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Good news, if you"re one of the 300 who have already put a deposit down for one of the reborn TVR sports cars due on sale in 2017. Today, TVR has announced its comeback kid will be based around a carbon fibre chassis, and be built using Gordon Murray"s super-efficient iStream" manufacturing process, which is supposed to make building carbon cars quicker and greener.The new TVR - seen in the render above posted on the company"s website - will be based around a carbon tub as per an Alfa 4C or McLaren, and will be mated to a carbon bodyshell. So, it ought to be light, and strong. The shell"s design also incorporates ground-effect aerodynamics anyone familiar with Gordon Murray"s work knows he"s obsessed with having one part do two jobs, so the finished product is lighter and less expensive. Stories of engineers on the McLaren F1 road car having to make presentations justifying the use of larger washers and redesigning panels to fit without brackets have become infamous for a reason.What TVR won"t be doing, however, is having a complete carbon-fibre range. The initial Launch Edition will sit on the carbon architecture, and once regular production settles down, TVR will use an aluminium tub and fibreglass panels, while still making use of iStream. The carbon chassis and panels will instead become a cost-option.TVR"s new boss Les Edgar is even insisting the carbon option won"t be ridiculously expensive, promising: "TVR will be offering customers a slice of motorsport and high-end supercar technology at a fraction of the price". Fighting talk, but something we"re wary of, since Alfa Romeo said much the same about the 4C, but then forgot to set up the steering, suspension and gearbox after it"d finished the lovely chassis tub.
Date written: 21 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1772
Good news, if you"re one of the 300 who have already put a deposit down for one of the reborn TVR sports cars due on sale in 2017. Today, TVR has announced its comeback kid will be based around a carbon fibre chassis, and be built using Gordon Murray"s super-efficient iStream" manufacturing process, which is supposed to make building carbon cars quicker and greener.The new TVR - seen in the render above posted on the company"s website - will be based around a carbon tub as per an Alfa 4C or McLaren, and will be mated to a carbon bodyshell. So, it ought to be light, and strong. The shell"s design also incorporates ground-effect aerodynamics anyone familiar with Gordon Murray"s work knows he"s obsessed with having one part do two jobs, so the finished product is lighter and less expensive. Stories of engineers on the McLaren F1 road car having to make presentations justifying the use of larger washers and redesigning panels to fit without brackets have become infamous for a reason.What TVR won"t be doing, however, is having a complete carbon-fibre range. The initial Launch Edition will sit on the carbon architecture, and once regular production settles down, TVR will use an aluminium tub and fibreglass panels, while still making use of iStream. The carbon chassis and panels will instead become a cost-option.TVR"s new boss Les Edgar is even insisting the carbon option won"t be ridiculously expensive, promising: "TVR will be offering customers a slice of motorsport and high-end supercar technology at a fraction of the price". Fighting talk, but something we"re wary of, since Alfa Romeo said much the same about the 4C, but then forgot to set up the steering, suspension and gearbox after it"d finished the lovely chassis tub.
Date written: 21 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1772
