Marussia Motors
| Fate | Dissolved |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founders |
Nikolai Fomenko Andrey Cheglakov Libor Haluza |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
|
Key people
|
Nikolai Fomenko (President) Ondřej Malinka (Chief of design and aerodynamics) Filip Dušil (Chief of manufacturing) |
| Products | Automobiles |
|
Number of employees
|
>300 (2010) |
| Subsidiaries | Marussia F1 Team |
| Website | Marussia Motors |
Marussia Motors (Russian: Маруся pronounced [mɐˈrusʲə]) was a Russian sports car company founded in 2007. It was the first Russian company to produce a supercar. It designed, and manufactured prototypes of both the B1 and the B2 sport cars. Marussia was led by former motor racer Nikolai Fomenko. The Marussia B1 was launched in December 2008 in the new Manege hall in Moscow.
In 2010, it acquired a "significant stake" in the Virgin Racing Formula One team, which was later renamed Marussia F1. The team competed in F1 from 2012 to 2014.
In April 2014, the Marussia Motors company was disbanded, with staff leaving to join a government-run technical institute. The Marussia F1 team continued unaffected as a British entity, independent of the Russian car company. However, on 7 November 2014 the administrator announced that the F1 team had ceased trading.
The first Russian sports car and first car made by Marussia Motors. It has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. Marussia has announced they will build 2,999 examples of the car. The car has been produced at the Marussia Motors production facility in Moscow, with the company's first showroom following in the city in September 2010. Structure is light and strong semi-monocoque and powered by Cosworth-built V6 engines developing between 300 and 420 bhp depending on the specification.
Engine 1 - Marussia-Cosworth 2.8 litre Turbo
Engine 2 - Marussia-Cosworth 3.5 litre
Weight And Performance
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