Top 10: Classic TVRs
There’s an all-new TVR due on sale in 2017, bringing this iconic marque back to life a decade after the last car was produced. Details are still sketchy but we know it will be V8-powered, built in the UK and – being a TVR – more than a bit exciting. Frankly, we can’t wait.
Meanwhile, we have an amazing array of classic TVRs to choose from on today’s scene, some of which can now be snapped up for surprisingly sensible money. Heck, who wouldn’t be tempted by a Chimaera at £8000 or so? Here’s the pick of our favourites from the last few decades.
By Paul Guinness, Contributor
TVR Griffith (1991-2002)
It was easy to see TVR ancestry in the new Griffith’s styling, and yet this was no retro-special. It was, in fact, bang up to date and utterly gorgeous from every angle, whilst under the bonnet sat the latest incarnation of the legendary Rover V8. This was initially in 4.0-litre (280bhp) spec, but a TVR-developed 5.0-litre version arrived in 1993 – pumping out 340bhp. Final version was the 500SE, created to mark the end of Griffith production, with just a hundred built between 2000 and 2002.
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