TVR does not build many cars like the TVR Chimaera: a 2-door roadster with 4.0 L Rover Group, built from 1992 to 2003 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Its designer of record is John Ravenscroft.
The story
The TVR Chimaera is a two-seater sports car manufactured by TVR between 1992 and 2003. The name was derived from Chimera, the monstrous creature of Greek mythology, which was made of the parts of multiple animals.
First shown at the 1992 Earl's Court Motor Show, the Chimaera is an open-top roadster and uses the same backbone chassis and Rover V8 engine derivatives as the TVR Griffith. The car was intended to be the long distance tourer of the range and as such was longer, more spacious and had slightly softer suspension than its sister car.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 4.0 L Rover Group; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1060 kg. The gearbox is a 5-speed Rover LT77 Manual transmission / manual / 5-speed BorgWarner T-5 transmission / BorgWarner T5 manual (500). The wheelbase is 2286 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in TVR's history is not in doubt: the TVR Tamora followed it; it was built at Blackpool, England. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the GM (General Motors) Hummer H1, the Renault Twingo. Nearby in the TVR catalogue sit the TVR 3000S and the TVR 350SE.