Janspeed
| Private | |
| Industry |
Motorsport Automotive engineering |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, England |
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Key people
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János Ódor Kieth O'Dor Mark Vaughan |
| Products | performance car parts, automotive engineering |
| Website | [1] |
Janspeed Technologies Ltd is an automotive performance tuning company, specialising in exhaust systems. The company was founded in 1962 by János Ódor. With a workforce of 74 employees, Janspeed works closely with many luxury and performance car makers including Aston Martin, Lotus and Bentley. As well as customer products, Janspeed has also been a race car preparation business, which has among others, built works Datsun and later Nissan vehicles for the British Touring Car Championship and DTM.
In 1956 János Ódor emigrated from Hungary to Britain and after an apprenticeship with Downton Engineering, founded his company as Janspeed Engineering Ltd in Salisbury in October 1962. Initially specialising in exhausts and performance parts for the BMC Mini, Janspeed soon expanded to providing turbocharging units and other equipment designed to fit Vauxhall and Ford vehicles.
Janspeed fabricates performance exhausts for a multitude of vehicles and leading car makers, and can cater for bespoke orders and designs. It also supplies individual exhaust parts such as downpipes and manifolds. The company also provides turbocharger applications and conversion kits for many different car makers.
As well as providing performance parts for road users, the company has a long established association with motor racing. Janspeed was contracted by British Leyland in 1968 to prepare cars for the London to Sydney Marathon. Following this, Janspeed gained a contract from Datsun and built works cars for the Avon Tour of Britain in 1973. Success followed in 1974, '75 and '76 with Datsun Sunny's winning the Dutch Touring Car Championship.
In 1990, Janspeed built the Nissan Skyline GTR to Group N specifications for endurance racing, winning the 24 Hours of Spa and 24 Hours of Nurburgring races. Building on their partnership with Nissan, Janspeed was awarded the works contract to build the Nissan Primera for the British Touring Car Championship starting in 1991.
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