I own a Speed 8??!

[shadowninja]

Damn insurance companies! Whenever my reg plate does actually match their database (M reg...) it doesn't come up as Chimaera but Speed 8! Anyone know why? What is a Speed 8??? I thought it was a Griffith look-a-like?

[plotloss]

I always thought the Speed 8 was another name for the AJP8??

Matt.

[simont]

Sounds like a version of the Aero 8 but far lest ugly and much quicker!

[jvaughan]

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I always thought the Speed 8 was another name for the AJP8??

Matt.

Nope, speed 8 was the name given to the 400SE / hybrid that was never produced .... it was really a rounded 400 with griff style exhaust pipes and rear style.

[plotloss]

Having just checked, it is indeed also another name for the AJP8, its on the TVR website.

Would love to see pics of this rounded wedge though.

Matt.

[Terminator]

You mean this one?

[plotloss]

I like that!

Though it is slight reminiscent of the BMW Z1 - bet it was produced first though.

Matt.

[Terminator]

The one-off prototype was produced in 1989. It must have got very close to going into production because I remember being at the factory in 1994 and they were clearing out a storeroom. In it were at least 10 boxes, each with 1000 Speed Eight brochures. I took half a dozen, the rest got chucked in the skip, along with the car. Those brochures fetch £10 each on eBay today! If only...

[geemax]

My Black Cerbera 4.2 has Speed Eight Badges on it.
Christof was the first owner so I presume he was the culprit. - What's the history of these badges Christof?

[HarryW]

I've always liked the look of the speed 8 wedge, to me it looks a bit like a Daytona from the front three quarter view, or is that just my poor eye sight .

Interestingly enough when I was confirming what engine I had fitted in mine, as a 'customer spec'd special', Dom at TVR power refered to it as speed 8 spec engine, I wonder if the HC cam/engine was developed for that car but never made it into production .

Anyone out there know the full story, who may have been involve in TVR at the time (cue claire/gaffer, it's not a quality question but more of a historic one that someone may know the answer to ).

Harry

[zertec]

The interior of the Speed 8 evolved into the Griffith interior.

[jvaughan]

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The interior of the Speed 8 evolved into the Griffith interior.

Its a pity the origional speed6 didnt evolve ... instead they gave us that tuscan thing !

[jvaughan]

quote:
The one-off prototype was produced in 1989. It must have got very close to going into production because I remember being at the factory in 1994 and they were clearing out a storeroom. In it were at least 10 boxes, each with 1000 Speed Eight brochures. I took half a dozen, the rest got chucked in the skip, along with the car. Those brochures fetch £10 each on eBay today! If only...

£10 ... is that all ?? Idd love to get my hands on one of those Brochures

[SMB]

Insurance company databases seem to register Griffith/Chimearas as Speed 8's, I've even had one suggest to me I didn't know my own car, and that the quoted web price was not valid as the car was a convertible and the speed 8 was a coupe! They then tried to increase the premium!

[P7ULG]

Always thought Speed 8 was a little used title for the cerbera to align it with the Speed 6.