In 2004 the TVR Typhon project was started, it was designed to be the most extreme TVR road car. Deposits were taken on the Typhon and TVR set to work on the new car. Originally called the Tuscan R or T440R...
For a brief period of time the Jaguar XJ220 was the world’s fastest car. Jaguar’s small “Saturday club” team produced the concept XJ220 before TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) were brought in to help rationalise certain elements of the design. Part of...
The Dewalt sponsored TVR 400R was TVR’s first entry into Le Mans in 2004 in the GT class. This was TVR’s first foray to Le Mans, and it was a great achievement for TVR just to compete. The two cars managed...
A crime spree in 1993 had West Midlands Police stumped. Newsagents and Off licences had been robbed by thieves stealing alcohol and cigarettes before escaping at speed in a dark coloured car. The Police hadn’t been able to do anything. At...
The Jaguar D-Type was built for the sole purpose of winning Le Mans and to continue Jaguar’s legacy. Just like its illustrious forebear the C-Type, it remains an icon of motorsport technology. After the success at Le Mans 1951 & 1953...
The Morgan Three-Wheeler is not a car for long journeys. Nor is it a car that was designed for any sort of practicality. In fact, its awkward design doesn’t look like a car capable of surviving on the road. However, Morgan...
In 1996 TVR unveiled a concept car called Project 7/12 at the Birmingham motor show. This would be the first of several prototypes for the most extreme TVR ever built, later going by the name “TVR Speed 12”. Project 7/12 was...
Imagine a fight between Batman, The Terminator, Predator and Chuck Norris. The same fight was happening when Rover entered the Coupe market in 1993. The Rover was up against serious opposition, the likes of which remain landmark cars to this day....
