Sports Cars
The company has also produced sportscars, initially working on the Pacific Racing BRM P301 project in 1997, then entering Le Mans in 2001 with a car of their own design; and has designed a number of touring cars for manufacturers such as Vauxhall and Honda. Pilbeam's main market these days is in LMP2 prototype racing. The only team that runs the MP93 LMP2, is Pierre Bruneau which has taken their MP93, with a Judd XV675 powerplant, to three podiums in the Le Mans Series in 2006. On October 19, 2006 an announcement was made stating that Pilbeam will be building a new MP93 for Embassy Racing.
Pilbeam also aided in the design of the Lotus Sport Exige, and currently builds cars for the VdeV Championship.
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