The TVR Tuscan Speed Six is a 2-door targa top / 2-door convertible (car) / convertible from TVR, built from 1999 to 2006, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: 3605 cc TVR Speed Six engine. 1999 MK1 Tuscan: Damian McTaggart (exterior) / Paul Daintree (interior) / 2004 Tuscan MK2: Grahame Browne (Exterior) Martin Smith (Interior) drew it.
The background
The TVR Tuscan Speed Six is a sports car which was manufactured by British company TVR from 1999 to 2006. The name pays homage to the original Tuscan which was introduced in 1967.
The engineering
Power comes from 3605 cc TVR Speed Six engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1100 kg. It shifts through a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2336 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Blackpool, England, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Toyota Yaris, the BMW X5, the SEAT León — show what else the money bought that year. Its TVR stablemates include the TVR 3000S and the TVR 350SE.
TVR Tuscan