TVR News

[gacksen]

fullpull said:

...but with torque in the lower rev range and a good sound...

Anyway, exciting news!

new shelby mustang will have both

[EvoOlli]

gacksen said:

looking forward to a flat plane crank V8

They said, the car will have a beautiful sound...so a flat plane crank would be impossible :-)

[Moycie]

Fantastic news. That has to be a perfect combination for the new TVR. Cosworth and Gordon Murray. Roaring back!

[gmw9666]

Wonder if they will use these off the shelf V8's ;-)

http://www.cosworth.com/products/racing-engines/ca...

Specifications
2.4L 90 degree V8
Max Revs: 18,000rpm
Weight: 105 Kgs
Max Torque: 320Nm
Max Power: 770bhp

OR

http://www.cosworth.com/products/racing-engines/gp...

Specifications
3.8L 90 degree V8
Max Revs: 10,000rpm
Weight: 135 Kgs
Max Torque: 490Nm
Max Power: restricted to 640bhp (via ECU)

[Gazzab]

Interesting and very promising.

[DonkeyApple]

gmw9666 said:

Wonder if they will use these off the shelf V8's ;-)

http://www.cosworth.com/products/racing-engines/ca...

Specifications
2.4L 90 degree V8
Max Revs: 18,000rpm
Weight: 105 Kgs
Max Torque: 320Nm
Max Power: 770bhp

OR

http://www.cosworth.com/products/racing-engines/gp...

Specifications
3.8L 90 degree V8
Max Revs: 10,000rpm
Weight: 135 Kgs
Max Torque: 490Nm
Max Power: restricted to 640bhp (via ECU)

Would be nice. But I think it'll be a crate US engine reworked by Cosworth to remove any social stigma and taken seriously.

My guess is a Ford V8.

[900T-R]

DonkeyApple said:

Would be nice. But I think it'll be a crate US engine reworked by Cosworth to remove any social stigma and taken seriously.

My guess is a Ford V8.

And mine.

[GTRene]

sounds good :-)

[DonkeyApple]

900T-R said:

DonkeyApple said:

Would be nice. But I think it'll be a crate US engine reworked by Cosworth to remove any social stigma and taken seriously.

My guess is a Ford V8.

And mine.

Its a cracking engine to start with. Adding a bit of 'Cosworth' to it will bring huge marketing kudos. As you can see with Aston, no one ever raises an eyebrow about the Ford engines in those cars and all Aston really did was pay for their name to be above the door of Ford's factory in Germany!

[dinkel]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/reborn-...

Mustang Coyote was used in the AWD Ken Block Mustang. It's a revvy piece of work.

Liking the artwork. Hints of Typhoon in there. Let's see.

[DonkeyApple]

dinkel said:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/reborn-...

Mustang Coyote was used in the AWD Ken Block Mustang. It's a revvy piece of work.

Liking the artwork. Hints of Typhoon in there. Let's see.

Going to be built like a Typhon also. Composites and aluminium bonded around a tubular chassis.

Guess Gordon worked out how to do that without needing the hundreds of man hours that made the Typhon unviable commercially.

But it's interesting that 15 years ago TVR were building a car on the same sort of basis that is now being mooted as the future of mass car construction.

[Byker28i]

Mustang engine sounds fine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahe7UorTq8

526bhp

[Big Ashy]

After reading many similar stories since the demise of TVR in 2006, I have to admit I had lost a little interest in TVR and its potential due to the constant anticlimax, this however has got me very upbeat and excited, where do I sign and leave my deposit!?

Maybe I will have to chop The Griff in after all?!

[GTRene]

Byker28i said:

Mustang engine sounds fine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahe7UorTq8

526bhp

sounds good, check

[unrepentant]

Big Ashy said:

After reading many similar stories since the demise of TVR in 2006, I have to admit I had lost a little interest in TVR and its potential due to the constant anticlimax, this however has got me very upbeat and excited, where do I sign and leave my deposit!?

Hmm.. Given that they have no factory, haven't even decided where the car will be made, have no engine, no idea of how the vehicle will be priced (understandable given the aforementioned) and nothing really beyond some PR I would be inclined to keep the chequebook in your pocket for now.

Cropley's "article" reads like a press release.......

[OldandGrumpy]

bks. This will work.

[Jurgen Schmidt]

unrepentant said:

Hmm.. Given that they have no factory, haven't even decided where the car will be made, have no engine, no idea of how the vehicle will be priced

I'm sure you will be substantiating that statement shortly....

[350Matt]

Jurgen Schmidt said:

unrepentant said:

Hmm.. Given that they have no factory, haven't even decided where the car will be made, have no engine, no idea of how the vehicle will be priced

I'm sure you will be substantiating that statement shortly....

agreed

they have an engine, the car will be made in the UK as the Istream process needs little in setting up
and they've said how much already ( about 55K )

so how about you crack a smile about the fact that they're coming back and doing it right

[Fire99]

350Matt said:

agreed

they have an engine, the car will be made in the UK as the Istream process needs little in setting up
and they've said how much already ( about 55K )

so how about you crack a smile about the fact that they're coming back and doing it right

[PuffsBack]

Sorry its not doing it for me. Good though the car may be it has zero to do with anything of TVR's history. Would be better of they stick EGR (Edgar) on the front rather than TVR