1st Factory 4.5 in classifieds
1st Factory 4.5 in classifieds
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Resin Rocket

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100 posts

237 months

Sunday 26th April 2009
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P799 TFR the first 4.5 that the press were let loose with is for sale in the classifieds.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/994790.htm

Its advertised as a 4.2 and when first tested other than the 4.5 engine (with carbon intakes) it was identical to a 4.2 (wheels / brakes / badges). Top Gear tested it when it "only" had 200 miles on the clock and recorded 0-100 in 8.78secs and 0-150 in 18.78secs. Shortly afterwards it had an unfortunate excursion into the scenery whilst being tested by Performance Car.

Don't know if it still has its original test engine fitted or not, but it looks abit tired in the advert and the seller is open to offers. A piece of TVR history for someone.

esso

1,849 posts

247 months

Monday 27th April 2009
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When i bought my 1st Cerb in Nov 2004 i went to have a look at this car,i remember it because of the colour of the interior,it was advertised as a 4.2 then,i didnt realize the significance of the car then & the owner didnt tell me of the history or that it was a 4.5!

Gazzab

21,654 posts

312 months

Monday 27th April 2009
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I dont recall this car and it being the 4.5 with carbon intakes? I thought that was a red and / or yellow car?
Any more info avail....? I am intrigued!

Chris76

3 posts

230 months

Tuesday 28th April 2009
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quick question about press\test cars were they built to higher standards or different spec to the rest of the production run.

stats007

531 posts

265 months

Tuesday 28th April 2009
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I got to use one of their early press cars - P796 TFR IIRC. Every journey something went wrong frown.

Resin Rocket

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100 posts

237 months

Tuesday 28th April 2009
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This car was featured in the July 1997 edition of Top Gear and it was for this article that they recorded the times - it was compared against an Aston Vantage, AC Cobra and Viper GTS.

This is the article for Performance Car :- http://www.lotusespritworld.com/ERoadtests/Perform...

You'll notice no times were recorded as it ended up in the scenery before they got chance to record them.

The second "press" 4.5 was the red one P808 DCK which again had carbon intakes and standard badging, but had the bigger brakes and 17" RL's. Autocar tested it and even after it going back to the factory to be fettled it would not replicate the times achieved by P799 TFR and was no quicker than the 4.2 (N244 KCW) they had tested previously.

Edited by Resin Rocket on Tuesday 28th April 13:31