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Tiger Racing

Tiger Racing Ltd is an English kit car manufacturer, formed in 1989 by Jim Dudley.[1]

In 1998 they moved to new premises in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

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

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

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

  1. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  2. ^ Tiff Needell. Channel 5's 5th Gear July 2006.
  3. ^ "DR, partnership col colosso cinese Dongfeng per tre nuovi modelli con lo storico brand inglese Tiger [FOTO]". Motorionline.com (in Italian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ Earthling, Mike (16 April 2024). "New Tiger models with the agreement between DR and Dongfeng". World of Technology, Video Games & Digital Entertainment. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ Mark Berry. "Tiger racing takes off" The Cambs Times 16 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Intermarques.co.uk".

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