Zibar Explained

Zibar
Manufacturer:	Ido OffRoad Center Ltd.
Production:	1989 - present
Assembly:	Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Haifa District, Israel
Class:	Off-road vehicle
Layout:	F4
Related:	Humvee

The Zibar is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles designed and produced by Israeli racer and fabricator Ido Cohen^[1] in 1998. Cohen designed and manufactured the chassis and frame while utilizing commercial off-the shelf parts such as General Motors crate LS3 383 cid/6.2L 400 hp V8 engines (current engine is the LQ4 GM 6L 430 hp (320 kW) @ 5900 rpm V8,^[2]) General Motors 4L80E transmission, Atlas II transfer cases and General Motors Dynatrac 60 axles.^[3] The current manufacturer is Ido OffRoad Center Ltd (IORC).

Variants

• Z-COM – a stripped down four seat side-by-side UTV^[4]
• Zibar Mk.1 – the initial variant, now out of production,
• Zibar Mk. 2 – the current civil version^[5]
• Zibar M – the military variant^[3]
• Z- Mag – lightened open prototype^[6]
• Zibar Trooper – Hardtop two or four door pickup truck^[7]
• Zibar Zed – armored variant^[8]

Users

By 2012 there were 40 made-in-Israel Zibars, five of them to the Israeli military and the others to customers in Africa, Russia,^[9] Latin America^[10] and Abu Dhabi.^[1]

See also

• Humvee

External links

• Zibar USA official page
• Ido Off Road Center official page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ido Cohen's off-road empire. Abigail Klein. Leichman. Israel21c.
2. Web site: Zibar MK2.
3. Web site: Israel light reconnaissance vehicle zibar. www.jeepolog.com.
4. Web site: Z-COM.
5. Web site: Israel's Extreme Strike Vehicle: ZIBAR Mk2. May 17, 2010.
6. Web site: Z-MAG.
7. Web site: Zibar Trooper.
8. Web site: Zibar Zedd.
9. Web site: Skorpion LPA Test drajv Avto spaces ru. November 12, 2012. YouTube.
10. Web site: Vehículo 4X4 "Zibar" del Ejercito Mexicano 2017 | HD. July 14, 2017. YouTube.