Thursday 7th April 2005

TVR Speed 12 is back!

The 880bhp behemoth hits the streets again

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TVR Cerbera Speed 12 -- 880bhp!

The 880bhp Cerbera TVR Speed 12 is back. Massive -- and massively powerful and quick -- it's been very active in the media over the last week or so, with appearances on Channel 5's Fifth Gear, the ITN News, Nuts Magazine, the TVR Car Club's Sprint magazine and a world exclusive in EVO Magazine, where the car was tested on track and the road; thanks to Evo's John Barker for a great report.

That's because, after languishing in a corner of the TVR factory in Blackpool, it's been bought by an anonymous individual who set abnout restoring it. The only road-going Speed 12, it provides a power to weight ratio of 917bhp per ton.

The Speed 12's official site (see below for link) is developing quickly and has added some in car film footage taken at Silverstone recently as well as many current and historical galleries.

The Speed 12 also features in the new Sony Playstation Gran Turismo 4 game launched last month in London.

Official Web site is here.

[M@H]

..why why why has the car been ruined

The smooth powerful lines of the car have been replaced with more vents than the Sagaris prototype...

now it looks like a cross between a plastic toy and a Max Power motor.

Mat.

[Podie]

It's the bodywork from the last racer...

Buy EVO for the full story (quite interesting).

[M@H]

Will do.. just noticed there is another thread running on the same topic too so this one can die a death.

[dank]

Fantastic in car footage on the web site, the sound is awesome!!!

[Big Al.]

M@H said:

Will do.. just noticed there is another thread running on the same topic too so this one can die a death.

Consider it done.

see here

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=13&t=161870

[spenny_b]

....agree, looked beautiful before (big Cerb fan), but now, sorry, looks "trying to hard". No doubt the car needs the cooling, just not a fan of the execution...

[will ferrari]

I'd love to know how the guy who is bringing thins back made his money. I wonder if it was in a very boring way, so this is his extreme outrageous outlet of energy and wealth. Fabulous menacing machine.