The Zibar is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles designed and produced by Israeli racer and fabricator Ido Cohen[1] in 1998. Cohen designed and manufactured the chassis and frame while utilizing commercial off-the shelf parts such as General Motors crate LS3 383 cid/6.2L 400 hp V8 engines (current engine is the LQ4 GM 6L 430 hp (320 kW) @ 5900 rpm V8,[2]) General Motors 4L80E transmission, Atlas II transfer cases and General Motors Dynatrac 60 axles.[3] The current manufacturer is Ido OffRoad Center Ltd (IORC).

Variants

• Z-COM – a stripped down four seat side-by-side UTV[4]
• Zibar Mk.1 – the initial variant, now out of production,
• Zibar Mk. 2 – the current civil version[5]
• Zibar M – the military variant[3]
• Z- Mag – lightened open prototype[6]
• Zibar Trooper – Hardtop two or four door pickup truck[7]
• Zibar Zed – armored variant[8]

Users

By 2012 there were 40 made-in-Israel Zibars, five of them to the Israeli military and the others to customers in Africa, Russia,[9] Latin America[10] and Abu Dhabi.[1]

See also

• Humvee

References

External links

• Zibar USA official page
• Ido Off Road Center official page