strange who you meet in the local shop....

[MaLicE]

last night i went down and had a glance in the window of a local car showroom now this place just sells specialist really really nice cars....

cars they recently sold...

lambo espada
rari daytona coupe
rari f40
shelby mustangs etc....

now last night i s**t my pants lol when i looked in i saw a 360 challenge, lambo gallardo... rally prepped lotus cortina....

then sat wayyyy in the back i see this huuuge wing but cant see much else.... i move around and i see....










yes that is the road legal speed 12!!!

ne way back to the shop tonight, bumped in to the owner of the place... i was like so can i come take some photo's he said yeh i can pick the cars i like and he will take me out in them and let me take pics... ohhhh yeh speed 12 ride PLEASE

 

[Paul.M]

awesome/ lucky
lucky we dont have any "specialist" shops like that round here

 

[Jay_clio]

Holy s**t, looks at the size of that, now thats what you call a beasssst

How much was it ?

 

[theduck]

f**k me! Thats amazing

 

[Gumby]

Immense

 

[MaLicE]

this is what they got on their site about it...
Legends are proud to offer the iconic TVR Speed 12 'Road Car' for sale. With its awe-inspiring looks and astonishing performance, the Speed 12 is one of the most memorable hyper cars ever produced.

Four racecars were built, whilst the road car was always evolving in the background. There were supposed to be a number of road cars built to homologate the racecars and also to sell to the public however this never happened as the car was felt to be far too fast to sell to the general public and hence only one road car was ever built.

The car was used very sparingly by TVR as a major PR device (i.e. Goodwood Festival of Speed, etc.), then sold to the current owner in Sept 2003 who then spent 3 years further developing it with TVR. The last iteration of the engine used heads developed by Dallara, full carbon-fibre body work, a brand new latest-spec Hollinger sequential flat-shift gearbox and the whole rear end of the car was rebuilt using all titanium parts.

The car has been used about 5 times - The drive through London (where it made the 6 O'clock ITN National news) on the way to the Sony (Polyphony) Gran Turismo 4 launch (Sony based all of the visuals and sound of the car on this Speed 12), the test that was done by EVO magazine, the drive up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with Tiff Needal driving.

It is believed that there is one racecar that went directly from the factory to Japan but without an engine. The other three racecars were destroyed. That means there are two cars left, one racecar in Japan and the only road car, which is offered here.

Weight 950kg. An under stressed 820bhp and 650 ft lbs of torque. Twice the power to weight ratio of a Bugatti Veyron! British Beef at its best. Beautifully engineered and absolutely on the button. Please inquire for further details.

POA

 

[Ross16V]

yes. monster

*add forgets to mention that its in Naples Red!

 

[MaLicE]

yes. monster

*add forgets to mention that its in Naples Red!

its flip paint lol, but twice the power to weight of a veyron lol

 

[Beef-Mc]

Thats lush.

 

[Jay_clio]

price tag? over 1 million easy

 

[JamieITR]

^Not quite. Which chap did you speak to, M or D?

 

[Steviant]

Bet it breaks down more often than my clio!


Kewl

 

[Smiff89]

:star:i need some new underwear after looking at this!

 

[jesus]

Lucky b*****d!

 

[sideways danny]

fricking AWESOME

sex weeeeeeee

 

[McBunny]

the power is variable it has previously broken a dyno that was rated upto 1000bhp

 

[Hayley]

Did you say you needed an 'assistant'

 

[couzens]

speed twelve is one of my fav cars

 

[Ali]

Awesome.

 

[R20 CWH]

been up for sale for ages, but wasnt there like only 3 of these buses?

 

[Merk]

been up for sale for ages, but wasnt there like only 3 of these buses?

"It is believed that there is one racecar that went directly from the factory to Japan but without an engine. The other three racecars were destroyed. That means there are two cars left, one racecar in Japan and the only road car, which is offered here"


That's unbelievable looking that.

 

[MCC-182]

Great, just spilt my coffee!

 

[Englebert]

Amazing. Scared of it just by looking at it lol.

 

[cat171]

Awesome !

There are a few specialist car garages in Chadwell Heath, essex of all places.

They used to have some of the rarest cars available. He once had in three jag xjr15's A couple of xj220's, bmw m1 ferrai p4 Plus your usual high end mercs etc.
Had a renault spider once too & three brand new un registered silver mk1 vees (they wrere 23k each, that was when they first came out)

Not been there for a bit, dunno what they deal in now, I do know that one moved premises though:dapprove:

 

[n2x]

Awesome tvr, but clio would leave it in the twisties.

 

[Clart]

Isn't it owned by Ollie off here?

 

[couzens]

i saw this at the internation motor show in london in 06 iirc

 

[mace¬]

what kind of price do people think this thing will change hands for?

I can't imagine much more than a couple of 100K?? Its more of a prototype than anything else isn't it? and the race history of the things is only 1 or 2 seasons?

Could be completly wrong but thats what I thought.

 

[Christopher]

Awesome.

It looks terrifying, stood still!

 

[Andy.]

I remember reading an interview with a guy who worked for TVR/ owned this. He said that driving through traffic meant leaving the door open as it got so hot inside from the engine.

Would love to have a ride in one though!

 

[Leeshez]

Very nice

 

[Iridium]

Last time it was up for auction it didn't make it's £115k reserve.

Dan

 

[john.med]

I took a tour of the Trevor factory in 1998, they had a few of the race speed 12s knocking round, they are incredible close up.

 

[bendee]

im sure i read about this and you have to warm the oil up for 15 mins before starting it? might be wrong as it was a while back but a insane car.

 

[Ian_182]

Awsome piece of kit

 

[riz]

looks pants from the rear looks too fussy

 

[Waitey]

im sure i read about this and you have to warm the oil up for 15 mins before starting it? might be wrong as it was a while back but a insane car.

Yep its got an oil heater you plug into a wall socket!

 

[Blinkin182]

Wow, great I bet you're buzzing about getting near that! Incredible car. I thought they were like an urban legend kind of thing that never actually existed ha! I'm sure there was a thread about having sex with cars, even I'd be tempted to help warm the oil in that