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PetrolTed

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305 months

Wednesday 26th September 2001
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After the initial review in Evo I was suspicious. It was so glowing I wasn''t prepared to take it at face value and assumed they were being a bit kind to TVR because they were given the car first. Then Top Gear, Auto Express. All such positive PR. It all seemed too good to be true. Yesterday I spoke to someone who has spent a fair amount of time driving the various prototypes. He''d already spent a long time enthusing about how the Tuscan S was so much better than the Tuscan and in turn a generation on from the Griffs and Chimaeras. Then we got onto the Tamora and he said the Tamora was an even better car than the Tuscan S. I assumed it would be similar since the chassis are almost identical but there are other differences which make it better such as the way the steering is set up. It''s also a lot simpler to build compared with the Tuscan apparently. I''ve been too obsessed about it''s dodgy looks to consider the dynamics. It seems (not surprisingly) that the years of racing have been useful for TVR and they''ve now produced a truly brilliant car. Like most people got used to that grille on the Tuscan I guess perhaps we''ll get used to the Tamora''s styling?

PetrolTed

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34,439 posts

305 months

Thursday 27th September 2001
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Guess so... I must admit I wasn''t a huge fan of the Tuscan when it came out but really quite like it now. Stick in the mud me?