Thursday, July 9, 2009
Ever heard of TVR? The company has been around, thriving, since 1947, when it was established by Trevor Wilkinson making high-performance machines for well-heeled buyers. The cars were originally based on components from production car companies, but in the 90's TVR designed and introduced the famous AJP8 V-8 in the Cerbera. Needless to say, it went way beyond eexpectations, rocketing the Cerbera to 100MPH in nine seconds flat. TVR's heritage goes back, and they've always been there, not a major worry of those at Aston Martin or Maserati, but always there. Their current range doen't do anything to distract from the fact that TVR cars are luxed-up race cars, not designed as road cars. The Sagaris is very extreme, with functional vents everywhere on the car, and the Tuscan S is relatively toned-down for more road use. Overall, TVR is an extremely overlooked, but also underestimated, company that makes great cars. Photo from Jalopnik.com
