Mobile Merchandising Vehicle Equipped with 23-HP, 400 cc Engine
AUGUSTA, GA (March 17, 2008) – Club Car’s new Café Express SE was designed for hilly courses with lots of hungry and thirsty golfers. The latest member of Club Car’s
Café Express line of mobile merchandising vehicles comes with a more powerful engine and industrial-grade tires to
Club Car’s new Cafe Express SE make it easier to transport food, beverages and merchandise on the most challenging of terrains.
The Café Express SE is built on a modified Club Car Carryall 295 SE aluminum I-beam frame and chassis and is equipped with a 23-horsepower, 400 cc Kawasaki 4-cycle engine. The SE model complements the Café Express (11.5 hp, 351 cc) and Café Express Deluxe (13 hp, 400 cc) vehicles, which are manufactured in collaboration with Carts of Colorado, a member of the Club Car Solutions Network. The beefiest member of the Café Express family also comes with 23-inch, 6-ply industrial multi-surface tires.
“If you can’t get your mobile merchandising vehicles to your golfers, you’re losing revenue,” said Mike Packer, Club Car’s vice president of Worldwide Sales. “This vehicle is designed to be able to go wherever your golfers are.”
The new vehicle also provides additional space for trash, a second beverage dispenser and more storage space. Similar to the Café Express Deluxe, the SE model has 16.6 cubic feet of cold storage space with in-wall foam insulation and 3.3 cubic feet of consumable ice storage.
Club Car, a business of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, a diversified industrial firm, Honors the Game in its service to customers and support of the golf industry. Club Car is the exclusive premier partner of the National Golf Course Owners Association in the U.S. and NGCOA Canada’s exclusive Golf Car Supplier and Platinum Partner. Club Car is also a sponsor of the European Golf Course Owners Association, a Silver Partner of the GCSAA and a Corporate Advantage Partner of the Club Managers Association of America. It is the Official Supplier of Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles to the 2010 Ryder Cup, the Official Golf Car and Golf Utility Vehicle and an Official Sponsor of the PGA European Tour, the official supplier of golf cars and utility vehicles to PGA Tournament Players Clubs, and leading sponsor of the PGA Professional National Championship, The First Tee and the Executive Women’s Golf Association.
About Club Car
Club Car provides fleet, turf, hospitality and financing solutions for golf, agricultural, recreational and industrial markets. For more information on Club Car, go to www.clubcar.com. Based inAugusta, Ga., Club Car is part of the Industrial Technologies sector of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited. Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) is a diversified industrial company providing products, services and integrated solutions to industries ranging from transportation and manufacturing to food retailing, construction, and agriculture. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, Ingersoll Rand enables companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, go to www.ingersollrand.com.
Contact:
Bill Bryant, Bryant Marketing Communications
(678) 366-3232, bbryant@bryantmarcomm.com
