Dakar 4x4 Design & Conversions

Dakar Cars (1991–2002) ; Dakar 4x4 Design & Conversions (since 2002)
legal form
founding	1991
Seat	Melton Mowbray , Leicestershire
management	Tory Hill
Branch	Automobile manufacturer
Website	www.dakar.co.uk

Dakar 4x4

Also available as a pick-up .

Dakar 4x4 Design & Conversions , previously Dakar Cars , is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1991 Barry Chantler founded the company in Dakar Cars in Wilmington in the county of Kent . Dennis Adams was the designer. They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name is Dakar . Steve Bennett took over the company in 2002 and relocated to Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire . His partner Tory Hill has been running the company since his death in 2007. A total of around 520 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

Off-road vehicles are on offer . Initially they were based on the Range Rover , since 2002 optionally also on the Land Rover Discovery . Various engines up to V8 engines from American manufacturers drive the vehicles.

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dakar.
George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 381. (English)
Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 65 (English).

Web links

Commons : Dakar 4x4 Design & Conversions - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Company website (accessed May 1, 2015)
Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dakar.
↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 381. (English)
↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 65 (English).

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dakar.

[Beaulieu-2] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 381. (English)

[Kit_Cars-3] Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 65 (English).