Private company

Élan Motorsport Technologies

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Race car engineering, development, and manufacturing company

Élan Motorsport Technologies is an American enterprise that serves as an umbrella company containing the race car engineering, development, and manufacturing companies owned by American racing and automotive company conglomerate Panoz. Élan designs and builds Panoz-branded race cars and components.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
DAMS Panoz GTR-1
Photo: Tony Harrison from Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Élan Motorsport Technologies is an American enterprise that serves as an umbrella company containing the race car engineering, development, and manufacturing companies owned by American racing and automotive company conglomerate Panoz. Élan designs and builds Panoz-branded race cars and components. Since its founding it has also acquired several manufacturers, including famous Formula Ford builders Van Diemen and IndyCar Series constructor G-Force. Élan-built cars have successfully competed in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, IMSA Prototype Lites (formerly IMSA Lites) and various other championships, racing series and types of professional racing throughout the world. It designs, develops and manufactures full line race cars, i.e. chassis, bodies, components and engines for professional racing competition for a variety of segments and classes.2

Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1