PURE EVIL - Or Misunderstood Masterpiece? The TVR Cerbera Speed Six Review

TVRs are pretty wild cars at the best of times - but few are madder than the outrageous Cerbera. Styled like a hot rod, with an interior from space - and TVR's own fire breathing engines - this is a recipe for insanity on wheels. But is it really as evil as it looks?
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[@almelling6699]

The Clarson car was the first 4.5AJP V8. The engine was designed as a 4.2 and was offer as a 4.5 for Tuscan racing. The 4.5 was standard in the production.4.5models. The 4.2 produced 340bhp with 350ftlbs torque the 4,5 380bhp with 370ftlbs. The Speed 6 was 310bhp. The V8s where always the most powerful but 2vpcyl wasnt fashionable. Yes you guessed i am the A in AJP.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Al would you be interested in doing a video about your time working with TVR?

[@almelling6699]

@@JayEmmOnCars hi sorry i couldnt do a video, but if you are interested i could send you my draft of my Biography its not in print yet but its ok, let me know.

[@tfwnoyandere]

iconic commenr

[@neverenoughgames72]

​@@almelling6699 Wow you're part of car history. Very cool Sir.

[@samgamgee99]

@Al Melling very cool indeed!

[@VoloKinProject]

You are intentionally reviewing all the cool cars from Gran Tursimo 2. I love it!

[@lrodger2486]

What a wonderful way to describe a TVR “it’s a sensible murderer”

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

The loud exhaust is just to let people know that an accident is approaching

[@DjDolHaus86]

I think it was Clarkson that said owning a TVR is like having a pet bear. It's very impressive to look at and can even be quite friendly but deep down you know that one day you're going to overstep the mark it's going to kill you.

[@Sunnyislive25498]

True

[@Lucerd127]

Driving carefully is the smartest thing while driving a TVR. They're too difficult to handle.

[@keithrjoseph9528]

Drive a TVR and you're guaranteed to get to heaven because hell can't deal with that level of evil. It is a beast of a car that will terminally punish bad and average drivers but in the hands of someone who treats it will respect can demolish pretty much any Italian or German sports car on the market.

[@hazy33]

But five minutes later that Italian or German sports car would pass the TVR broken down by the side of the road.

[@610Mungral]

hazy33 except that isn’t true. Mine has never let me down, nor did my previous TVR.

[@Iridiumcosmos]

hazy33 Lol. Those TVRs will last longer than any American, German, or Italian cars. The engines were made of legit steel and the cars were held together with adhesive stronger than steel.

[@SpitfireFortyFour]

@@falcoleone6822 He's completely correct. Clarkson arranged a supercar showdown in the '90s. Ferrari actually refused to supply a 355 to compete after they heard the TVR was competing. The 911 Turbo of the time (which had already beaten the Diablo and 355) got obliterated by the TVR. At the time the Cerbera was an absolute weapon.

[@SpitfireFortyFour]

@@falcoleone6822 I'll gladly compare it. It's a beautiful, hand built car with a rich history and it's less likley to explode into flames than a Ferrari. For its time it was cheaper and much, much faster. It took until the F430 for Ferrari to match the Cerbera in performance, when that released the Cerbera had been out of production for a year.

[@davespooney8472]

Got stuck in one of these as a nosey 12YO visiting a specialist garage with my dad. After 15 mins of trying to work out how to let myself out - to my relief Dad came along but he couldn’t work out how to open the bloody door from the outside. When I first approached the car, the door was already ajar, waiting like a trap. Nothing more terrifying than the AJP V8 with open pipes screaming it’s way through the gears in the 90’s. Mad in every way.

[@devlad]

It's pure evil, but sometimes you gotta have sympathy for the bad guy. The roundness of the car's shape reminds me a bit of the first-gen Viper.

[@jonathangwynne1917]

It was based on the Griffith - which predated the Viper.

[@woodenhoe]

Another dangerous car

[@jonathangwynne1917]

@@woodenhoe, only dangerous to idiots and bad drivers.

[@woodenhoe]

@@jonathangwynne1917 well, every car is dangerous to idiot drivers

[@jonathangwynne1917]

@@woodenhoe, some more than others. Anything by TVR certainly. Light-weight, lots of power, short wheelbase, quick throttle-,response and no electronic nannies to keep idiots out of trouble.

[@gordonanderson6216]

I have a 2003 4.5 v8 version. I can confirm that it is bonkers!

