19th Apr, 2012 16:00

Imperial War Museum Duxford

 
  Lot 17
 

2005 TVR Sagaris

Sold for £41,625

(including buyers premium)


Lot details
Registration No: L100TVR
Chassis No: SDLSA16A25B001174
Mot Expiry: July 2012

Designed by Graham Browne and Lee Hodgetts, the prototype Sagaris (the Greek name for a lightweight battle-axe) was unveiled at the MPH Show of 2003. The pre-production version then starred at the 2004 Birmingham Motorshow, yet it was not until 2005 that it finally became available to the expectant TVR enthusiasts. Conceived as a motorsport version of the T350 C, this was a racing car for the road; a Le Mans contender for the highways and byways. Below the bonnet of the 'Blackpool Beast' lurked TVR's 3996cc straight-six engine already known from the Tuscan S. This delivered some 380bhp and 349lbft of torque - sufficient output to fire the slippery two-seater to 60mph in just 3.7 seconds and on to a terminal speed of 185mph or more. Suspension was the traditional racing fare of double wishbones and coil springs at each corner and braking by sizeable ventilated discs all round - four-pot at the front and single pot at the rear. Steering was by power-assisted rack and pinion and the performance was delivered to the tarmac by 18-inch wheels shod with suitably meaty 255/35 section tyres.

This is one mean-looking machine, its Black Chameleon hued bodywork teamed with dark-coloured alloys and a Black leather interior. It was purchased in September 2005 from marque specialist Christopher Neil for the not inconsiderable sum of £55,425 and is being sold complete with the appropriate number plate - 'L100 TVR'. The vendor classes the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, six-cylinder engine and five-speed manual gearbox as all being in "very good" order. The odometer currently reads an unwarranted 25,894 miles and the current MOT is valid into July. An increasingly rare opportunity to purchase one of the great street fighters of the last decade, and what is generally agreed to be the best TVR model ever produced.
 

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Auction: Imperial War Museum Duxford, 19th Apr, 2012

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