TVR 420SE

TVR
TVR 420SE
420SE
Sales designation:	420SE
Production period:	1986-1988
Class :	Sports car
Body versions :	Roadster
Engines:	Otto engine : 4.2 liters (202 kW)
Length:	4013 mm
Width:	1728 mm
Height:	1205 mm
Wheelbase :	2387 mm
Empty weight :	953 kg
successor	TVR 450SE

The TVR 420SE is an open sports car that was built by TVR in Blackpool ( England ) from 1986 to 1988 . It belongs to the family of the TVR wedges and an uprated version of TVR 390SE , which in turn on its timely volume model 350i is based.

History of origin

1979 TVR introduced as the successor to the successful M-series , the Wedge , a family which (English its unofficial model designation of the wedge shape of their body Wedge ) derived. The only model was initially the Tasmin 280i with a 2.8 liter six-cylinder V-engine from Ford (Cologne). It replaced the previous 3000M . In search of more powerful variants, TVR began under the direction of Martin Lilley to develop a turbo version of the Tasmin 280i, which Lilley's successor Peter Wheeler, however, gave up before series production began. Instead, the TVR 350i with an eight-cylinder Rover engine was built above the Tasmin / 280i . With an output of 147 kW (200 hp), the 350i in the roadster version reached a top speed of 219 km / h and accelerated from 0 to 97 km / h (60 mph) in 6.6 seconds. On this basis, TVR developed the more powerful 390SE, which was the first in a series of highly developed special versions of so-called Big Bad Wedges (big bad ways ). In 1986 the 420SE appeared, an even more powerful version of the 390SE and at that time the company's top model. Only a few 420SE were built.

When TVR stopped production of the 390SE in 1988, production of the 420SE also ended. The 390SE was replaced by the 400SE, and the role of the 420SE was now taken by the 450SE.

Model description

The TVR 420SE combines the standard body of the 390SE with the enlarged engine of the TVR 420SEAC to 4228 cm³ . The larger displacement resulted from a longer stroke of 77 instead of 71.1 mm; the bore was like the engine of the 390SE 93.5 mm. The engine developed 221 kW (300 hp). Outwardly, the 420SE corresponds to the 390SE; The particularly light plastic components of the 420SAEC have not been used here.

production

The 420SE was limited in availability. The factory believed the car was a "beast" and only gave it to customers who were expected to master the car.

The scope of production has not been fully clarified. The factory produced “at least three, probably five or six, but certainly not more than ten” copies of the 420 SE. In addition, numerous owners of a 350i or 390SE had their cars retrofitted with the 4.2-liter engine of the 420 SEAC by independent companies. How many cases this affected is unclear. However, these conversions are not considered a true 420SE.

literature

• Alastair Clements: Blackpool Peers. In: Classic & Sports Car. Issue, history of the TVR brand in 1/2007.
• David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
• Ralph Dodds: TVR. Cars Of The Peter Wheeler Era. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2015, ISBN 978-1-84797-997-1 .
• John Tipler: TVR. Sutton Publishing, Strout 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1766-0 .
• Matthew Vale: TVR 1946-1982. The Trevor Wilkinson and Martin Lilley Years. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2017, ISBN 978-1-78500-351-6 .
• Oliver Winterbottom: A Life in Car Design: Jaguar, Lotus, TVR. Veloce Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-1-78711-035-9 .

Web links

Commons : TVR Wedges  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralph Dodds: TVR. Cars Of The Peter Wheeler Era. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2015, ISBN 978-1-84797-997-1 , p. 28.
2. ↑ Steve Heath: The TVR Wedges. Steve Heath Publications, Milton Keynes 1999, p. 8.
3. ↑ Ralph Dodds: TVR. Cars Of The Peter Wheeler Era. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2015, ISBN 978-1-84797-997-1 , p. 48.
4. ^ John Tipler: TVR. Sutton Publishing, Strout 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1766-0 , p. 96.