[@StuartOliver83]

Gordon Anderson lucky bugger

[@WynnofThule]

Wait till you hear about the SPEED 12

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

What kind of horsepower and 0-60 times are we talking here?

[@gordonanderson6216]

@@AlastorTheNPDemon I'm not exactly sure but generally reckoned to be getting near 400 bhp, 0-60 4 secs. I've not tried to measure performance as such, all I know is that its massively quick and gets quicker the faster you go.

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

@@gordonanderson6216 Mean... I like it. My dad has a 6.2L CLS 63 AMG and that fucker will hit 194mph without the limiter with its 510+ horsepower. 0-60 in under five seconds, in a 4200lb sedan. Getting to 60 in four seconds flat... unthinkable. Nice ride.

[@1970boggy]

One of the biggest upsets in the motoring industry was TVR going down the pan! Love the things! Cracking review James I actually love that car 👍🤪

[@wobbler6372]

China brought it

[@1970boggy]

Actually they didn’t. It’s owned by a British consortium

[@MikeSmith-rd9fi]

@@wobbler6372 wrong

[@minatormyth]

@@MikeSmith-rd9fi then why not tell us why its wrong instead of just posting "wrong".

[@MikeSmith-rd9fi]

@@minatormyth DYOR

[@jamescraig4479]

Great review Jay! I love how you have a real love and appreciation for the marques you drive and how you relate it so well to your viewers! And the interposed driving scenes are fabulous!

[@Emigma-Creations]

I know what you mean. I had the 4.2, 12 years ago with the twin light coversion. Bloody lethal. It's not an everyday car but the fun will blow your mind.

[@richardrouse358]

Great video Jay! It reminded me of the road trips I did with my mate in his 4.2 Cerb down to the ‘ring. He generously put me on his insurance so we could share the driving, although around the ‘ring itself (due to no insurance cover on the circuit itself) I was ultra-cautious so was being overtaken by just about everything else on track! Every journey in the car was an event and the AJP V8 was central to the whole experience. My profile pic is a photo of me driving that Cerb and, even though that was about 10 years ago, I haven’t found a better picture to replace it with! I have to confess though that, when I finally manage to get another TVR in my garage, it will be a Chimaera. I also love the ability to get the roof off as often as possible to hear the glorious V8 even better, and I can’t resist that Rover V8 burble, which you don’t get with the flat-plane crank arrangement in the AJP.

[@OurCognitiveSurplus]

I had always assumed that rear panel gap was a styling choice not a manufacturing error

[@fiveowaf454]

I'm sure it was

[@richardrouse358]

It was a deliberate choice by TVR; an anti-shut-line if you like. As with the join between the fronts of the doors and the wings, they avoiding having to produce tight shut lines by effectively making panel gaps into styling features!

[@mgutkowski]

The cabin extraction ports are under the rear screen

[@glennoc8585]

Yes it was the styling

[@MrRoyck10]

TVR took many fathers away, it's brute and unforgivable in the wrong hand, This is memory lane JayEmm with so much nostalgia, fantastic review.

[@matty6848]

Yep a true widow maker!

[@glennoc8585]

You have to respect it like any sports car

[@ArPatterson73]

Always liked TVR ... this Cerbera in yellow is lovely 😱

[@maybelive765]

I want one. Even if I could never afford/find one.

[@bravobickham]

It looks better purple

[@matty6848]

And me. Favourite colour in these 👍👍

[@Cat-fy5lw]

I think maroon or royal blue would suit it better. Or even black. Black makes it look like a panther getting ready to pounce.

[@johntheman2006]

Now you’re going talking my language Jay. Love the Trevors.

[@matty6848]

My favourite TVR of all time. I remember these coming out and it was something from another planet with the styling & colours. Beautiful but scary. Who remembers when the did the one mile drag race on Top Gear and the Cerebra beat all the other super cars by a country mile!

[@LjekarnaDajkovic]

It’s one of the most beautiful and misunderstood cars of all time, a real work of art... no turbo or supercharger, manual gearbox, no superflous electronics in general, no direct fuel injection, no variable valve timing, just 2 (!) valves per cylinder and (if my serves me well) an OHV engine... all that and still a specific output close to 100 hp/l... now, that is what I call engineering!

