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Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 race car manufacturer based in Snetterton
Snetterton

Snetterton is a village and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. The village is located some 1 E4 m north-east of the town of Thetford and 1 E4 m south-west of the city of Norwich....
, Norfolk
Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
, England
England

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.

The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford
Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach Formula One ....
 chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of motorsport for over 20 years.

Van Diemen was founded in 1973 by Ross Ambrose and Ralph Firman Sr., whose children Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is an Australian racing driver. He was the V8 Supercar champion in 2003 and 2004, and is credited for virtually single-handedly reviving Ford Racing in Australia, after years of Holden domination....
, Ralph Firman Jr.
Ralph Firman

Ralph David Firman Jr. is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who now races under Republic of Ireland citizenship and an Irish-issued racing licence....
 and Natasha Firman
Natasha Firman

Natasha Firman is an England racing driver and was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. On the way to that victory, she achieved two wins and four third places out of seven races....
 have since gone on to have successful racing careers.






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Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 race car manufacturer based in Snetterton
Snetterton

Snetterton is a village and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. The village is located some 1 E4 m north-east of the town of Thetford and 1 E4 m south-west of the city of Norwich....
, Norfolk
Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford
Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach Formula One ....
 chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of motorsport for over 20 years.

Van Diemen was founded in 1973 by Ross Ambrose and Ralph Firman Sr., whose children Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is an Australian racing driver. He was the V8 Supercar champion in 2003 and 2004, and is credited for virtually single-handedly reviving Ford Racing in Australia, after years of Holden domination....
, Ralph Firman Jr.
Ralph Firman

Ralph David Firman Jr. is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who now races under Republic of Ireland citizenship and an Irish-issued racing licence....
 and Natasha Firman
Natasha Firman

Natasha Firman is an England racing driver and was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. On the way to that victory, she achieved two wins and four third places out of seven races....
 have since gone on to have successful racing careers. The company's name comes from the island of Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, which was formerly known as Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The the Netherlands explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to explore Tasmania....
 and is where Ambrose was born and lived before moving to the UK to co-found the company.

As well as Formula Ford, Van Diemen builds cars for Formula Ford 2000
Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach Formula One ....
 and Formula Mazda
Formula Mazda

Formula Mazda is a class of relatively affordable formula racing.Formula Mazda has its own class in SCCA club racing, and there is a professional series in North America that often runs as a support race for the American Le Mans Series....
 series. The company's purpose-built manufacturing facility is located on the grounds of Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich....
, allowing racing teams to test the cars literally right off the production line.

In 2002, Van Diemen International was bought by Don Panoz
Don Panoz

Dr. Donald Panoz is an United States entrepreneur who made his name in pharmaceuticals and has since become a successful owner of various motorsport ventures....
 and is now part of his Élan Motorsport Technologies
Élan Motorsport Technologies

?lan Motorsport Technologies is an umbrella company containing the race car manufacturing companies owned by the Panoz#Panoz Motor Sports Group....
 group.

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