UVA Fugitive 4

This car shares much in common with UVA's Fugitive 2 kit car and more of the basic details can be found there.

The Fugitive 4 had a larger chassis frame to allow for the addition of two additional seats in the back making it a 4 seater.

While there are 4 seats it is arguable how useful they are, I own of a Fugitive 4 and find some people feel rather cramped and vulnerable in the back as their heads are above the top line of the chassis rails. The rear seat does make a good luggage area though.

This car was primarily aimed at road use with the original sales pitch hinting that it was ideal for the older purchaser who could share the delights of this sort of vehicle with his children.    

Pictures

 Fugitive4 at Hever Castle My Fugitive 4 as I originally got it, fitted with a 2 litre Fiat Twin Cam engine mated to a VW gearbox. The rear seats are not really very visible as they consist of a bench type rear seat and are below the line of the body panels. Current plans are to swap to Alfa Boxer power.
 Fugitive 4 Demonstrator Ex UVA 4 seater demonstrator - photo taken June 1993. This car has 4 real seats unlike mine!

Documents

The following links are to scanned documents associated with the UVA's Fugitive 4. Generally these are Adobe PDF format documents and some may be fairly large files.

Which Kit Magazine review of the Fugitive 4 UVA Fugitive 4 article (1.75Mb)
A scanned version of the 6 page UVA Fugitive 4 article from the Feburary 1988 issue of Which Kit? magazine.

Scans of the UVA Fugitive Build Manuals (a.k.a. Technical Data) can be seen in the library section

How Much?

Although difficult to give an idea of the price of a second hand kit car, due to the immense differences in specifications and quality possible between cars, the following are details of real cars seen advertised in the past.
  • Advertised in owners club magazine March 1996. Fugitive 4 , 2ltr Fiat twin-cam engine, re-wired, Bosch electronic ignition. £1500.