Leela Motors

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Leela Motors was formed to cater to the needs of a few select people who get a thrill out of the purest form of high performance driving. Pure performance is our goal: no frills, no unnecessary gadgets, no extras, no fluff. Everything on the car is functional and serves one purpose- to make the car go, corner, and stop, fast.

It all started a long time ago...

When I was 13 a friend introduced me to Road & Track magazine. The imprint on me has been permanent so far. I became a sports car enthusiast in the extreme. Born in Switzerland, and after moving to England, Canada, and the US, my family moved back to Switzerland at age 14. This was awesome because Geneva where we lived was home to most of the sports cars I had read about in R & T magazine. What's more, we drove over mountain passes where a cars handling really came in to play. Curves and hairpins everywhere! Many times we drove up over the snowy passes and down to the sunlit riviera to bask on the beaches of the Mediterranean. My parents made a good choice.

Fortunately my parents also trusted me enough to let me drive the family car on country roads long before I had a license. I practiced the techniques I read about in books on high-speed driving, and even schooled my older brothers on how to take corners, downshift properly, and accelerate out of a turn. They were very good natured about having a really enthusiastic younger brother/co-pilot/driving instructor in the passenger seat with them!