PRESS
I NFORMATION
TWR Volvo 850 Racing
Leafield Technical Centre
Leaf eld
Witney
Oxon 0X8 5PF
England
Telephone 44 (0)1993 871000
Facsimile 44 (0)1993 871100
TWR GROUP HISTORY
The TWR Group is a world leader in automotive design, engineering, and
manufacturing.
Founder and Chairman, Tom Walkinshaw has won many accolades
for his innovation and successes in the world of motor sport, including three
Sportscar World Championships, two Daytona 24 Hour victories, two Bathurst 1000
wins, and two historic Le Mans 24 Hour victories.
In July of 1991 Tom Walkinshaw took control of the technical and engineering
aspects of the Benetton Formula 1 Team. At the end of the
1992 Fl
season, under the
management controls of TWR, Benetton scored World Championship points in all
16
Grands Prix, a feat unheard of in modern times and last achieved in
1963.
In
1994,
and again in 1995,
Benetton won the
F 1
World Championship.
In 1995,
Walkinshaw took over the technical management of the French F 1 Team, Ligier, who
went on to achieve a highly commendable 5th overall in last year's Championship.
The TWR Motorsport Formula Three Team, operated and controlled from it's
Oxfordshire base, came 5th overall in the 1995 British F3 Championship.
In
1 993, TWR
signed an agreement with Volvo to enter Super Touring in the UK.
After completing the
` 94
and
` 95
seasons
(1995 -
third overall), Volvo
850
Racing
are ready for a full assault on the Championship in
1996
with what is undoubtedly a
highly successful package.
However, motor racing only represents about 10% of TWR's activities. The TWR
Group of companies employ approximately 1300 people worldwide, turning over in
excess of £250m per year. These companies are split into three specific areas of core
activity, Automotive Engineering, and Manufacture, Automotive Retailing and
Competition.
TWR's ascendancy from a motor race and development team,
contracted by manufacturers such as BMW, Rover, Mazda and Jaguar, to the highly
resourced automotive service base of today has taken little more than a decade.
The TWR Group has taken the positive aspects of modern international motor racing
and applied them in the automotive and general engineering arenas. Today motor
racing, including F1 and Touring Car programmes, accounts for only a fraction of the
Group's activities.
