You Can Have Your New TVR Made From Carbonfibre
It’s taken a while, but via various nuggets of news over the last few months, we’re getting a clearer picture of the new TVR sports car. We know it’ll be a coupe, we know it’ll look something like the image above, and we know it’ll have a Cosworth-tuned variation of Ford’s ‘Coyote’ V8, giving the car a power-to-weight ratio of around 400bhp/tonne. And today, we have another little detail to bring you: it’ll be made from carbonfibre.
That is, if you specify it as an option, or if you buy the Launch Edition model, which will have the posh carbonfibre bits as standard. It’s all done through Gordon Murray’s ‘iStream’ manufacturing process, which consists of a tubular steel chassis clad in panels - each made from two fibreglass skins sandwiched together with a honeycomb core.
On the carbon-specced TVRs, the fibreglass will be swapped over for carbonfibre, again with two sheets of material sandwiched together with a honeycomb core. All this is said to be considerably more cost effective than a traditional carbonfibre construction.
Has this latest bit of information convinced you to buy one? You’ll have to get in line - the 2017 allocation of cars sold out way back in August.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I’m not going to lie… this is my reaction
Same
I’ll take it for free
Convinced me to buy one? I’ll take two!
They are already sold out since late August 2015 ;-;
Hell no. A real TVR must be tubular steel backbone subframe chassis with fibreglass body. A carbon fibre chassis is utter nonsense
Didn’t you read the article? “… a tubular steel chassis clad in panels “ Only reinforcement and body panels are made out of GFRP or CFRP
TVR is coming back squeals
A Carbonfibre death machine? Hell yes! Any word on if they will be US legal? Or are they gonna be old school and no airbags and such?
US and Canada safety: “we want airbags on your cars”
Us: “we aint care” 😂😂
I already have enough carbon fibre…
No transmission tunnel ???
If it comes out looking like the concept it may be competing for the title of the most beautiful car ever made. Its a timeless design that, in my opinion, looks better than anything else on the market at the moment