Start with what the TVR Tamora is: a 2-door roadster with 3.6 , built from 2002 to 2006, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Lee Hodgetts, Darren Hobbs (exterior) / Damien McTaggart (interior).
Where it came from
The TVR Tamora is a 2-seater sports car built from 2002 by British company TVR, filling the gap left by the company's Chimaera and Griffith models.
Introduced at the 2000 Birmingham Motor Show, the car is named after Tamora, a character in William Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus and served as an entry-level model in the TVR range. Peter Wheeler was no longer directly responsible for design and the car was designed by a team led by Damian McTaggart (also responsible for the interior), but Wheeler still had final approval.
Under the skin
The engine is 3.6 . On the scales it comes to 1050 kg. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual. The wheelbase is 2361 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the TVR line-up the TVR Tamora has a clear place: it replaced the TVR Chimaera / TVR Griffith#First generation (1990–2002) / TVR Griffith (First Generation); the factory was Blackpool, England, United Kingdom. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Honda Accord, the Volvo XC90, the Mazda Mazda6. Nearby in the TVR catalogue sit the TVR 3000S and the TVR 350SE.