The T440r coming up for auction...

[barryswheels]

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2003-tvr-t440r-r...

[Byker28i]

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

[rossybee]

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

[Byker28i]

The red one was up for sale in 2023? That was a nice colour

Was this the one that was crashed by a photographer and then repaired?

Link to the thread on these
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[rossybee]

Byker28i said:

The red one was up for sale in 2023? That was a nice colour

Was this the one that was crashed by a photographer and then repaired?

Link to the thread on these
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I believe this to be the case - owned by a lady whose husband had an orange Sagaris at the same time - this will be going back nearly 20 years.

Barry at TVR Ecosse has worked on this car before too.

[bennno]

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

[The Three D Mucketeer]

rossybee said:

I believe this to be the case - owned by a lady whose husband had an orange Sagaris at the same time - this will be going back nearly 20 years.

Barry at TVR Ecosse has worked on this car before too.

overseas on here

[Basil Brush]

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

[bennno]

Basil Brush said:

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

So it's probably about 190 tops with an extra 40hp.... absolutely nowhere near 215mph - that requires at least 750-800bhp minimum.

[Basil Brush]

Their line on blowing the reliability myth as it had managed to do 500 miles without an issue made me smile.