Few cars look as dramatic as the new TVR Sagaris.
While motorsport is never far from TVR's designers
and engineers minds, the rigorous demands of the
endurance racing arena were the foremost priority
in the design of the Sagaris.
It has been designed to be the ultimate racing
car for the road. Now it is possible to know what
it feels like to drive a Le Mans car every day.
Every scoop, every cut out adds to the most extraordinary
dramatic lines on today's roads, this has to be
the most dramatic road racer.
The TVR Sagaris is based upon the well proven
T350 C and was initially conceived as the racing
variant of the T350 C. Originally it was to have
been called the T350 R but when the engine was
confirmed as being that of the mighty Tuscan
S the model designation would have logically become
T400 R. This would have then caused confusion with
the T400 R/T440 R. At this stage TVR decided to
revert back to model names and the TVR Sagaris
and TVR Typhon were born.
The Sagaris is propelled by the same 4 litre 400
bhp engine as the Tuscan
S. It is docile in town
where it can burble along at low speeds in high
gears. When you press your right foot into the
carpet you are pushed authoritatively back into
the seat, as the engine howls its way to a redline
close to 8000 rpm. Statistics can be dramatic:
0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds certainly is!
'Lightweight' is a much talked about concept by
car manufacturers but rarely achieved. Thanks to
its rigid tubular steel chassis and extremely light
composite bodywork, the Sagaris weighs in at just
over a tonne. With low drag and downforce producing
aerodynamic features at both the front and rear
of the car, the styling of the Sagaris works as
well as it looks. |
