Tiger Racing

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Tiger Racing Ltd
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Automotive
Founded1989;36 years ago (1989)
Founder Jim Dudley
Headquarters
Wisbech
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Products Automobiles
Owner DR Automobiles
Parent DR Automobiles
Website www.tigerracing.com

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

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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

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Previous models include:

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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