# Lee Noble
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{{Short description|British car designer and engineer}}
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'''Lee Antony Noble''' (born January 1958)[{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1CiEC5mRvT6pAxt5rYaV1iPLSyQ/appointments |title=Lee Antony NOBLE |author= |website=Companies House |access-date=18 May 2023}}] is a British entrepreneur, car designer and engineer. He is the founder of the [sports car](/source/sports_car) companies [Noble Automotive Ltd](/source/Noble_Automotive_Ltd) in 1999 and [Fenix Automotive](/source/Fenix_Automotive) in 2009.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideline.com/noble/the-return-of-lee-noble.html|title=Car News - Latest Auto News, First Looks and First Drives | Edmunds|date=12 June 2017}}] He is also the designer of some low-volume sports cars, including the [Ultima Mk1](/source/Ultima_Mk1), Ultima Mk2, Ultima Mk3, Midtec Spyder and [Ascari FGT](/source/Ascari_FGT).
Noble's designs have also been further developed beyond his own involvement, resulting in designs such as the [Ultima GTR](/source/Ultima_GTR), [Ascari Ecosse](/source/Ascari_Ecosse),[{{cite web | url = http://www.fenixautomotive.com/content.php?122-Bio | title = LEE NOBLE: A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT | accessdate = 24 November 2010 | date = 8 January 2010 | publisher = Fenix Automotive}}] [Noble M400](/source/Noble_M400),[{{cite web | url = http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/10q2/rossion_q1-specialty_file | title = Rossion Q1 - Specialty File | accessdate = 24 November 2010 | date = 19 June 2010 | publisher = Car and Driver }}] [Noble M600](/source/Noble_M600),[{{cite web| url=https://www.leenobleautomotive.com/|title=Lee Noble - Specialised Sporting Vehicles| website=Lee Noble Automotive| access-date=21 September 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802204925/https://www.leenobleautomotive.com/| archive-date=2 August 2017| url-status=live}}] [Rossion Q1](/source/Rossion_Q1) and designs such as the Salica GT,[{{cite web | url = http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Noble-M12/230854/ | title = Brit firm announces 'Noble Roadster' | accessdate = 24 November 2010 | date = 4 February 2008 | publisher = Autocar }}] which was never made. His style for sports cars is to start with a lightweight space frame, have a big powerful engine and an aerodynamic sports-racer body. Almost all the cars Noble has designed have been [mid-engine](/source/mid-engine)d.
In 2012 Noble was involved in the design of the [Arrinera Hussarya](/source/Arrinera_Hussarya) supercar.[{{cite web |url=http://recombu.com/cars/news/arrinera-super-car-confirmed-pictures-suggest-cheap-lamborghini-alternative.html |title=Arrinera super car confirmed, pictures suggest cheap Lamborghini alternative |website=recombu.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515233722/http://recombu.com/cars/news/arrinera-super-car-confirmed-pictures-suggest-cheap-lamborghini-alternative.html |archive-date=15 May 2012}}]
==Automotive companies==
Noble started Noble Automotive after he finished his involvement with Ascari, a manufacturer of supercars with a high price and small market. He wanted to produce cheaper cars, and Noble Automotive set out to build a relatively affordable, fast car, with the aim of selling hundreds or thousands of cars per year. Noble does much of its basic manufacturing in South Africa. The core body/chassis assemblies are shipped from South Africa to England, where Noble installs the [drivetrain](/source/drivetrain), for the European market, and performs final tests.
Noble left Noble Automotive in the spring of 2008 and created a new company [Fenix Automotive](/source/Fenix_Automotive) in late 2009, which was subsequently dissolved in late 2012.
== Cars developed under Noble ==
* (1983) [Ultima Mk1](/source/Ultima_Mk1)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Content.aspx|title=Ultima Sports|website=Ultima Sports Ltd}}]
* (1984) Ultima MK 2[{{cite web |url=http://www.midtec.nl/articles/whichkit_p4.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=24 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101175716/http://www.midtec.nl/articles/whichkit_p4.html |archivedate=1 November 2010 }}]
* (1995) Prosport spyder
* (1996) [Ascari FGT](/source/Ascari_FGT)
* (1999) [Noble M10](/source/Noble_M10)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.evo.co.uk/news/10747/noble-gallery|title=Noble gallery|website=evo}}]
* (2000) [Noble M12](/source/Noble_M12) GTO[
* (2011) Fenix GT
* (2013) [Arrinera Hussarya](/source/Arrinera_Hussarya)
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