Anyone for a factory fresh, 20-year-old Sagaris?
You may not be able to buy a brand new TVR right now - but you can buy one with 158 miles. For a price
It’s hard not to wonder exactly what happens with very low-mileage cars. For a lot of us, the difficulty is limiting miles and wear on something new, fast and shiny, not failing to use as intended. Maybe these unused secondhand machines have formed part of epic collections, where the joy was from curating the cars rather than driving them; maybe some cars are too scary to use regularly; some must get forgotten; other folk buy, store, and wait for appreciation. You seldom find out the real reason, but it’s impossible not to be intrigued every single time.
Especially when it’s a TVR. Here were sports cars so explicitly engineered with driving exhilaration in mind that anything deemed surplus was never included in the first place. Always light and always powerful, they were designed very much for drivers and for driving. They certainly weren’t the kind of rear-wheel drive sports cars you’d buy accidentally. Buying a TVR was a decision that practically screamed to the heavens that you loved cars and loved driving. So while there are always a couple of examples for sale with fewer than 10,000 miles, it’s not often that anything truly astonishing crops up. TVRs obviously aren’t mile-munching GTs, but by sports car standards they tend to get used pretty regularly (going off Sunday Service attendance and those for sale). Be rude not to, right?
It all makes this Sagaris an incredible discovery. Not only is it one of the last produced, ordered at the end of 2006 and delivered in 2007, and not only is it in the spectacular Cascade Purple colour, but it’s covered just 158 miles. In 20 years. It’s as close to a new TVR as there’s been for years, and probably will be for a good while yet. So it’s hard not to be a bit giddy.
Originally for the Republic of Ireland and with a speedo in kilometres, the Sagaris was only UK registered in January 2022. It’s not clear what the mileage was once it crossed the Irish Sea, though it feels a tad irrelevant given the minuscule total. It’s enjoyed attention from TVR101 in its time here, which is detailed in the ad, and most recently visited in November 2024. It’ll probably want another going over for anyone intending to actually add miles, but to all intents and purposes this is a brand-new TVR Sagaris. Wasn’t on our 2026 bingo card, either.
Explaining to PH why that’s cool feels like telling the WI about how tasty jam is - the final TVR will always have a special place on these pages. But as a 2007MY car, what was to be the last of the last, this Sag actually has a couple of features that tend to be forgotten about because they were so seldom seen. Revisions included the rear exit exhausts rather than the side-exit cans, for less drone when cruising, a third brake light, a one-piece bonnet and, according to the ad, new alloy wheels. Which looks a lot like the old ones. Probably you knew all of this already, but just in case it makes an intriguing Sag all the more interesting. It even has its original, TVR-stamped Toyo tyres.
It’s an utterly fabulous thing, a proper piece of TVR history as well as being a unique collectable. It would be cool whatever the mileage, with the colourway and late build status; add the tiny mileage on top and it’s got to be the most desirable TVR in the country. Which is reflected in the asking price of £235,000. Values have really been climbing in the past couple of years as collectors reject modernity and lean into the raw, analogue, thrilling machinery of yesteryear. A TVR Sagaris ticked those boxes like nothing else; let’s all hope the next owner is keen to discover what the fuss is all about…
SPECIFICATION | TVR SAGARIS
Engine: 3,996cc, straight-six
Transmission: 6-speed manual, rear-wheel drive
Power (hp): 412@7,000rpm
Torque (lb ft): 349@5,000rpm
MPG: c. 20
CO2: 406g/km
First registered: 2022 (UK)
Recorded mileage: 158
Price new: £49,995
Yours for: £235,000
https://www.sportmotive.com/tvr-development/#ultim...
New chassis
New power and drive train
Repainted
Retrimmed
These guys really need to get one of their cars driven by Chris Harris or Henry Catchpole or Harry Metcalfe to get their profile raised a bit.
.https://www.sportmotive.com/tvr-development/#ultim...
New chassis
New power and drive train
Repainted
Retrimmed
These guys really need to get one of their cars driven by Chris Harris or Henry Catchpole or Harry Metcalfe to get their profile raised a bit.
Seems a fair price compared to the usual £500k plus donor default restomod price.
https://www.sportmotive.com/tvr-development/#ultim...
New chassis
New power and drive train
Repainted
Retrimmed
These guys really need to get one of their cars driven by Chris Harris or Henry Catchpole or Harry Metcalfe to get their profile raised a bit.
However, the revelation in the post and link above triggers heart warmth and groin-fizz in equal measure.
Link is bookmarked, ta
What else can you get that is truly analogues, v8, manual and rwd these days? Mustang is the closest thing I suppose but they're not really analogue and lardy things, like all new cars. £100k seems a lot but, as you say, compared to the vast majority of restomods out there at several times that cost it seems like an absolute bargain.
Here's a film of the sportmotive guy driving one - note the rear lights were customer choice (and i wouldn't put 18's on one) but what a glorious thing
https://www.sportmotive.com/tvr-development/#ultim...
New chassis
New power and drive train
Repainted
Retrimmed
These guys really need to get one of their cars driven by Chris Harris or Henry Catchpole or Harry Metcalfe to get their profile raised a bit.
I always found a lot of the TVR specialists to be a bit of a piss take price wise.
£15-20k for a breathed on V8 from the 1950's from the big names in the TVR world.
Or Ford and Citroen parts with numbers scratched off and prices quadrupled.
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