Premcar marks 30 years of Australian engineering
Premcar has marked 30 years in operation, with the Australian engineering firm highlighting its Tickford and FPV heritage, its current Nissan and Mitsubishi programmes, and management saying more work is already underway.
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Thirty years of Australian vehicle engineering
Premcar has marked 30 years in operation, with the anniversary tied to 11 September 1996 when the business was officially incorporated as Tickford Australia. AutoTalk Australia said the Melbourne-based company is an automotive engineering and manufacturing business that later became Prodrive Automotive Technologies, then Ford Performance Vehicles, before adopting the Premcar name after a 2012 management buyout. Torque Cafe likewise placed the milestone at September 2026, describing Premcar as a long-running Australian engineering business whose earlier identity was Tickford Vehicle Engineering before later FPV and Premcar chapters. 12
Scale and leadership comments
AutoTalk Australia said Premcar has worked on more than 200,000 vehicles and produced more than 55,000 performance engines since it began. In the same report, Premcar chief executive Bernie Quinn said the anniversary reflects three decades of Australian expertise delivering vehicle programmes for major manufacturers. Quinn also said the company is busier than ever and has big future plans, while the report noted that owners Quinn and Jim Jovanovski have expanded Premcar’s engineering and secondary manufacturing work for manufacturers from Japan, the United States, China and Europe. 1
Current programmes and recent history
AutoTalk Australia said Premcar’s current publicly visible programmes include Nissan’s Warrior by Premcar range and the Mitsubishi Triton Raider. It said the company began working with Nissan on the Navara Warrior programme in 2018, opened its Epping engineering and manufacturing centre the following year, and later added the Navara N-Trek Warrior in 2019, PRO-4X Warrior in 2021, SL Warrior in 2022 and Patrol Warrior in 2023. The same report said Premcar produced its 10,000th Warrior vehicle in 2024 and opened a second Epping engineering and manufacturing facility in 2023. Torque Cafe added that Premcar recently confirmed a role in in-market testing and validation of Chery’s Stockman in Australia, and mentioned earlier work on the Triton Raider. 12
What the anniversary coverage does not verify
The anniversary material is a corporate milestone story rather than a product launch announcement. It does not provide verified list pricing, drive-away pricing, delivery timing or specification changes for the Triton Raider, the Warrior range or any other model in this event. On the evidence available, the confirmed change is the milestone itself: Premcar has reached 30 years as an Australian engineering and manufacturing business, with management saying the company has more work already underway. 12
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