Numbers first, because with the TVR Griffith they are the story: 4.0 , 240 hp (4.0 . TVR built from 1990 to 2002, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. John Ravenscroft drew it.
Where it came from
The TVR Griffith, later models being referred to as the Griffith 500, is a sports car designed and built by TVR, starting production in 1990, and ending production in 2002. As part of a 2017 attempt at reviving the TVR brand, a new generation Griffith was presented but never entered production.
Under the skin
Power comes from 4.0 240 hp (4.0  is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1060 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 226 horsepower — quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. It shifts through a 5-speed Rover LT77 Manual transmission / manual / 5-speed Borg-Warner T-5 transmission / Tremec T5 manual. The wheelbase is 2286 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the TVR Tamora / TVR Griffith (second generation); assembly was at Blackpool, England, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Dodge Viper, the Lexus LS, the Jaguar XJR-15 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the TVR catalogue sit the TVR 3000S and the TVR 350SE.
TVR Griffith 200 
TVR Griffith 400