Italian market 2.0 SC V8 for sale - Wow

[geeman237]

This is a bit of a unicorn.
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...

Google translate of the ad.....
"The TVR V8 200S comes from the Swiss collection. The vehicle was never approved and has on the tachometer a cimbalom stand of 40km.
We drove the vehicle 10km properly. Everything works great, like a new vehicle.
The TVR is equipped with a 2.0 liter V8 Rover engine.
This capacity reduction was offered especially for the Italian market, due to the luxury tax from 2 liters capacity.
So that the vehicle but gets the power of the original 4.0 liters, a compressor with intercooler was installed.
The sound and performance of the TVR is impressive.
There were only 3 cars delivered. Indofern a very rare TVR.
By the Targa and convertible construction a great car to drive.
A rarity in the Neuwagenzustand and with the very exceptional engine characteristics, this TVR is a real alternative to the Porsche convertible.
Owning a TVR of three copies will have its price.
You will not find anything like that"

[Penelope Stopit]

Somebody forgot to iron the creases out of the drivers seat...every picture tells a story

[lordofthewings]

geeman237 said:

Google translate of the ad....."The TVR V8 200S comes from the Swiss collection. The vehicle was never approved and has on the tachometer a cimbalom stand of 40km.
We drove the vehicle 10km properly."

My halfways decent German means the first three sentences should read:
"This TVR V8 200S comes from a Swiss collection. The vehicle was never registered for the road [by which, we assume in Switzerland ?], and the odometer shows 40km. We drove the car for 10km without problem."

The rest of the Google translation is OK other than the curious untranslated word "indofern" is a typo for "insofern", meaning "in which respect"; and "Neuwagenzustand" is a compound noun meaning "new car condition".

This car has already been featured on the TVR S Forum and attracted a lot of discussion. Just because it wasn't registered in Switzerland doesn't mean it wasn't used; I lived in Switzerland some years ago and imported cars for use there without re-registering them. We have to assume that it was transportered from Blackpool to Italy, thence to Switzerland, and latterly to Hamburg. I can also draw on my experience with a new Taimar that I drove from Blackpool straight to Zurich and which had to be somewhat dismantled by the Swiss authorities for checking (the "Typenprüfung" or type-testing) as they had never encountered one before.

To be picky: it looks like the tacho is showing 2,500 rpm (none of the other gauges are registering). Someone has nicked the stereo and the cigarette lighter. Note the driver's floor mat has been pulled-up; to inspect for water leaks one wonders - and is that a cigarette burn ? The edge of the driver's door is chipped. And I'm pretty certain that at the time when I bought an S3C new, TVR weren't using orange silicone hoses. All IMHO of course.

The asking price (64,000 Euros - call that the 64 thousand dollar question) will surely be a huge deterrent for what is otherwise a desirable piece of automotive history and testament to legitimate tax-avoidance. But by the time any genuinely interested prospective buyer has taken it out for at least a 30 mile blast, the odometer will no longer be showing 40km.

[miniman]

A 2.0 RV8?

[KKson]

miniman said:

A 2.0 RV8?

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's a new one on me........ Rocker covers however do look like a V8 but odd EFi set up?

[geeman237]

KKson said:

miniman said:

A 2.0 RV8?

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's a new one on me........ Rocker covers however do look like a V8 but odd EFi set up?

Unless I am mistaken its actually fitted with a supercharger. Looks to be a pulley off the top of the intake plenum type bit. The ad mentions "compressor".

S forum thread on it here with more pics of the engine bay.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by geeman237 on Friday 11th May 20:41

[glenrobbo]

KKson said:

miniman said:

A 2.0 RV8?

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's a new one on me........ Rocker covers however do look like a V8 but odd EFi set up?

This was a special adaptation of the 3.95 litre RV8 by TVR, the cylinders were sleeved down to 2.0 litres, ( possibly also shorter throw crank and rods, I'm not sure ) and then supercharged to regain the power lost by reducing the capacity. As stated, this was especially aimed at the Italian market of the time, which carried punitive car tax for anything over 2 litres.

Interesting to note that the bonnet "hump" modification to clear the supercharger was carried over to the V8S.

These cars must have sounded awesome!


I guess the person who ends up with this 1 of 3 examples will likely be an investor rather than a Hoon Monster!
€€€€€/$$$$$$/£££££
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[GTRene]

a few years ago (not many) 2 came up for sale of those, with a bit more km on the tacho, but priced about 14 or 20k euro, because unknown they were for sale for that low price quit a while back then.
I knew they were very rare (I thought there were 4 or so) but sadly far away in Italie, so did not react on those, there is not realy a matket for, oke they are rare and nice in a TVR museum, but for driving and owning I rather would like the normal V8S in LHD I owned such 4.0