the Tamora is thunderously fast and aggressively exciting, just like the best of British sports cars of the 1960s. The Tamora is still loud and assertive and is a seriously fast car. 175mph, 0-60mph in 4.4sec and 0-100 in 9.5. I can confirm only that it is stable and has power to spare at 120mph.
Those figures are closer to the Porsche 911 than the Boxster, which feels positively tame by comparison. Not that driving a TVR is anything like a Porsche. Its engine has the characteristics of a racing power unit: rough at its 700rpm tickover, it smoothes out with more speed, producing a rousing bark all the way to its 7,800rpm limit. in full-on acceleration it’s a blast. The revs climb so quickly that it is provided with a series of dashboard lights o indicate optimum change-up points for the five-speed gearbox.
TVR made its own engines — a considerable achievement for a company that produced only 1,200 cars a year In fact TVR made more of its components than Ford does of a Focus. This shows inside the car where, amid the sweeping curves that have become a TVR trademark, there are specially made switches and instruments. The column stalks and controls for the lights and heater are machined in aluminium. A race-car-style screen below the dials displays all sorts of information at the flick of a switch.
the needles of the speedometer and rev counter swing in opposite directions; the doors are opened by buttons on the fascia, with no handles or locks.
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TVRs are extremely potent and the Tamora, although technically the bottom of the range, is no exception. In fact its well-sorted dynamics matched to traditional TVR virtue of Ferrari-whopping straight-line thrust make it one of the more useable. Visually Tamora is a less easily pleasing design, but it's still interesting, masculine and sporty, so it's still typical of the breed.
