Tiger Racing (Tiger Sportscars) is a

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manufacturer, formed as Tiger Cars Ltd in London in 1989 by Jim Dudley. In 1998 they moved to new premises in

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, Cambridgeshire, and changed their name to Tiger Sportscars Ltd. Their facilities include a

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, 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.

Models

ERA tm * ERA 30 tm *

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tm * 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. They compete with other owners at

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, Rockingham,

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and Lydden Hill. They also run a hire drive service of works cars for people to experience racing. They often have racing battles with

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and Westfield. They sometimes race in the Intermarquehttp://www.intermarques.co.uk/series run by the South Eastern Centre of the

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References

External links

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Kitcarplant article on the Tiger GTA (French)
{{Lotus Seven British racecar constructors Kit car manufacturers Lotus Seven replicas Sports car manufacturers