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Old 09-01-2007, 11:33 PM   #1
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Default How can TVR be serious! Not 56k friendly.

Presenting the TVR Sagaris, 400bhp from a 4.0l inline six (hmmm Ford? ;)); it almost had potential: :







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Old 09-01-2007, 11:41 PM   #2
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I like! Whats with the rear wing though? Looks like its made to slow the car down.
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Old 09-01-2007, 11:43 PM   #3
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Although, these look sexy:



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Old 09-01-2007, 11:46 PM   #4
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I must have missed something here....whats wrong with it?
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Old 09-01-2007, 11:49 PM   #5
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I was thinking the same thing..
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:01 AM   #6
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I saw a heap of these when I was in England. I love 'em!!
You hear a Sagaris coming the other way before you see it!!

It still be happy with a Tuscan



This is also worth a look...

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Old 10-01-2007, 12:04 AM   #7
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Hmmm...not their best effort...the Cerbera will never be beaten IMO:



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Old 10-01-2007, 12:08 AM   #8
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TVRs look awesome!! Especially the Sagaris!
I agree with dansedgli about the rear wing though, very unusual.
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:39 AM   #9
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TVR's have a look all of its own. There very out there designs.
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They are totally incapable of behaving themselves when the loud pedal is hit....one if the last muscle cars...a tad unreliable but extremely lairy machines! :eclipsee_

Yes, the Cerbera is still the king...V8's still rule, god they sound incredible!
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Old 10-01-2007, 02:29 AM   #11
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I will have to agree with XRated, I can see the appeal. But its like they are trying to out do the Japanese aftermarket with that body. Everything I do find appealing about it I can find more of in the Viper or a Corvette.

I like the front end before the ripples and vents and whatever else it has though. I certainly want to hear one, look at the exhausts!
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Old 10-01-2007, 11:11 AM   #12
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It's amusing, I'm sure if it had a Nissan or Toyota badge it would have the "riciest" rear-end and bonnet around. But none of you guys would be biassed...

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I like the front end before the ripples and vents and whatever else it has though. I certainly want to hear one, look at the exhausts!
Hehe exactly the same thoughts as me. The front end and general poise is nice, but the rest is a messy modern mishap.

I notice you're a Graphic Designer too - I do the same as well as Multimedia and Design. Like you said, the general design elements are nearly perfected in the Viper and 'Vette: long-bonnet, small cabin, wide track and short bum.
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:13 PM   #13
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Nice body, but the interiors have got to be one of the most ugliest ive seen.
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:37 PM   #14
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It's amusing, I'm sure if it had a Nissan or Toyota badge it would have the "riciest" rear-end and bonnet around. But none of you guys would be biassed...
Um no, they are genuinely beautiful cars, I wouldn't care what badge it had.

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Hehe exactly the same thoughts as me. The front end and general poise is nice, but the rest is a messy modern mishap.

I notice you're a Graphic Designer too - I do the same as well as Multimedia and Design. Like you said, the general design elements are nearly perfected in the Viper and 'Vette: long-bonnet, small cabin, wide track and short bum.
Well im no designer, but it doesn't take a genuis to work out that those proportions will always make a nice car.

Id happily own any TVR!

Ive never experienced one, other than the Gran Turismo games, and once modded (even stock) they are a handful!

This thing is a beast aswell, Speed 12

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Didn't Jeremy Clarkson recon the Sagaris was built up then attacked with an axe.
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I heard there was a new Batman movie coming out.
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Old 10-01-2007, 01:47 PM   #17
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I must have missed something here....whats wrong with it?
Nothing! For those who don't know, TVR has had some money issues and so were bought out by a Russian businessman. However, recently they supposedly closed their Blackpool factory and I can't find anything to suggest they've built a new one.

For those Cerbera lovers, you've got good taste. But, the Sagaris is my favourite because of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRExsZLp3mk
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jj4j...elated&search=
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeDI...elated&search=

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