Remember the Mercedes-AMG Project One Roadster? The gentleman who made that rendering returns with an all-new take on the TVR Griffith. The year’s most anticipated British sports car looks amazing in open-top guise, and for what it’s worth, the automaker is planning on hacking the roof off in the near future.
As a brief refresher, head honcho Les Edgar made it clear TVR will offer the Griffith Convertible and two new models by 2022. By then, the Whiteley-automaker hopes to sell 2,000 vehicles on a yearly basis, which is a tall task whichever way you look at it for an independent, specialized sports car maker.
The reborn TVR is off to a promising start, with the Griffith tallying more than 500 orders. Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 at a facility in Wales, and U.S. homologation could make the cut provided that Led Edgar finds a stateside partner. It would work wonders for TVR if it could take on the U.S. market with the Griffith and the upcoming Griffith Convertible, especially if you take into consideration that the 5.0-liter Cosworth V8 is based on the Coyote V8 found under the hood of the Ford Mustang.
E. Milano’s rendering of the TVR Griffith Convertible is a stunner, full stop, but for what it’s worth, the structural changes are too major for the low-volume automaker to replicate Evren Milano’s speculative design. Eliminating the rear quarter windows and deleting the C-pillars is more expensive than simply changing the fixed-head metal roof with a canvas top, and that’s that.
At £90,000 for the Launch Edition, the TVR Griffith isn’t cheap. For comparison’s sake, the Mustang GT Fastback is priced at £38,095 in the United Kingdom, making the Griffith almost 2.4 times more expensive than the V8-powered American pony car. Then again, the Griffith is far more exotic and performance-oriented, with top speed rated at 200 mph (320 km/h).
The reborn TVR is off to a promising start, with the Griffith tallying more than 500 orders. Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 at a facility in Wales, and U.S. homologation could make the cut provided that Led Edgar finds a stateside partner. It would work wonders for TVR if it could take on the U.S. market with the Griffith and the upcoming Griffith Convertible, especially if you take into consideration that the 5.0-liter Cosworth V8 is based on the Coyote V8 found under the hood of the Ford Mustang.
E. Milano’s rendering of the TVR Griffith Convertible is a stunner, full stop, but for what it’s worth, the structural changes are too major for the low-volume automaker to replicate Evren Milano’s speculative design. Eliminating the rear quarter windows and deleting the C-pillars is more expensive than simply changing the fixed-head metal roof with a canvas top, and that’s that.
At £90,000 for the Launch Edition, the TVR Griffith isn’t cheap. For comparison’s sake, the Mustang GT Fastback is priced at £38,095 in the United Kingdom, making the Griffith almost 2.4 times more expensive than the V8-powered American pony car. Then again, the Griffith is far more exotic and performance-oriented, with top speed rated at 200 mph (320 km/h).