Anything new at Duxford?

[plotloss]

This new motorshow car, well for my money a Cerbera replacement is almost certaintly on the cards. What form this will take however is anyones guess. Personally I think it will be either a 5 litre AJP8 (or as an outside bet the V10), 2+2 sports coupe with a removable roof a la Tuscan. Can envisage a family back end a la Tamora and enclosed front headlights akin to the Tamora, Griff and 2001 Chim.

What do you lot reckon?

Matt.

[fatsteve]

Hmm, not sure about the idea of a Duratec V6 in a TVR. Marcos's new Marcasite has one and it only kicks out about 180 Bhp. To be fair I've not driven one but would imagine it to be not as exciting as the old Mantaray (the 4.2 V8 one).

Steve

[Gaffer]

quote:

He also intimated that there was a revised Griffith coming out with the AJP engine in it. Sound familiar ?!?!

Cheers

Mark

Nope. It's not a Griff or a Chim.

[raceboy]

How about a 4x4 If it's good enough for Porsche

[Gaffer]

Then its certainly not good enough for TVR.

[christof]

Matt,

near, very near to the truth

But I think we will get a more common engine.

Christof

[HarryW]

So when is this motorshow event? if there is a major unveiling then it's got to be worth a look.

H

[PetrolTed]

October. I'll be there on press day to beam the pictures out to the eager punters

Got to be the Speed 6 engine, it's the only one TVR show any interest in these days.

[christof]

Well, I can easily live with a 440bhp straight six fitted in a stunning bodyshell

Christof

[griff2be]

My guess is a Tamora with a V8 engine.

And my doomsday prediction with no basis whatsoever is that TVR have discovered a design fault with the Speed Six that affects all engines whether 3.6 or 4.0 litre.

Hope I'm wrong though!

[Gaffer]

quote:
My guess is a Tamora with a V8 engine.

Nope not that either.



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[pbrettle]

Oh come on Gaffer / Christoph, you both know more than you are telling and we need to know..... We actually we probably dont need to know, but really would like to know....

Matt has got my bets (if I were a betting man) and I think that the Cerbera is nearing end-of-life. Shame as it has to be one of the most stunning designs around. I just hope that the next model will fit into the product line up - without looking odd or too futuristic.

They really do need to do something with the product line though - I mean a Tuscan 3.6 and Tamora 3.6 - not a great deal between the two in performance terms. Tuscan 4.0 S, yeah OK. But with no 2+2 - other than the Tuscan R for £70K plus - they potentially look to loose quite a lot of business really....

Come on tell us???

Cheers,

Paul

[Alex200mph]

I dont mean to be a spoil sport but it seems to me that tvr need to aim to get the quality and reliability right on current cars before they start developing new ones. Oh and when they develop new ones they should be tested properly so the first ones off the line have no bugs
Think i best go and hide somewhere now

[Gaffer]

Of course I know more but I ain't telling.

Christop nearly let the cat out of the bag.

Now if that aint a hint I don't know what is.

Alex - my Dad does the testing and I can assure you they are properly tested.

Claire

[plotloss]

Right then, logical deduction leads me too

2+2 Coupe with Targa Roof
circ 420bhp AJP6 (detuned Tuscan R?)
Common styling with T-cars (enclosed front lights, led rear clusters, front and rear splitters and retaining the 'no straight lines' TVR styling policy)
Circa £60K?

Matt.

[ATG]

Yeah, but what colour?

[plotloss]

quote:
Yeah, but what colour?

I remember asking this on the TVR stand at the motorshow a few years ago. I was talking to Adrian from HH and he just said 'If you order today, one of these young ladies will walk round the show with you and if a colour takes your fancy then thats the colour we shall paint it'

Matt.