Onboard the TVR Griffith 400 on the Swiss Bernina mountain pass. Same mountain road, other cars coming soon.. Car by: Motikon.se Driven by: Filip Larsson www.robbertalblas.nl
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@kevin-19918 ай бұрын
TVR, a brand too often forgotten, thank you for making us experience this hill climb
@leonardosantuario33468 ай бұрын
He didn't *make* you do anything, soy boy
@benjaminkreimel86518 ай бұрын
Great performance but most TVRs are ugly and not well proportioned... Like many british cars... Everything looks shed built...
@benjaminkreimel86518 ай бұрын
@@Vico-kfh6 to not offend anyone. PERSONALLY, to me, those cars are ugly and not well proportioned...
@daveschif3488 ай бұрын
When you consider this car is almost 50 years old!!!! Quite amazing.
@MrSkeleton1317 ай бұрын
@@Vico-kfh6 he can call it ugly if he wants, it's okay
@esslar17 ай бұрын
One evening, many, many years ago, talking to one guy in a bar about BMWs, another guy says to me, I've got a car outside you might like to see. So we go out in the parking lot, he shows me this car, says it's a TVR with a V8. Asks would I like to go for a quick ride. We get in, we're going downhill, every time he shifts up, the whole front of the car comes off the ground. Decades later, I can still see it in my mind. Incredible.
@pauldavidson63217 ай бұрын
That's the fastest Cortina tail lights ever moved .
@nimaforoughi72666 ай бұрын
But the Howmet TX might be a little quicker?
@GBURGE556 ай бұрын
Good call. Forgot the Howmet used them too!@@nimaforoughi7266
@gairnmclennan58767 ай бұрын
Super video thanks! I've just this month bought a TVR Chimaera, Its so much fun on mountain pass roads with 240 HP it only weighs 1060kg 2300lbs. No power steering no Trac control no ABS brakes. This means your senses are tuned into what the car is doing. Fantastically rewarding car to drive!
@richboy9008 ай бұрын
These videos never disappoint. Almost makes you feel as if you're in the car
@andrewstoffel11707 ай бұрын
Brilliant, typical TVR. Too much power and not enough of everything else, love it! ❤❤
@GBURGE557 ай бұрын
That's the best description of a TVR I've ever heard......from a proud TVR owner!
@koeskss8 ай бұрын
The way You capture life in on film is trully astounding.
@bobsmoot84547 ай бұрын
The early TVR Griffith’s were born out of Jack Griffith’s desire to beat Shelby and his Cobra, the small block version, he was a Ford dealer on Long Island in New York State. He had a small block Cobra in his shop and he and his mechanics thought what the heck, they wondered if that motor and tranny would fit in a TVR Grantura. I read a guy who owned a 200 with a Shelbized motor said he felt safer driving a racing motorcycle at Daytona than sitting in his garage with it idling. I had a 1965 200 and I pulled my souped up 302 backed up by a Doug Nash 5-speed out of my Fox body 5.0 GT. It was stupid fast but squirrely as in very twitchy. My wife, my father, my mother even my kids begged me to get rid of it because it was an insane and now looking back in time it was rather dangerous actually. Many of the Series 200s came with a 2bbl 289, a few with 271 hp version and of course many modded them with Shelby Cobra add-ons like 4x2bbl Webers etc....The early Griffiths weighed next to nothing thus giving these 85 inch wheelbase cars incredible power to weight ratios. I still have a huge soft spot in my heart for the Griffith’s especially the Series 200.
@akuzin138 ай бұрын
Thank you Robbert, great job as always!! I love TVRs and don't see much of them online.
@alenseven118 ай бұрын
Robbert, this is fantastic! Never stop filming. The sense of speed, fight, strugle is real, one can almost feel and smell it. 🔝👌
@Tom_Hadler8 ай бұрын
Looks like a real handful! Must be a very short wheelbase. Lots of muscle. The rear angle is best view. Lovely thing
@Spectrolite18 ай бұрын
TVR used to make incredible cars man
@jakkovaningen83508 ай бұрын
TVR, cool! Very nice mix of onboard, close range and long range. Wow! Thanks!
@armcchargues86237 ай бұрын
Nothing like V8 torque on a damp, cold road! Instant pucker factor.
@VelkePivo7 ай бұрын
What a beautiful little car
@2loudspeakers7 ай бұрын
Pure savage!!! What a car! What a driver!
@Locky12297 ай бұрын
This man seriously has some of the BEST audio i've ever heard on youtube for cars. How the hell don't you have at least 500k subs yet?
