Tiger’s answer to the Caterham Superlight, the Aviator. And for those of you still no wiser, Tiger is a small family-run outfit that has made a reputation for itself in the world of kit cars as a decent budget sports car maker, and is now drawing attention to its factory-built offerings.
And if there is any model in the company’s line-up to prove that it can make an impact it is this, the 185bhp 2.0-litre Duratec-engined Aviator. Tiger doesn’t have any official performance figures but the standard £21,995, factory-finished version of this car should easily cover the 62mph sprint in around 5.0 seconds.
Given its weight and power output it comes as no surprise that the Tiger Aviator can seriously shift; and of course it offers all the visceral, bottom-on-the-floor, insects in the teeth sort of entertainment that lightweight roadsters such as this specialise in.
What is more surprising given the car’s price and placement is just how well it handles. Turn-in and the front-end grips and keeps the car faithful to your inputs, whilst there’s enough feel through the steering and the seat to know what’s going on at all four corners.
Ride quality is particularly good; fairly soft but supple enough to aid grip and comfort without too much compromise in terms of body roll, and contributing to the impressive level of stability through fast corners.
