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(Engine: 2 litre, 16v Ford Zetec Mid-engine mounted transversely)
Dare grew out of Ginetta Cars Ltd, which was sold to a Sheffield business consortium during November 1989. Subsequently, two of the Walklett brothers, Ivor and Trevers, together wîth Trevers son Mark, established Dare (ÚK) Ltd. (Dare standing for 'Design And Research Engineering').
A few years back, they started the audaciously named Dare in a few buildings tucked away in West Mersea, a retierment community in Essex 50 miles north of London. They wanted to make a modern sports car that was different and could provide the style and sensations of a single-seat racer.
The people behind Dare have credentials. In the 1950s, the Walklett family founded Ginetta, a contemporary of Lotuss as a low-volume producer of sports and racing cars that was well-known in SCCA circles. Ginetta was sold in 1989 and then went through difficult times. The newly established Dare found itself building Ginetta G4s and G12s - simple but effective machines from the 1960s - to meet a continuing demand for them in Japan. The new sports car was put on the back burner.
Eighteen months ago (July 1999), the Walkletts began to work in earnest on the Dare DZ. It premiered at the British International Motor Show last October, where Lotus, wîth great preshow publicity also debuted its 340R, a cut-down Elise wîth open wheels and close-fitting cycle-type fenders. BÚt at that time, the 340R was a concept car, only drivable at pedestrian speed. Without any such fuss, Dare presented the DZ, a car of remarkably similar character to the Lotus, and announced that it would be ready to begin producing DZs early this year, of 1999.
There are two version: a convertible and a coupe.
There is nothing exotic about the DZs engine. It is the 130-hp, 2.0-litre four-cylinder from the Ford Contour mated to the automakers five-speed gearbox mounted amidships in th tubular steel chaasis. It goes well enough because the DZ is light (1500 pounds). Estimated performance figures are 0 to 60 mph in less than six seconds and a top speed of 130 mph. For those wîth a need for more speed, Dare has a version wîth the same engine developing 210 horses, thanks to a Scanpower supercharging system wîth a centrifugal blower.
So far, a dozen or so British customers have paid $35,000 to play racers in their DZs. There is no way that Ú.S. customers can buy a complete car for stree use, but Art Allen of Pacific Palisades, California, does import Ginetta G4s from the Walkletts for racing. The Walkletts know that the confining style of the DZ is not for everyone and only expect to make about 50 a year. Theyve mostly used the cars spectacular appearance to gain recognition for the firm, which plans a recognition for the firm, which plans a cheaper and more conventional mid-engine two-seater for release later this yearSource -
Dare grew out of Ginetta Cars Ltd, which was sold to a Sheffield business consortium during November 1989. Subsequently, two of the Walklett brothers, Ivor and Trevers, together wîth Trevers son Mark, established Dare (ÚK) Ltd. (Dare standing for 'Design And Research Engineering').
A few years back, they started the audaciously named Dare in a few buildings tucked away in West Mersea, a retierment community in Essex 50 miles north of London. They wanted to make a modern sports car that was different and could provide the style and sensations of a single-seat racer.
The people behind Dare have credentials. In the 1950s, the Walklett family founded Ginetta, a contemporary of Lotuss as a low-volume producer of sports and racing cars that was well-known in SCCA circles. Ginetta was sold in 1989 and then went through difficult times. The newly established Dare found itself building Ginetta G4s and G12s - simple but effective machines from the 1960s - to meet a continuing demand for them in Japan. The new sports car was put on the back burner.
Eighteen months ago (July 1999), the Walkletts began to work in earnest on the Dare DZ. It premiered at the British International Motor Show last October, where Lotus, wîth great preshow publicity also debuted its 340R, a cut-down Elise wîth open wheels and close-fitting cycle-type fenders. BÚt at that time, the 340R was a concept car, only drivable at pedestrian speed. Without any such fuss, Dare presented the DZ, a car of remarkably similar character to the Lotus, and announced that it would be ready to begin producing DZs early this year, of 1999.
There are two version: a convertible and a coupe.
There is nothing exotic about the DZs engine. It is the 130-hp, 2.0-litre four-cylinder from the Ford Contour mated to the automakers five-speed gearbox mounted amidships in th tubular steel chaasis. It goes well enough because the DZ is light (1500 pounds). Estimated performance figures are 0 to 60 mph in less than six seconds and a top speed of 130 mph. For those wîth a need for more speed, Dare has a version wîth the same engine developing 210 horses, thanks to a Scanpower supercharging system wîth a centrifugal blower.
So far, a dozen or so British customers have paid $35,000 to play racers in their DZs. There is no way that Ú.S. customers can buy a complete car for stree use, but Art Allen of Pacific Palisades, California, does import Ginetta G4s from the Walkletts for racing. The Walkletts know that the confining style of the DZ is not for everyone and only expect to make about 50 a year. Theyve mostly used the cars spectacular appearance to gain recognition for the firm, which plans a recognition for the firm, which plans a cheaper and more conventional mid-engine two-seater for release later this yearSource -
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