@Ralph27 ай бұрын
Tiny car, short wheelbase, hulking great V8, wet mountain pass, max attack...surprised you didn't do it blindfold just for a bit of excitement.😂
@snorrevonflake7 ай бұрын
Surprisingly quiet from the inside.
@stevenrance53207 ай бұрын
Considering the potential outcomes of an off, he’s not leaving much on the table. Nice work
@martintotev45088 ай бұрын
what a beautiful video and car! beautifully shot thank you for this!
@guifrakss8 ай бұрын
Such a cool little car
@porkyswelding8 ай бұрын
that thing is twitchy as hell, i would have died, good driver
@GBURGE556 ай бұрын
Seen these racing in historic races at brands hatch. One of the most exciting cars too watch. I am biased though as I have a (low powered) more modern TVR myself.
@The-Enthusiast478 ай бұрын
Yet again great video! And sound is incredible!
@memberman6 ай бұрын
What an experience thanks for sharing!
@buddysorge58408 ай бұрын
I saw an old Griffith 400 race in a classic car race a while back with a bunch of AC cobras and jaguars and that small car really surprised me. Talk about a quick little car
@V5Goth8 ай бұрын
An amazing video, thank you so much for bringing us❤
@Casey_J968 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Looked like the driver was fighting for his life at points lol
@GBURGE557 ай бұрын
He probably was! It's a TVR after all. They try killing you at every opportunity!
@williamgreen14897 ай бұрын
I've always heard these cars didn't handle well. From this video I see that is not the case. I'm sure there are some mods, but I heard mostly the wheelbase made them ill handling. Even when the driver pushed it and things got a little out of control, he was able to bring it back in quite effectively. Great car and great driver!
@gairnmclennan58767 ай бұрын
I think people drive them and get a fright if they are not accustomed to a race car. Even the road cars have race chassis and coil over. When the 4 wheels are not correctly aligned or the tires are hard with age. With a super low center of gravity and weighing in at 2200 lbs balanced 50/50 makes for a swift and stable cornering machine! Also many tvr are running way way to high tire pressure. This takes a lot of traction away. Chimaera owners manual says 22psi front, 24psi rear.
@ruud24k7 ай бұрын
TVR's are notourious for being difficult to handle. They are quite fast though when driven right (based on my internet experience from other people driving TVRs ;p)
@aaa84gt8 ай бұрын
Only TVR can make something so tiny so masculine and raw haha
@marcusoutdoors49997 ай бұрын
What a fabulous beast
@requiem78918 ай бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@commandergeokam28688 ай бұрын
we need more !!!!!
@Ride2Xplore8 ай бұрын
I'm in awe!
@Chizzburger428 ай бұрын
Absolutely mindblowing video as always! Best discovery of 2023🔥🔥 PS: Do you use a mounted cam for the onboard shots?
@noddyR4007 ай бұрын
What a beautiful car and a great driver 👍
@TBIRD06258 ай бұрын
I'd love to see you film some rotary action, always one of my favourite sounds
@deepthought30047 ай бұрын
To mutch to handele for a scary pilot..... Precious brand with a kind of history. thx
@rych78528 ай бұрын
Thats a lot of opposite lock! 😂😂 Great video!
@fabiol.13038 ай бұрын
Great car, great video... Thanks as always
@mikestevens55123 ай бұрын
Griffiths were sold into US market only As Jack Griffith ordered the bodies and had Ford 289s installed. They were left hand drive cars only.
@BGSGBF8 ай бұрын
Bravo!
@Somethingabout2wheels8 ай бұрын
Great video yet again. This does highlight just how badly TVRs handled!!
@jortepap8 ай бұрын
these are soo cool. I would pick this over a GT40.
@manofweed17 ай бұрын
Seems more fun than all those million pound 'supercars'.
@Tubesmaney7 ай бұрын
Love the TVR Griffith! A lottery cars for sure!
@andreassimon33817 ай бұрын
what a beast ❤
@AVM-Music7 ай бұрын
Swb, lightweight, V8 powered slippery bastard I miss that company
@zdzislaw19317 ай бұрын
thank you😊
@stefan-stocksmadesimple52418 ай бұрын
Will a full version be uploaded?
@Stihl11065 ай бұрын
DAMN! Yes this was the unexpected Hillclimb as the Police closed the road on my Motocycle Tour thru the Alps, funny to see this now 😂
@michaelgibson47057 ай бұрын
We often see one of these at Goodwood I think Mike Jordan was driving last time out always gives a good account of itself.A SWB little brute 😆
@ianashton15937 ай бұрын
Great car !
