2014 Tiger Racing R10 2.0 Duratec

Highlights

• Sensational power-to-weight from a featherweight (approx 570 kg) Seven-style sports-racer

• Rev-hungry 2.0-litre Ford Duratec on individual throttle bodies, at around 222 bhp

• Genuinely well-sorted and reliable, equally at home on the road or the track

• High-quality, characterful specification presented in excellent condition

• Factory-built and largely maintained by Tiger Racing

Overview

Tiger Sportscars has been building lightweight, Seven-style sports-racers in Britain for decades, and the R10 sits proudly among them. It's a purposeful, back-to-basics take on the classic front-engined, rear-drive roadster, designed around a stiff spaceframe and a featherweight body. Cars like this exist for one reason, and it's the reason you've clicked through: the drive.

This particular R10 is a proper little firecracker. At its heart sits a 2.0-litre Ford Duratec running on individual throttle bodies, which produces around 222bhp and was rolling-road tested at Northampton Motorsport. Wrap that in a body the vendor states weighs roughly 570 kg, and you've got the sort of power-to-weight that reshapes a B-road.

What really sets it apart is how sorted it feels. This is no weekend science project; it's a properly developed, dependable machine that's as happy threading the lanes as it is lapping a circuit. Reassuringly, it was built and largely looked after by Tiger Racing themselves.

Finished in white and specified with real care, it presents in excellent condition throughout. Cars this characterful and this focused don't come along often, and this is a cracking example.

History and Documentation

• First registered on 1 August 2014, with an SVA/IVA certificate issued on 28 July 2014

• In current ownership since May 2022, with three former keepers recorded

• Built and predominantly maintained by Tiger Racing, who retain the service records; no stamped service book is present, the vendor tells us

• Current MOT runs to 31 March 2027

• HPI report clear across finance, theft, write-off and V5 checks

• Replaced fuel pump fitted after an earlier troublesome unit, the vendor states

• Included with the car: a signed copy of "An Autobiographical History of Tiger Sportscars", a Tiger ERA sales brochure and one key

Interior

• Two-seat, right-hand-drive open cockpit

• Tiger Racing embroidered bucket seats with light piping, in good condition

• TRS "Tiger" branded four-point harnesses fitted on both sides

• Carbon-effect dash, tunnel and floor

• Full set of Tiger-branded ETB gauges, including a rev counter reading to 8,000 rpm, speedo, oil pressure, water temperature and fuel/volts

• OMP leather steering wheel alongside a labelled rocker switch panel

• Drilled alloy pedals and an aluminium trigger handbrake

• Powder fire extinguisher mounted within reach

Exterior

• Finished in white, with a louvred power-bulge bonnet and a mesh nose grille

• Team Dynamics Motorsport black multi-spoke 15-inch alloys in very good condition

• Toyo Proxes R888R 205-section semi-slick tyres

• Multi-LED headlamps with halo daytime running lights, plus auxiliary nose-mounted LED spot lamps

• Round rear lamps with carbon-effect surrounds and a high-level brake light on the roll hoop

• Full glass windscreen with wiper, plus an aero screen and twin door mirrors

• Rear roll hoop with bracing retained

• Very light surface marks on the nose close to a decal

Mechanical

• 2.0-litre Ford Duratec on individual throttle bodies, with a Tiger-branded cam/coil cover and OMEX ECU

• Built to mirror the vendor's own race car and rolling-road tested at Northampton Motorsport at around 222 bhp, he tells us

• Five-speed manual close ratio Ford Type 9 gearbox driving the rear wheels through a Quaiffe diff

• Round-tube spaceframe chassis clothed in a GRP body, with a vendor-stated weight of roughly 570 kg

• Fully adjustable coil-over suspension front and rear

• Discs all round, with unassisted (servo-less) brakes and no power steering

• Full FIA roll cage originally fitted; all but the rear section since removed for road access, with mounting points retained, the vendor tells us

• Side-exit ceramic-coated exhaust starting to show cosmetic wear, and may benefit from recoating in future

• Reliable in the vendor's ownership, with the battery benefiting from a trickle charger over winter

• Both rear tyres noted worn close to the legal limit at the last MOT

Summary

If you've ever fancied something that trades cupholders and carpet for pure, unfiltered thrills, this Tiger R10 makes a compelling case. It's light, it's quick, and thanks to Tiger Racing's involvement it's the rare home-built-style special that's been engineered to be lived with, not just admired.

Presented in excellent condition and brimming with character, it's ready to be enjoyed exactly as intended. Cars this focused reward every mile, and now this one can be yours.

To arrange a viewing, click the 'Book Viewing' button located under the 'Place Bid' button. Viewings can be booked up until the day before the auction ends, after which the option will change to 'Contact Seller' for further enquiries. This seller is located in Nottingham.