My god this car has more unf i have ever seen.
It’s fitting that Warner Brothers chose the TVR Tuscan S for its latest animated adventure, Looney Tunes Back in Action, with Bugs Bunny at the wheel, as the Tuscan S is a little larger than life itself.
Aside from the rear wing – added for extra stability at the 185mph – the Tuscan S has the removable roof section that stows across the top of the large boot. This all serves to break up the Tuscan’s smooth lines and the end result isn’t too pretty, but the staccato make-up of the profile is in all in keeping with its aggressive character.
Despite sharing its platform with the Tamora, the 4.2 metre Tuscan S looks a much bigger brute thanks to relatively massive overhangs. At the rear is the huge boot and spoiler and at the front a low front splitter that drops the pepperpot nose even closer to the floor.
Inside
The interior is a minimalist TVR masterpiece, with fluid leather-clad surfaces sweeping through the cockpit, enveloping the driver and housing sparse and distinctive machined aluminium switchgear.
As with all current TVRs, every piece of vital information is displayed directly in front of you, including the gear-change lights. It’s all designed with sporting intent – you needn’t move your eyes from the road for more than an instant to keep track of the vital signs.
The Tuscan S is a four-litre, 390bhp (power creeps up a little further in the very latest cars ) fire breather, with a tuned up version of the all-aluminum inline Speed Six engine. It can storm from 0-60mph in 3.8s and will rasp straight through to more than 195mph, making even a hairs’ breadth gap a safe overtaking opportunity that needs to be taken.
Some may prefer a six-speed gearbox in a car of this ilk, but TVR felt it was an unnecessary and costly addition when the five-speed and twin-plate clutch cope perfectly well with this level of power.
100mph in 2nd!
The defining moment in this car came at 100mph in second gear, without the final red shift light, even blinking into life. Simply put, this machine’s fondness for high speed and intoxicating engine note makes driving it a constant exercise in self-control and it was not by accident that the TVR test car came equipped with one of the most sophisticated Gatso detection units on the market. Journalists and would-be customers tossing their driving licences in the bin at the exit of Blackpool would be bad for business, and it would happen.
It’s the exhaust noise that encourages sheer recklessness given anything approaching a clean stretch of road. TVR informed me they’d taken a lot of time tuning the acoustics, but from where I was standing it looked for all the world like they strapped two massive cans to the rear allowing every rev to reverberate a little more, increasing the rumble to a roar that could wake God.
how can you not want .. i do. I will have this car :) haha i will
