2005
The Marcos TSO GT makes its debut in front of an estimated
250,000 race fans at the Clipsal 500 Adalaide motor race in South
Australia.
2006
Over 100 revisions to the Marcos TSO GT sees the
announcement of two new versions of the TSO, the TSO GTC and TSO
R/T. The GTC is a two-seater coupe whilst the R/T has dual removable
roof panels. Both models are powered by a 420bhp aluminium V8. A
462bhp 'Performance Pack' is also available.