Marcos continued their return in 2003 with the lauch of the TS500.
This is a revised version of the TS250 (The Marcasite name was quickly dropped), with a Javelin Engineering prepared 5 litre version of the Rover V8. Producing 320 BHP and weighing just over the tonne, the TS500 addressed some complaints from owners of LMs and Mantises (and some of the press) that the TS250 was not really the kind of car expected from Marcos.
The reduction of price of the TS250 (to under £30K) and the pricing of the TS500 at the £35K mark also went some way to counter concerns that, good though the chassis was, it was a bit too dear.
http://www.marcoscars.net/models.htm#TS500
