History
Sixty-five years. Four shapes. One idea.
KESTREL was never meant to be a big company. It was meant to build one thing exceptionally well, for as long as it took to get it right.
1961
A garage, a chassis, a bet
Founder Elias Marrow builds the first Kestrel prototype in a repurposed aircraft hangar, convinced that a road car could be engineered with the same discipline as a fighter jet.
1968
The Kestrel 100 debuts
Our first production car — 1,050 kilograms, a hand-built inline-six, and a name that would define everything after it: fast, sharp, and named for the falcon.
1979
First overall win at Rundale 24
A privateer-entered Kestrel 100S takes the overall win at the Rundale 24-hour endurance race, beating factory teams with three times the budget.
1994
The monocoque era begins
KESTREL becomes one of the first small manufacturers to move to a full carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, cutting weight by 30% without losing an ounce of rigidity.
2011
Kestrel S wins Coupe of the Decade
The Kestrel S — still the shape the brand is built on — is named Coupe of the Decade by the international motoring press.
2026
Harrier SB and the fourth silhouette
Fifty years after the first prototype, KESTREL introduces its fourth body style — proof the same platform still has more to say.