Here's Your Best Look Yet At The New TVR's Ginetta-Esque Body
TVR has finally unveiled its finished, test-ready prototype coupe, complete with a V8 rumoured to bellow out 480bhp, and 400bhp per tonne.
Unveiled at the Goodwood Revival, the tiny sports car reminds us of a Ginetta in its proportions, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Under the bonnet is a Ford 5.0-litre quad-cam V8 taken from the Mustang, and it links to a six-speed Tremec gearbox.
The body of the test mule, rendered here in an older Autocar-commissioned image that was released to the general media, is carbonfibre for lightness and a reduced centre of gravity. Inner carbonfibre panels will be bonded to a steel frame to offer massive rigidity and crash safety. The outside is designed for aerodynamic correctness and will even use ground-effect downforce. Nice.
The interior has fewer frills, we’re told, but will still be high-quality. For the £90,000 or so that the ‘launch edition’ will cost, TVR is focusing on delivering maximum bang for each customer’s buck. With dry weight targeted at 1200-1250kg and an ideal power-to-weight ratio of 400bhp per tonne, that means an output of around 480bhp from the tweaked V8.
Suggestions have been made that it could be broadly similar in performance terms to the McLaren 570S, which we admit we raised an eyebrow at. Helping it will be 270-section 20-inch rear tyres and a wide platform, with wider front and rear tracks than the 570S despite a 70mm shorter wheelbase and 65mm less overall width.
At just over 4.3 metres, the as-yet unnamed two-seat TVR, which will be launched in a special mystery colour, is shorter than a Ford Focus hatchback. Should be pretty damn lively, then…
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The boss of tvr said that they eventually want to take it to lemans and fight the ferraris, fords, corvettes and other gt cars. Hell yes
Omg yes!
It’s about time British car manufacturers racing le mans again.
Reminds me of the Aston Martin zagato hatchback thing they revealed not too long ago
It may complete with the 570S but it copied the 720S’s headlights
‘special mystery colour’
Whatever the colour, it’ll be a TVR colour and therefore spectacular.
Ginetta-esque? The new TVR takes some traits from the T350 instead of other British car manufacturers.
One word: Chromaflair.
(Yes, I know this is a Sagaris)
This colour was called reflex spice wasn’t it?
Best factory color ever
For those of you that dont know. That 1963 griffith is like a shelby cobra on steroids. Its so small you basically sit ontop of the rear axle. Chassis triangulation was cut out to fit the massive 271hp v8 engine but that wasnt enough so they literally hammerd the chassis untill it fitted. Also no upgraded brakes.
It looks like a fish
1200 kg? In a TVR?! Dry weight!?!
Is this a truck or something? By TVR standards, this is inacceptable and incredibly heavy
Modern cars are heavier and larger. Consider that the Lotus Evora 400 is 1400kg (that really surprised me too). But it’s still easily the lightest car in its class (think 911 Carrera, F-type V8, Corvette, R35) and even the classes above it (Audi R8, McLarens, Ferraris, Lamborghinis)
Considering the last small coupe TVR built weighed 1187kg, it’s hardly a massive jump is it?! And seeing as they averaged just under 1100kg across the range - I think 1200kg for a brand new car is still something to impressed by…especially with 480hp. It ain’t gonna be slow!
£90k sounds steep, but when you consider that this thing’s power:weight ratio rivals the likes of the McLaren 570S, Audi R8 and 911 Turbo S, it’s a bargain.