TVR Typhon | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | TVR |
Production | 2000–2006 3 produced |
Designer | Graham Browne |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Sports Car |
Body style | 2-door coupe |
Layout | FR layout |
Related | TVR T400R |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 4.0 L or 4.2 L TVR Speed Six I6 |
Transmission | 5 speed manual 6 speed sequential |
The TVR Typhon is a sports car produced by the British company TVR in their factory in Blackpool between 2000 and 2006. It is the fastest production TVR ever built. (The earlier TVR Cerbera Speed 12 was never put into production.), which only three were ever built. All are currently[when?] in England.
In the late 1990s, Peter Wheeler began the project that would fulfil his ambition to see TVRs at Le Mans. An entirely new car was going to be needed. It would need to be built using modern composites,[1] be more rigid than any previous TVR and designed for 200 mph (322 km/h) on the Mulsanne Straight, to be stable and above all, to win.
And so began what started labelled as the TuscanR (TVR T400R) and finally resulted in the 200 MPH+ Typhon the fastest and most expensive production car in TVR's history.