@davidpavlich89397 ай бұрын
Good stuff!! I owned a '74 TVR, but it was nothing like this machine. TR6 drive train, but it was a hoot to drive.
@andrewbarraclough18118 ай бұрын
289 ford👍👍
@andretorben99957 ай бұрын
I like the series 1 Cortina tail lights.
@LonelyHearts.Co248 ай бұрын
Reaction time....fast💪🏻😳
@YoShImUrA538 ай бұрын
Great video, as always, Robbert! That TVR could really use with a bigger, rounder steering wheel. Definitely not the best choice for properly handling it in anger.
@randycarroll75668 ай бұрын
B cool to watch it race down the mountain
@markeyhendrix6 ай бұрын
Thats a handful
@alexandermathar77804 ай бұрын
Ein TVR Griffith 400 von 1968 ist eine so gut wie unfahrbare Knallcharge !
@andreasmirow39137 ай бұрын
Tipp for Filip Larson: modify the steering wheel much nearer to your body. After you have more power in your arms to let the hands at 02:45 o‘clock😊. Regards from a long time racing driver
@markbowden72387 ай бұрын
despite he's having no issues controlling the car using the straight arm technique.
@Little_Alesi8 ай бұрын
Es empfiehlt sich, das zufällige und stete Wechseln der Handposition am Lenkrad , um ein Maximum an Verwirrung für das Gehirn zu stiften, in welche Richtung die Vorderräder stehen. Was da an Zeit liegen bleibt...tolles Auto übrigens.
@KarelBeelaertsvanBlokland8 ай бұрын
V8 beast is a handful in the wet - it needs a 4x4 drivetrain
@DMSparky8 ай бұрын
Dam I wish I was Swiss.
@Aidan08028 ай бұрын
I have that same omp steering wheel for my 91 civic si😂
@needa91647 ай бұрын
Beautiful! But I think that car is trying to kill the driver.
@e36s50b308 ай бұрын
The video is amazing as always, the driver though, well, not so much.
@Unfunny_Username_3897 ай бұрын
dem cortina lenses tho
@Kurt_Kaptan8 ай бұрын
GRİFFFİİİİİİTTTTTTTHH
@sherrin1308 ай бұрын
As much as I enjoy those Avons on my E-Type , no thanks in cold wet conditions.
@longwhitecloud665519 күн бұрын
Looks so odd with those Consul taillights.
@bobcuriston54027 ай бұрын
The radical steering inputs tell me this was too much power for this driver.
@bigears40147 ай бұрын
Driving it like a child
@RacerX-1248 ай бұрын
Rover V8?
@grahambell42988 ай бұрын
Small block Ford V8. The Rover engine was used in later generations.
@RacerX-1248 ай бұрын
@@grahambell4298 it sounds good 👍
@user-ob3ky5hh6v7 ай бұрын
Parece un karting.
@ericbrammer22457 ай бұрын
And, yet, 'oversteer' drivers think that a Saab 99-Turbo was a Fist-full to Handle?! Yikes! ;this thing wants to Go SIDEWAYS with just a Hint of 'Gas-On'! Way twitchy as compared with my old Toyota Corolla GTS RWD-Posi from '85, or even my Saab 9-3 Turbo (which had Wicked 'Torque-steer' that the 900/99/97/96/95 Old Saabs did not have)! Watch that Steering wheel. It's directly connected to the right foot's Input!! 'Donut King', with Bald Hoosiers?? Me-thinks so!
@mo49537 ай бұрын
LANCIA
@GBURGE557 ай бұрын
What! Not even close to a Lancia. Lancia's are lithe Italian beauties, this is a British brute!
@mo49537 ай бұрын
LANCIA @@GBURGE55
@robertswan41094 ай бұрын
Yikes!
@mrstandfast22127 ай бұрын
01:43 - when a part of it fell off. Sadly, that's about right for a TVR.
@stevep97397 ай бұрын
Watching this a 1600m would have got up there quicker,less time fighting the damn thing.
@iAmCodeMonkey7 ай бұрын
EV's got NOTHING on this!
@ArchAangel217 ай бұрын
do you want some unsolicited driving advice? Yeah you do Ultimate speed secrets by ross Bentley
@KuostA8 ай бұрын
wow, a professional race driver driving THAT, but STILL driving with very improper technique, SHUFFLING HANDS on the wheel as such, especially at THOSE speeds and corners smfhhhhh
@iAmCodeMonkey7 ай бұрын
Here's an idea: Why don't YOU do better. Go on. Show us your driving skills. We are all waiting.
@mmmddd43667 ай бұрын
How about a hill climb event where you actually have to stick to your lane and your car has to be road legal? Mimicking real life.