The first video uploaded by TVR Manufacturing on YouTube lives up to its title: TVR The Rebirth. As you can see, the 2017 TVR It-Doesn’t-Have-a-Name-Yet isn’t just a properly gorgeous work of art but it is flanked by two TVR from days long gone.
On the left, we have a Tuscan from the late 1960s, a sports coupe that weighs less than the AC Cobra, yet packs the punch of a 302 cu.in. (5.0-liter) Windsor V8. The model on the right is the Tuscan Speed Six from 1999 - 2006, a rear-wheel-drive brute with up to 440 horsepower in T440R from an inline-six engine.
The 2017 TVR It-Doesn’t-Have-a-Name-Yet follows the same styling recipe as its iconic predecessors. One of the design highlights of the front fascia is the Tuscan’s cheese-grater grille. The retrolicious double bulge in the roof is a nod to racing pretense from days gone by. Those who have put deposits down on the all-new TVR will be granted an exclusive customer preview in the summer.
Under the skin, the TVR will employ a Cosworth-developed V8 engine that will produce in excess of 400 horsepower. Bearing in mind that the car will be as light as possible, partly thanks to the iStream Carbon manufacturing process of an automotive legend bearing the name of Gordon Murray, the as-yet-unnamed TVR is bound to hit 60 miles per hour (96 km/h) in less than four seconds.
“The carbon manufacturing process really is a game changer. I’m delighted to offer to all of our early adopter Launch Edition customers within the package cost. I am sure those models will be much coveted, but carbon will continue to be available as a cost option,” declared Led Edgar, the Chairman of the reborn TVR brand.
TVR will build the all-new model at a facility in Ebbw Vale, Wales, not far from the Circuit of Wales.
P.S.: Some British publications hint that TVR may baptize the model the Griffith. The same publications imply that the classic car on the left of the It-Doesn’t-Have-a-Name-Yet is a Griffith 400, which is incorrect.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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