Evo Sports car group test (Tamora)
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No prizes for guessing what won.
They said the Tamora and Boxster were the real sports cars though.
IMO The test didn't go into much detail about which car was fastest/handled best etc really. Perhaps it was because they had too many cars to write about in the space alloted.
Another cracking edition of EVO overall though! EVO still outshines all the other magazines for real petrolheads.
They said the Tamora and Boxster were the real sports cars though.
IMO The test didn't go into much detail about which car was fastest/handled best etc really. Perhaps it was because they had too many cars to write about in the space alloted.
Another cracking edition of EVO overall though! EVO still outshines all the other magazines for real petrolheads.
The article said the Boxster S and the Tamora where closely matched, Saying "the Boxster was stuck to the Tamoras rear bumper", I can't see that myself, unless the road was really bumpy. The Tamora creams just about everything on the road and leaves cars like the Subaru WRX, Boxster S rapidly in its wake every time I've come across them; it’s not even a challenge
i see that one of the first things that they mentioned was the better seats which EVO usually slate good to see TVR listening and bringing new things out, at the end of the write up they said they so wanted to give the tam the win but in the end the boxster is the more total car, looks lovely in the black with the 16's on
Thing is, TVRs take time to learn and get the confidence to drive as quickly as I suspect you could round bends in a Boxster. Journos never get a chance to do this. Might be interesting if EVO had a Tamora/T350 long termer ... we'd get a more balanced story then. Mind you, the EVO steerers are not your average numpty - most are pretty seasoned test drivers/used to Caterhams/whatever.
Start looking at the track times journos are posting in TVRs and the truth comes out.
Many journalists have driven loads of Boxsters in the past 6 or so years it's been available - I bet they're very used to wringing them hard on a country road compared to a TVR.
Start looking at the track times journos are posting in TVRs and the truth comes out.
Many journalists have driven loads of Boxsters in the past 6 or so years it's been available - I bet they're very used to wringing them hard on a country road compared to a TVR.
How long did they have it for!!! 1700 miles...I stand corrected (just checked the mileometer!) They had it for about ten days if I recall correctly!
It went from the motorshow back to the factory. We then registered it and once Evo had done their road-test, it came back to us!
I haven't managed to grab hold of a copy of the magazine yet. As far as I was aware they didn't change the wheels. I was under the impression that they were sticking with the 18" wheels but, for pricing purposes in the magazine, were going to report the list price (with the 16" wheels) of £36,500 as the entry level....ie to keep it as competitive as possible to SLK and Z4.
Can you tell in the article whether they did swop them to 16" wheels...I'd better nip out and check the wear on our tyres!
>> Edited by Stuart Davidson on Tuesday 6th July 09:23
It went from the motorshow back to the factory. We then registered it and once Evo had done their road-test, it came back to us!
I haven't managed to grab hold of a copy of the magazine yet. As far as I was aware they didn't change the wheels. I was under the impression that they were sticking with the 18" wheels but, for pricing purposes in the magazine, were going to report the list price (with the 16" wheels) of £36,500 as the entry level....ie to keep it as competitive as possible to SLK and Z4.
Can you tell in the article whether they did swop them to 16" wheels...I'd better nip out and check the wear on our tyres!
>> Edited by Stuart Davidson on Tuesday 6th July 09:23
cacatous said:
The Porsche was probably faster through the bends as the TVR doesn't have TC and it is probably more fluid through bumpy bends.
Also you don't have to sit there for 10 bloody minutes waiting for it to warm up!
From the track reports I've read (Autocar & Evo) the usual complaint against TVR's is the trickiness of managing oversteer with the very direct steering, and also the back ends being a bit soft.
Warming up?!? Well since this is normal in the world of motorbikes, it must be a sign of an engine with a good power/capacity ratio
RichardD said:
The Porsche was probably faster through the bends as the TVR doesn't have TC and it is probably more fluid through bumpy bends.
Also you don't have to sit there for 10 bloody minutes waiting for it to warm up!
From the track reports I've read (Autocar & Evo) the usual complaint against TVR's is the trickiness of managing oversteer with the very direct steering, and also the back ends being a bit soft.
Warming up?!? Well since this is normal in the world of motorbikes, it must be a sign of an engine with a good power/capacity ratio
Really? Interesting! I bet those Mercedes AMG 6litre Twin Turbos must be a pain in the morning!
Oh yes, it's also not a drama to open/close the roof!
Er that's it! And before you ask, I would own a TVR over a Porsche any day!
cacatous said:
From the track reports I've read (Autocar & Evo) the usual complaint against TVR's is the trickiness of managing oversteer with the very direct steering, and also the back ends being a bit soft.
Warming up?!? Well since this is normal in the world of motorbikes, it must be a sign of an engine with a good power/capacity ratio
Really? Interesting! I bet those Mercedes AMG 6litre Twin Turbos must be a pain in the morning!
Oh yes, it's also not a drama to open/close the roof!
Er that's it! And before you ask, I would own a TVR over a Porsche any day!
Oops, I should have been more specific by saying engines :- high revving / tuned / normally aspirated really. Warming up is a sign of race technology rather than everyday yawnmobile-ness.
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