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As question,they appear to be a 190mph car

craig todd

fast as fook and rear happy what more do you want out of a car, i think tvr is next for me, i still like the griffith though

pee vee

yes,, yes they are!
and they are VERY very nice! if youd said tuscan and not 348, then
i would say get the TVR!
looks, performance amazin!

think they are 4.7 V8s.

TVR dont give many BHP figures, i have read a dave walker article
saying TVRs dont very often Actually Make the BHP figures that magazines quote

still amazing cars though.

(not that i've actually driven one that is. lol )

craig todd

can't beat a v8 exhaust note, tvr have magnex fitted as standard and sound gorgous

Ryan

same engine in the chimara i think, and we all know thats a bit special top end

gurnE

It's not the old rover lump tho

They use their own Straight 6 (AJP?), great engine 4litre I think

swerv

tuscan is 360hp and is a 6 cylinder engine and not a v8 as far as i know, also had major engine issues with early cars

the tuscan S is the one to get 390hp

i think the reason they never make the power stated is due to TVR taking engine dyno figures and owners RR them

have a read
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/tvr/tus...p?storyId=7622

ImaRacing 700

Its the fastest TVR ever aint it?LOL...Yes its a high reving straight 6...390bhp and 195mph for the lastest "s" version 4.0...the older speed 6 was 3.6

Look outrageous I am tempted now VERY tempted

Are running costs/servicing gonna be like a ferrari?

BUK

running costs and parts for them are crazy money, they are not the most reliable car to own , id only reccomend one if you can account for things going wrong

great looking car and fast as fook none the less

Hooligan

Cerbera is the only one I'd have, looks eveil and has the right name for a doglover eh Phil?

Cam

Considered a 4.5 Cerbera myself and was told by 2 leading TVR experts to buy a 2 year old one with at least 15k miles on clock and no more than 2 owners as if someone has put up with the car for that long they should have addressed all the problems the car left the factory with. Talk to a few owners whose rose tinted specs have dulled.
TVR's are pretty cars that sound gorgeous but are piles of shite to own.

Cam

edd

my mate has a griff had it 3years and only very minor problems so far. has been very good for the money in fact

i had a good few goes in it and it fookin flies. can get em for escos money as well

jr

i belive your talking about the speed 6 tuscan, and not the original, as some ppl seem to be gettign confusec

gurnE

Was the original a road car?

frog

iirc, there is a Tuscan series which runs (ran) V8s, the road car that phill's on about runs TVR's own V6 as said above, they couldn't get the old rover V8's past emissions so built their own engine.

Had loads of engine problems in the early days, my TVR dealer (I used to have a 5.0L chimaera) has given up his official dealership and is now independent because the engine problems were such that he ran out of excuses for his customers... They now only deal in V8 TVRs.

As always, early model TVRs tend to suffer from niggles (removable roof flying off at speed in the tuscan for e.g.), later ones tend to have most of these sorted out. You could say early customers were guinea pigs in a way.

With regards to cost, when we had the chimaera, a service was rarely less than Ł1K, but apart from regular servicing she never missed a beat in two years of ownership - that was driven daily too

Dan

Think the highest top speed TVR is the 350c, does 234mph or something like that? Its the one on Jezza's video!

TIFF

Looked to buy a Cerbra a while ago but got put off by all the disaster stories

dannyblackpool

Most of the figures are exageratted and the cars supplied to press are NOT the same specs as production models, reliability and poor build quality are issues also, i know i was the warrenty department top cars still and very quick, not sure how things have changed since its gone from peter wheelers to russian dudes but big thinks were being spoken of

peteh

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I know when i looked into them, alot were advertised with new engines

Deano

No that acolade belongs to the 800HP Cerbera Speed12 ................. ABSOLUTE FOOKIN BEAST !

Lee Reynolds

Next door neigbours just sold one. Had it about 2 years, said it handled awesome, and was fast, but was a right bone shaker....

Now has a maserati spider..

Deano

For Speed 12 stuff lookey here http://www.speed12.info/

TIFF

The new TVR's come with 3 year warrentys

they have been under HEAVY testing for the past year or so

Phil

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I planned to get a Tuscan this summer but i'm skint now Maybe next year!

Andy-R

1st'ly am a great fan of TVR's and would consider buying a T350 or a Tamora however:-

A lass I know's man has a Tuscan S and its on its 3rd engine has spent more time at the factory than in his garage.......if your considering buying 1 look into it very carefully before making a decision.

Phil

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B8, I know someone who went through the exact same!

If you buy one that has managed 15-20k with no problems then I suspect it will be ok

MrsFrog

They are awsome cars to drive and own. They are fast and handle like a dream. The chimera was a pleasure to drive either on country roads or motorways. As frog said, in 2 years we had it, we didn't have a single problem, but then again the car was driven everyday, rain or shine. We didn't buy it from new, it was second hand.

We have a friend who has a Tuscan, one of the earlier ones I think. Great fab car!! Just LOVE it!! He has had some issues with the heat coming from the engine, but I believe that was fixed. Since then... nothing...

Just be warned: If you go and test drive one... you're likely to go home with one!! We did!!

Toe Knee

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Andy by any chance Phil?!

As said the tuscan S is the one to go for but if u drive it like its supposed 2 be driven as Andy said be prepaired for regualar rebuilds as my mates had 3 in the time he owned it!!! So a warrenty is essential with them if u buy one, but fookin mint cars all the same!!!!!!!!

He had a vid of him doing 180mph+ on a private road in france

Andy-R

Tony it's not No! Here was me thinking it was just a 1 off aswell, maybee just a bad build....3 times over lol.

I hope the new ownership and the implementation of better quality control comes into effect, as they are seriously good looking cars IMO just a pity there Rep.

SVM 286

Not as quick as a real Tuscan or the other AJP engined sweetheart - the 4.5 litre Cerbera

EIL132

Seen the build quality first hand and it's shocking. Stick with Ford

Dragon

Tuscan speed 6's suffer with tappet failure apparently . A friend of mine is in the process of selling his due to the cost of repair. It's only done 11k so sod that for a laugh!

DanScoobySti

we had a TVR chrimeara (sp). The window wiper motors got stuck on and burnt out, all the dash lights went off but that was about it.

Oh but dont crash em, theyre death traps, as we personally nearly found out