Tiger Racing Explained

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 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 includeSuper Six tm Tiger HawkeTiger CubTiger "D" type Tiger stormTiger 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Georgano, N. . G.N. Georgano

    . G.N. Georgano. Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . 2000 . HMSO . London . 1-57958-293-1.

  2. Tiff Needell. Channel 5's 5th Gear July 2006.
  3. https://www.motorionline.com/dr-partnership-col-colosso-cinese-dongfeng-per-tre-nuovi-modelli-con-lo-storico-brand-inglese-tiger-foto/
  4. https://techgameworld.com/new-tiger-models-with-the-agreement-between-dr-and-dongfeng/
  5. Mark Berry. "Tiger racing takes off" The Cambs Times 16 August 2007.
  6. Web site: Intermarques.co.uk .