Two
versions of the car are available the T400R which has a 400
bhp 4 litre engine and the ultimate T440R. The engine of the
T440R is a derivative of TVR's own Speed Six engine but has
been extensively developed in order to produce a huge 440 bhp.
It is bigger than any other TVR six cylinder engine at 4.2 litres
and has a raft of high tech motorsport componentry. 60 mph is
attained in under 4 seconds but it is from there to its top
speed of 215 mph that the T440R really leaves the competition
standing. To cope with all that power, the car has not just
a new chassis, but a new type of chassis. Designed from the
ground up with the aid of sophisticated CAD/CAM software, the
rigidity of the steel chassis is added to significantly by the
race-type rollcage and the use of aluminium honeycomb and carbon
fiber for the floor. Also a first for a roadgoing TVR is
to have adjustable dampers whereby customers will be able to
finetune the suspension set up of their T440Rs for road or circuit
use. Brakes are powerful ventilated discs all round with four
piston callipers at the front with a high performance option
of even bigger discs and six piston callipers for even better
stopping ability.
You can count the number of road cars that have had all-carbonfibre
bodywork on the fingers of one hand? Mclaren
F1, Ferrari F40 and now
TVR T440R. More usually found in the aerospace or motorsport
industries, this material is expensive but is extraordinarily
light and strong.
Aerodynamics have played an increasingly significant role in
the design of TVRs over the last few years and the T400R and
T440R take this to the logical next level. A lot of attention
has been paid to drag and lift with the result that its coupe
shape owes most of its form to the demands of the aerodynamicists.
A phenomenally low drag co-efficient of 0.32 is the result of
all this attention to detail and its virtually flat floor, front
splitter and rear diffuser
work together to give it unparalleled high-speed stability.
Similar and related vehicles:
TVR Sagaris
TVR T350
TVR Tuscan 2 S
TVR Tamora
TVR Cerbera Speed Twelve
TVR Chimaera 5.0
TVR Griffith 500
TVR Cerbera Speed Six
TVR Cerbera 4.5
TVR S3C
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