Simpson Design is an American automobile coachbuilder founded in 1978[1] by owner Jim Simpson. The company is based in Clinton, Whidbey Island, located just outside of Seattle, Washington, and specializes in the production of custom sports cars coachbuilt bodies and interiors, mainly built on the Mazda Miata MX-5 chassis.[2]

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Simpson Design

Type	Privately held company
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1978 (1978)
Founder	Jim Simpson
Headquarters	Clinton, Washington , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Sports cars
Owner	Jim Simpson
Website	simpsondesign.net

History

1978 - Company founded by current CEO Jim Simpson in Houston, TX

1991 - Blue Ray 1 created for SEMA

1992 - Blue Ray 3 show car created for Nardi introduction at Pebble Beach Concours, debuted at Concours Italiano

2002 - Simpson Design relocated headquarters to Clinton, WA

Models

Production Models

• Swift[3]
• Italia 3 GTZ
• Italia 3 SWB
• Italia 2
• Italia Classic

Show Cars

• Manta Ray
• Blue Ray 3 (1992 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance / Concours Italiano show car)[4]
• Blue Ray 2
• Blue Ray 1 (1991 SEMA show car)

References

External links

• Official web site
• Official Facebook site

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