"Nit the prettiest thing"... have you lost your mind, Jack!!. The Tuscan has to be one of the most beautiful cars ever to grace the roads... Grace, probably isn't the right word!

If these were available in the United States I would be at my local dealership waving my checkbook and yelling "TAKE MY MONEY NOW PLEASE "!

I had two of these over about 15 years - amazing experience and I loved them. They never let me down, including 2 long european tours, apart from a jammed fuel pump (Bosch).They are certainly a handful and you have to remember that they are basically trying to kill you. Most fun you can have with your clothes on.

I absolutely loved these care when they came out, and I still think they are some of the best looking cars ever.

The joke was, who was tvr's test driver? Answer, The customers.

The world needs more companies like tvr. Less homogeny, more uniqueness, more excitement! Bring back tvr!

"Not pretty" couldn't disagree any more, series 1 is just as cool as it got.

Amazing! That car was originally owned by a friend of mine. I had the sister car - X454 XCL (which I’ve tried looking for, but can’t find, sadly). 443 and 454 had many an adventure together 20+ years ago. I loved my TVR experience, all three engine rebuilds of it 😂

What I loved about this era of TVR was that they looked at a reasonable way to make a sports car and said "yeah that's nice but what if we gave it a big spoonful of insanity?" and nobody told them not to. It was never going to work but I'm glad they tried

She's gorgeous!

I've had one of these for a few years now, what I have found is that while the front end feels darty and hyperactive, once you learn to trust it it will find its own way over the road profile. The instinct is to grip the wheel tight and try to wrestle it into submission, but if you relax your grip, let it squirm a little and trust the car will find its path, it begins to flow far better. Also, the quicker you go the more easily it flows down the road. There's absolutely nothing else like a TVR. They are made out of gaffa tape and magic, and we will sadly never see their like again! Great video Jack, I think you've captured what they are like to drive better than any other video I've seen on here.

The interior details anticipate Pagani, while the exterior is pure poster magic. I'm from an MG-Lotus tradition - neither terribly reliable, but neither that hairy... I've always held TVR at a highly respectful arm's-length. So glad these exist. Always wish them well. Hope they resurface...

Jesus I absolutely adore TVRs especially Tuscans, Cerberas and the Sagaris. That straight six sounds glorious!

For me the most amazing aspect of this car, and perhaps all TVRs, is how they managed to do this on a budget that must have been so minuscule. Anyone who worked on this project is a legend in my opinion.

TVR were one of the very few small operations that knew how to make its cars look truly desirable; the styling was dramatic and well proportioned, and the bespoke switchgear made them special when they could have just used Morris Marina parts. But as you sadly point out, the reliability wasn't there. A friend of mine had his machine shop full of their cylinder blocks and heads which were in to correct "problems". A real shame, because TVR came so close.

"Half thrilled, half scared shitless."

I recall visiting the engine production facility as part of my Masters course in the late 90's - That was a rather good day.

I owned a 4.0 litre Red Rose version of these between 2003 and 2009 before selling it and moving to Qatar. It was a BMW colour (Oregon Blue) and TVR used paint colours from many manufacturers. Provided they were well looked after, and maintained properly (and I mean properly) they were fine (although mine had an engine rebuild at 15,000 miles. Finnicky electrics required patience (windows anyone) and the boot leaked like a sieve (oh....and it smelt like a canoe!). At the time my daily driver was a BMW 730d Sport and I was also fortunate to have an SL55 AMG. For sheer fun and the odd squeaky bum experience (sideways most of the time and once, spinning the rears in 5th gear on a wet surface), there was (and is) nothing like it. A rocket ship that goes like shit out of goose with a thunderous exhaust soundtrack (that would set off every car alarm in an underground car park) to match.

As an overall package I prefer the chimera, but that speed 6 engine sound, wow! That's one of the best engine sounds I've ever heard. Utterly gorgeous.

I remember using this car and the Speed 6 and 12 concepts in Gran Turismo 2 and being determined to master them after immediately spinning out over and over on the test track. Once I did, it was in the top ten out of the 100 great cars I had in the garage.