Tiger Racing
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Tiger Racing (Tiger Sportscars) is a kit car manufacturer, formed as Tiger Cars Ltd in London in 1989 by Jim Dudley.[1] In 1998 they moved to new premises in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and changed their name to Tiger Sportscars Ltd. Their facilities include a moving floor, two engineering shops, a paint department, a sales and show area, MOT Station, trimming shop and a filled parts department. Tiger also has worldwide agents for shipping their sports cars globally.
Their Z100 model, which is no longer in production, held a 0–60 mph (0.00–96.56 km/h) record at 2.8 seconds.[2]
The company was sold in 2022 to the Italian DR Automobiles.[3][4]
Models
[edit]ERA tm
- ERA 30 tm
- ERA HSStm
- Tiger Aviator tm
- Tiger Avon
- Tiger B6
- Tiger R6
- Tiger RS6
- Tiger Z100
- Tiger Cat E1/Supercat/XL
Previous models include Super Six tm Tiger Hawke Tiger Cub Tiger "D" type Tiger storm Tiger 250lm
Motorsport
[edit]Tiger Racing have their own motorsport series in which owners and drivers race.[5] They compete with other owners at Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park, Cadwell Park, Donington Park, Rockingham, Snetterton, Castle Combe and Lydden Hill. They also run a hire drive service of works cars for people to experience racing. They often have racing battles with Caterham and Westfield. They sometimes race in the Intermarque[6] run by the South Eastern Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club.
References
[edit]- ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- ^ Tiff Needell. Channel 5's 5th Gear July 2006.
- ^ "DR, partnership col colosso cinese Dongfeng per tre nuovi modelli con lo storico brand inglese Tiger [FOTO]".
- ^ "New Tiger models with the agreement between DR and Dongfeng". 16 April 2024.
- ^ Mark Berry. "Tiger racing takes off" The Cambs Times 16 August 2007.
- ^ "Intermarques.co.uk".