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Old 01-10-2003, 10:25 AM   #76
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I know about insurance policy rules, but £2000 for a buggered old mini is a bit too much. That is why my sons car is insured under my name for £400 a year.
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Old 01-10-2003, 01:53 PM   #77
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maby i am wrong




WHY IS THE TVR NOT FOR SALE IS IT A CONCEPT CAR?????????








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Old 01-11-2003, 02:05 AM   #78
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Well this car is in EVO magazine this month, in an interview with the TVR engine shop guy "Andy". What he says pretty much clears up any speculation of power figures, prices etc.. For the power figures, noone knows, the race cars were restricted to around 660 to 680bhp, but the fully unrestricted road car engine was only ever dyno'd once on TVR's 1000bhp dyno.......and it broke it. The torque from the engine snapped the input shaft to the dyno before a proper reading could be taken. The only way the car ever had a half accurate power figure was when the car was run seperately on 2 banks of cylinders, and each of the two banks was dyno'd seperately. From combining this TVR could only estimate the power, to be around 940bhp at 7200rpm.
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Old 01-11-2003, 04:54 AM   #79
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what´s all in the evo of this month?
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Old 01-11-2003, 05:15 PM   #80
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its a good issue, the best articles:

Bugatti Veyron
Aston V8 Vantage
Holden Monaro vs. BMW M3
interview with Gordan Murray about the Veyron
800bhp MTM Audi TT
VW Golf R32
"power wars" - a piece analysing the highest power cars, group b cars, dragsters etc.
Merc E55 vs. Audi RS6 vs. BMW M5
Interview with Peter Wheeler - where he talks about the Speed 12
Dax Rush Hayabusa
Audi S4
end of year longterm cars test
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Old 01-12-2003, 03:17 AM   #81
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wow... I should go and get a copy...
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Old 01-12-2003, 07:36 AM   #82
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its a good issue, the best articles:

Bugatti Veyron
Aston V8 Vantage
Holden Monaro vs. BMW M3
interview with Gordan Murray about the Veyron
800bhp MTM Audi TT
VW Golf R32
"power wars" - a piece analysing the highest power cars, group b cars, dragsters etc.
Merc E55 vs. Audi RS6 vs. BMW M5
Interview with Peter Wheeler - where he talks about the Speed 12
Dax Rush Hayabusa
Audi S4
end of year longterm cars test
sounds good
do you know that it costs here at the airport? (it´s the only way i can get it)
14€... what does it cost in britain
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Old 01-12-2003, 08:59 AM   #83
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i agree it realy sounds good i cant wait to get it
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Old 01-12-2003, 09:02 AM   #84
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Talking

ok i am starting to get a little bit confused
1.why is this car not available to buy?
2. is it a concept car?
3.has the top speed been confered yet?

PLEASE TELL ME I WANT TO KNOW
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Old 01-12-2003, 02:32 PM   #85
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I just bought this months Evo on your recommendation. Now sit down and listen children.

The car is not available to buy because the boss of TVR, Peter Wheeler drove the car back to his home, and withign 300 yards of driving he realised the car was too fast. Weighing as much as an ordinary TVR with twice the BHP with its 7.7 litre v12 (actually 2 engines joined together) meant that it was far too dangerous a car to manufacture.
The list price for the car £160,000 ($257,000) but he decided that they would never be sold for the road. He has had a few offers from poeple to buy them, but he has talked them all out of buying the car. Maybe they might be sold for racing one day, but not for a few long years yet.
When they were measuring the BHP, the machinery used to measure was destroyed by the cars engine, with a limit of 1000 BHP, so top speed would be well over 240MPH. The tests on the 2 engines linked together showed 940BHP. Buto n a car weighing 1150KG, any Mclaren F1 would not have stood a chance against the Speed 12.

Menu, it costs 3.60 here! (5.51 Euros) so you are paying 3 times the value!!
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but at the airport it´s the only magazine shop i know that has the magazine...
i pay the value if there´s good stuff in and that´s in the evo!
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thats aufal i was realy looking forward too seing it on the road.
surely they can fix that problem. they could reduce the horse power a bit and make it heaviour.






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But then it wouldn't truly be a speed 12.
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Old 01-14-2003, 05:24 AM   #89
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a true fan of the car would change nothing!
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Yes I suppose...
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