TVR's fastest production car ever built had a production run of exactly three cars. The Typhon never left triple digits, let alone hundreds.
Lead trim: Typhon 4.0 Speed Six I6 (400 bhp) · up to 585 hp
TVR Engineering Ltd Typhon2000–2006
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FactTVR's fastest production car ever built had a production run of exactly three cars. The Typhon never left triple digits, let alone hundreds.
The TVR Typhon is the fastest and most expensive production TVR ever, built in Blackpool between 2000 and 2006 — only three were made — from Peter Wheeler's late-1990s ambition to race a TVR at Le Mans with a car designed for 200 mph on the Mulsanne Straight: a steel tubular frame with a full roll cage as the backbone of a full carbon-fibre monocoque, lighter, stiffer and larger than any earlier road TVR (designed by Graham Browne). It began as the TuscanR (TVR T400R), following the Tuscan racers; TVR built seven race cars and six or seven road cars between 2000 and 2004, and for FIA Le Mans rules the two homologation cars were rebranded in 2002 as the T400R (4.0-litre Speed Six, £71,995) and the T440R (4.2-litre, £74,995), named for their proposed outputs. The Typhon (launched at the 2003 MPH Show, first called the T550R) was to be a supercharged 4.0 T440 with larger brakes (322 mm front and 298 mm rear vented discs), sequential injection and the option of a six-speed sequential gearbox, and testing in 2004 showed over 600 bhp; but Peter Wheeler sold TVR before any customer Typhon could be delivered, and the two Reflex Charcoal Typhons finally sold had the naturally aspirated Tuscan S 4.0 engine. Priced at £84,995 at launch and £134,995 by 2005; the specification lists 400 bhp (4.0), 440 bhp (4.2) and 585 bhp with the supercharged 4.0 (467 lb·ft), 0–62 mph in under 4.0 seconds and about 200 mph (215 mph+ supercharged).
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T440R 4.2 Speed Six I6 (440 bhp) | 2002–2006 | 4.2 L Inline-6 | 440 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhon 4.0 Speed Six I6 (400 bhp) | 2000–2006 | 4.0 L Inline-6 | 400 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhon 4.0 Speed Six supercharged I6 (585 bhp; proposed) | 2003–2006 | 4.0 L Inline-6 | 585 hp | 467 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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