Speed12: a contact asking about the builders

Speed12: a contact asking about the builders

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TVRUnoficialBlog

Original Poster:

189 posts

209 months

Tuesday 18th February
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Good morning all, hope this message find all enthusiasts well.
I'd ask you all if it could be possible to contact the companies which built the three beasts. Thank you very much all



Edited by TVRUnoficialBlog on Tuesday 18th February 14:13

The Three D Mucketeer

6,467 posts

241 months

Tuesday 18th February
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Helical Engineering for 1 & 2 , 3 is the original Speed 12.

https://www.tr-supercars.com/

Byker28i

74,148 posts

231 months

Tuesday 18th February
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One was sold for over £600k
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2000-tvr-cerbera...

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/update-one-...

Graham Abbott was the person probably knows most about these?

TVRUnoficialBlog

Original Poster:

189 posts

209 months

Tuesday 18th February
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The Three D Mucketeer said:
Helical Engineering for 1 & 2 , 3 is the original Speed 12.

https://www.tr-supercars.com/
Thank you very much. I sent an email to the staff

The Three D Mucketeer

6,467 posts

241 months

Tuesday 18th February
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TVRUnoficialBlog said:
The Three D Mucketeer said:
Helical Engineering for 1 & 2 , 3 is the original Speed 12.

https://www.tr-supercars.com/
Thank you very much. I sent an email to the staff
Darren Hobbs (ex TVR Head Designer and Tuscan Convertible Designer smile ) and Mike Vernon (TVR Race Engineer) are two key members of the project.

Byker28i

74,148 posts

231 months

Wednesday 19th February
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Video of ex stig driving one just dropped


ukkid35

6,340 posts

187 months

Friday 21st February
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I admire the way he adapts his driving style to the car and conditions - Not

What a tt

In the first half of the video he's in the car, with an exposed roll cage, with no helmet, tells you everything you need to know

I doubt that's going to be the only test drive we get to see, although I'm not sure who else would be offered it, hopefully Chris Harris or Catchpole, my personal preference would Jason Cammisa, but that will never happen

andrew_r

221 posts

119 months

Friday 21st February
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Watched the video, seems like it has far too much power than what the chassis can handle. I love the idea of a speed 12, but it’s a little pointless if you can’t utilise the power it has. Would be better with half the power, which would still provide a significant bhp/tonne.

Andrew.

porterpainter

818 posts

51 months

Friday 21st February
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ukkid35 said:
I admire the way he adapts his driving style to the car and conditions - Not

What a tt

In the first half of the video he's in the car, with an exposed roll cage, with no helmet, tells you everything you need to know

I doubt that's going to be the only test drive we get to see, although I'm not sure who else would be offered it, hopefully Chris Harris or Catchpole, my personal preference would Jason Cammisa, but that will never happen
I was chatting to some fellow TVR owners the other day and saying the same thing about the driving style.

Unfortunately I think he was driving poorly on purpose as displaying the car as an uncontrollable beast would get more viewers / clicks than actually trying to achieve a decent lap time.

Really unfortunate for Helical that this route was taken to chase content imo.