Private company
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Spanish sportscar brand
Tauro Sport Auto was a Spanish manufacturer of luxury sports cars based in Valladolid, founded in 2010, when a group of Spanish businessmen joined with a British manufacturer of racing cars to create the company. Their most popular model was the Tauro V8. It is based on the mechanical underpinnings i.e. chassis of the Pontiac Solstice and is powered by a Chevrolet-sourced powertrain as its base engine and is offered in four variants: Spider, Coupe, Saeta and Portago.2 It ceased to exist in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Tauro Sport Auto was a Spanish manufacturer of luxury sports cars based in Valladolid, founded in 2010, when a group of Spanish businessmen joined with a British manufacturer of racing cars to create the company.2
In 2010, several Spanish businessmen, including Pedro J Santos, and a British manufacturer of racing cars joined to create the company based in Valladolid.
They were produced in small series and made to order, with much of the manufacturing process done by hand.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tauro Sport Auto, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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All models are called the Tauro V8. They were all powered by a Chevrolet LS3 engine.
The Tauro V8 Spider is a traditional front engine, rear wheel drive roadster.
The Tauro V8 Coupé is the hardtop version.
The Tauro V8 Saeta takes its name from the first jet plane made in Spain in the mid-twentieth century, the Hispano Aviación HA-200 Saeta and incorporates some of its design elements.
Tauro V8 Spider – Coupé – Saeta and Super Saeta were designed by Christopher Reitz, Ferdinand Porsche's great grandson.
The Tauro V8 Portago is a Barchetta named after the Marquis, Portago, Spanish F1 gentleman driver who died in the 1957 Mille Miglia while driving for Ferrari.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tauro Sport Auto, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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