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Bowlers in competition

A factory Dakar team from 2000, the Nemesis in the first South American Dakar in 2009, and one-make Defender series in Britain from 2014.

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Bowler built competition cars first and road cars later. The Wildcat took the factory team to the Dakar from 2000, and by 2005 it was the second-largest there after Mitsubishi's; Wildcats also ran in the Rallye des Pharaons and the European bajas. Four Nemeses started the 2009 Dakar in Argentina and Chile, and Bulldogs later ran the Tuareg Rally and the Morocco Desert Challenge.

At home Bowler ran one-make series for Land Rover: the Defender Challenge by Bowler of 2014–16 on the Puma Defender 90, and from 2022 the Bowler Defender Challenge and the Defender Rally Series on the new Defender 90.

12000 – 2007

Wildcat in the Dakar (2000–2007)

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The factory team and privately entered Wildcats.

22009 – 2016

Nemesis and EXR (2009–2016)

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Four Nemeses in the 2009 Dakar; the EXR from 2012.

32014 – 2024

Defender one-make series (2014–2024)

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The Defender Challenge by Bowler and its successors on the new Defender.

42017 – 2024

Bulldog (2017–2024)

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Desert rallies on the Cross Sector Platform.

Registry records · chapter 4

Sources

  1. Bowler Wildcat: the road-legal rally racer that conquered the Dakar Rally — CarBuzz
  2. Bowler — LRLife
  3. Kumho battles with the best in the Dakar Rally (20 January 2009) — OneShift
  4. Land Rover announces sponsorship of 'Defender Challenge by Bowler' one-make rally championship (30 October 2013) — JLR Media Newsroom
  5. Defender Rally Series by Bowler 2023 UK championship launch (21 October 2022) — JLR Media Newsroom
  6. 2017 Bowler Bulldog 4x4, chassis B0W0010217751003 — Bonhams
  7. Bowler Wildcat — Wikipedia

Motorsport vehicles in the registry

8 records, oldest first.