TVR Tuscan Red Rose upgrade- what did it add

[The Busman]

I acquired my Tuscan three years ago. Just checking out the original invoice, the car was supplied by James Agger Autosport in March 2001, with “ Red Rose upgrade with TVR Power” included as an optional extra at £4200. The invoice describes it as “TVR Tuscan 4000cc Red Rose Engine”

Could any of you guys tell me what the upgrade involved, and does it bring the car to S mechanical Spec. It presents as a standard Mk1 Tuscan externally

[anonymous-user]

Bigger front and rear brakes (discs) and CR gearbox. Larger bore exhaust was rumoured at the time.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Why don't you contact James, he's almost a decent human being. He'll deffo give you the lowdown.

[Chim450]

Bigger injectors? Different cams? HID headlights. Different compression ratio? DAB radio.

[bigandclever]

£4200 (inc vat) matches the original red rose spec.

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Graham66 said:

When TVR launched the Tuscan, or rather the time they launched it just before it became available, Peter Wheeler decided to offer a performance pack, so the Tuscan Red Rose became an option - it was originally shown at the Motorshow with a Lancashire Red Rose sticker but nothing came of that.

The original Red Rose spec was:
- 18"wheels
- Uprated suspension (adjustable to a limited extent)
- Uprated brakes - bigger disks and cross drilled - you can spot them by the fact they have seperate bells and are bolted on to the bells
- Engine mods giving an extra 40bhp (390 instead of the standard 4.0 360 - the 3.6 engine came a bit later on)

This little lot cost £4,200 including VAT according to my invoice

The Red Rose spec did NOT include air con, boot coloured carpet, DAB radio or colour coded steering wheel - these were the options added to the Red Rose spec to create the Tuscan S (along with the appropriately named spoilers)

[The Busman]

Guys - thank you.

[Let off some steam Bennett]

I have the bill of sale with my red rose, well its a photocopy of it. The document is dated 9th of January 2001. It states the following

The price of the car was £33627

Full hide trim £1685

Hydratrak diff £361

Red rose conversion £3574

D.A.B tuner £408

Gold badges £46

Overmats £59

Gas discharge Headlamps £497

Oh and it has aircon scribbled on the sheet but no price

Total £41,080

Vat £7189

Total £48,270

I always though the hydratrak diff and the gas discharge headlamps were in the price of the red rose conversion