TVR Model History

United Kingdom · founded 1947

Blackpool's hand-built British sports-car maker (from 1947) — fibreglass-bodied, tubular-chassis, raw and fast, from the Grantura to the Sagaris; revived in 2013.

Models

Grantura

TVR's first true production car — a hand-built fibreglass coupe on a tubular chassis, sold with a choice of engines.

Sports car · 1958–1967
M-Series

TVR's 1970s coupe-and-roadster family (1600M/2500M/3000M, Taimar, 3000S) that carried the marque through the Martin Lilley era.

Sports car · 1972–1979
Tasmin (Wedge)

TVR's angular 'wedge' generation — Ford V6 then Rover V8 power — that opened the Peter Wheeler era.

Sports car · 1980–1991
S Series

The affordable, curvy roadster that revived TVR's fortunes in the late 1980s — Ford V6, then the Rover-V8 V8S.

Sports car · 1987–1994
Griffith

The 1990s Rover-V8 roadster that revived TVR's reputation — a light, brutal, body-coloured-bumperless drop-top.

Sports car · 1991–2002
Chimaera

The Griffith's softer, roomier touring sister — and TVR's best-selling model of the 1990s.

Sports car · 1992–2003
Cerbera

TVR's first hard-top and first 2+2 — and the first car powered by TVR's own engines, the Speed Six and AJP V8.

Sports car · 1996–2006
Tuscan

The Speed Six-powered Tuscan — TVR's striking targa/convertible of the 2000s, and a film star in Swordfish.

Sports car · 1999–2006
Tamora

TVR's entry-level Speed Six convertible of the early 2000s — the basis for the T350 and Sagaris.

Sports car · 2002–2006
T350

A compact Speed Six coupe/targa derived from the Tamora — a stepping stone to the Sagaris.

Sports car · 2002–2006
Sagaris

TVR's wild, vent-covered swan song — a 400 bhp Speed Six coupe Jeremy Clarkson called the best TVR ever made.

Sports car · 2005–2006
Griffith (2017)

The revived TVR — a Gordon Murray-engineered, Cosworth-V8 Griffith unveiled in 2017 as the marque's comeback car.

Sports car · 2017–present

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