Anybody got a spare.... fortune I can borrow??

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:47

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/474609.htm

Beast!!!!

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:04

Well, there's only a couple of them about, so it's probable.

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:12

penski said:
There's only one of them

*n

Ah, for some reason I thought there was a blue prototype left around somewhere as well.

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:37

EddScott said:
They interviewed the then TVR owners when it was tested in EVO magazine. The guy said he decided to drive it home just to see what it would be like if someone from the public actually bought one.

By the time he got home, he rang one of the other partners and said theres no way we can sell this car to the public

I'm not surprised. It broke an engine dyno that was rated to 1000bhp.

The only way they could test it was to run one bank at a time

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 14:49

housemaster said:
It tends to go up for sale every other week...

Awful mishmash of a car that is so much less than the sum of its parts. Massive power, the end. Handles like a dog I am told and is an example of ambition taking over from the ability to execute.

Which is why it was canned before it made it into production.

It's still an utter beast though!

volospian · 24 Apr 2008 at 18:24

volospian said:
Ah, for some reason I thought there was a blue prototype left around somewhere as well.

Aha, I thought there was a blue one around somewhere, although it is an original "Speed 12", not to be confused with the "Cerbera Speed 12"

http://www.petrolheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=6&t=415535&i=40