verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message dax cars ltd type british sportscar manufacturer industry automobiles founded 1968 founder derek johns headquarters north weald essex england united kingdom products dax 427 owner simon johns andrew parrish evans website www.daxcars.co.uk dax cars is a british sports car manufacturer founded in 1968 and based in harlow essex england . the company whose official name is dax cars ltd started as a fibreglass moulding company before becoming the first british company to make a kit based replica of the ac 427 cobra . 1 contents 1 tojeiro 2 rush 3 californian 4 nevada 5 references 6 external links tojeiro edit in 1985 john tojeiro the original designer of the ac ace chassis became a director of the company and the car was renamed the dax tojeiro . the tojeiro has undergone continuous development and in 2003 was available with a choice of rear and patented front suspension and can accommodate most american v8 and jaguar engines including the v12 . automatic or manual transmission can be used and power steering is another option . a leather trimmed interior kit is available . rush edit the dax rush the company also produce the rush a lotus 7 type car . the main kit is based on the ford sierra and can even use the four wheel drive system from the sierra 4x4 . for extreme performance large v8 engines can also be fitted . the rush mc is a lightweight version designed to accept motor cycle californian edit launched in 1985 the californian was a porsche 356 lookalike with vw beetle components . nevada edit the nevada was an off roader type vehicle using a space frame tubular chassis and vw beetle engine announced in 1985 . references edit georgano n. 2000 . beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile . london hmso . isbn 1 57958 293 1 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to dax vehicles . dax cars website v t e replicas and cars based on or related to lotus seven lotus cars originals and related cars mk6 1952 1957 seven 1957 1972 mk8 1956 1958 mk9 1956 1958 eleven 1956 1958 caterham cars current models academy classic csr200 csr260 csr superlight r300 r400 r500 roadsport superlight historic models caterham 21 1994 2000 jpe 1992 1996 super blackbird 2001 2003 westfield sportscars current models aerorace megabusa & megablade sport sport turbo historic models aerosport 2007 2009 fw400 1999 2002 se seight 1991 2010 xi 1982 1986 2004 2010 others almac clubsprint alpha asp320 asp340 bacchus aries locoblade locost barnard diva speedster birkin s3 boes 7 brunton stalker bwe grasshopper hornet locust chevron classic chinkara roadster cobra garb dala7 dax rush daytona x7 diardi donkervoort elfin ms8 clubman streamliner type 3 clubman esther fraser gillet vertigo gregory haynes roadster hkt 7 irmscher 7 leitch super sprint locost locust lucalia luego locost velocity xt viento mac 1 zr martin ttm gm0 mitsuoka zero 1 mk indy mnracing vortx rt rt rt super nota fang sportsman pegasus 7 prb s clubman composite widebody quantum napier sunrunner xtreme racetech estfield raw fulcrum striker robin hood lightweight project 2b superspec the zero shawspeed sk sbkr superformance s1 roadster sylva leader mojo se phoenix riot r1 riot se striker tiger avon b6 cat xl r6 rs6 alloy tornado raptor vindicator sprint vulcan shadow wcm ultralite lm r11 s2k xr7 ykc formula 27 pace retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dax cars & oldid 701002212 categories motor vehicle manufacturers of the united kingdomsports car manufacturerskit car manufacturershidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2015all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 21 january 2016 at 22 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view