Tim Dutton has unveiled the Phaeton 5, his first new kit car in 37 years, offered as a kit with Dutton-supplied fiberglass body components built around a Mazda MX‑5 (Mk3) donor.
Founder Tim Dutton sold more than 8,000 kits between 1967 and 1989 and later produced amphibious models from 1995 until selling that project in 2023. He and his right-hand man of 15 years, Jack Gorski, decided to return to building road cars.
The Phaeton 5 is larger than the Mk4 to improve interior space and is finished in a gel-coat described as "Lamborghini Verde Scandal." Other than the bodyshell, doors, bootlid, bonnet and windscreen that Dutton supplies, the donor Mazda provides the mechanicals.
This report is based on information originally published by AutoCar.
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