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Ljekarna Dajkovic sounds so primitive. And less things to go wrong ☺

[@LjekarnaDajkovic]

Malcolm Hardwick they say “there is no school like old school” - I remember reading, back in the 90’s, a comparative test between this car and a Mercedes AMG... even then it was a clash of worlds, analogic vs digital

[@mightyjack5875]

TVR's AJP8 engines (4.2 / 4.5L) were a 2-valve, single overhead cam (SOHC) design; the 4.0/4.3/5.0L Rover-sourced V8's, though, were overhead valve (OHV) design. The Speed Six was a double overhead cam (DOHC) design. I wonder how wicked the V8's would've been with the same head design as their straight six units...no wonder the mighty Speed 12's 7.7L V12 was heavily based on them, it was basically like two Speed Six engines 'fused'.

[@LjekarnaDajkovic]

Mighty Jack in the test I was referring to was the V8 Red Rose version (an old issue of Evo), I did remember it was an OHV engine... thanks for clarifying, anyway 👍

[@Roddy_Zeh]

@@LjekarnaDajkovic The Red Rose package wouldn't change the valvetrain design, that would basically mean a completely different engine, which wouldn't make economical sense for TVR. Only offered for the 4.5 engine, it gave 440 bhp at 7250 rpm and 390 ft.lbs. at 5500 rpm (up from 420 bhp at 6750 rpm and 380 ft.lbs at 5500 rpm). With reshaped inlet and exhaust ports to increase the flow of gases and a higher compression ratio giving about 50% of the improvement, the rest is only available when using 97 octane super unleaded petrol. The Red Rose conversion has a dashboard mounted switch to control which fuelling and ignition map is used to enable the engine to take advantage of the higher octane fuel while avoiding detonation when using the more easily available lower octane fuel. Still, amazing figures for an engine designed in the 90's with just two valves per cylinder and absolutely no variable valve timing, intake, etc., none of these gizmos, to achieve nearly 100hp/liter.

[@Punisher9419]

One of the coolest cars of all time and one of the very lastof it's generation. I know it's liekly not possible but I wish you could get hold of the Seed 12 that car is the most insane car ever made. Oh and that poor broken down MGB GT.

[@ReplicantBattyman]

its currently stored at the lakeland motor museum in the lake district. went in the other week to have a look around and did not expect to see it. maybe give them a call, jay?

[@Punisher9419]

@@ReplicantBattyman So it is!! www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk/collections/featured-collections/2000-tvr-cerbera-speed-12 I hope Jay get's on this because there's only one or two videos out there on it running but they are old now.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Lakeland motor museum you say. Well I'm in Kendal this weekend, may pop in to have a look.

[@imnotamechanic3491]

Yes, it is in the Lakeland Motor Museum, the person who owns it (not the museum) likes to drive it occasionally, which is why they keep it by the door (rest of the museum is in chronological order, so its slightly out of place in the 40s or 50s). Well worth visiting the museum if you are near by. Was fantastic seeing it again - I saw it at the 2006 British Motor Show and thought I wouldn't see it again after it was sold off (for a paltry £158k if I recall correctly).

[@eoinsweetman9263]

Ahh the memories, that beast taught me 9 year old me a lot about driving and tuning. Starting with lengthening the gears so it only spun to the top of 4th Gran Turismo 2 was a beauty.

[@WritewheelUK]

I've driven all TVRs, from the M onwards. I gradually got used to the acceleration and tremendous handling. That is, right up until I drove a Cerbera V8, in my case a 4.2. It was awe-inspiring. There's no car to compare to it on price. It was the fastest accelerating production 4-seater in the world when it was launched. It looks exactly what it is; the hard man on the block. It's quite easy to drive oddly enough, right up until you feel like pushing it a bit - and that's not to its limit (you do not want to go there). You can lose the back end when changing up to 4th if you are heavy on the throttle. I was driving another TVR, a Chimaera on the M40. I'd lost a wheel weight and I could not even go to 70mph without the vibrations becoming unbearable. A Cerb pulled up alongside, and by sign language I told the driver what was wrong. Just then a Renault Clio (of all things) flashed its headlights behind the Cerb. The driver of the Cerb waved goodbye, dropped a gear, probably to third, revved up, then dropped the clutch. Smoke poured from the rear wheels. The back end squiggled a bit and the car shot off into the distance, trailing black rubber marks on the road, and smoke. The Clio driver had braked, probably thinking the Cerb had locked its wheel. The car eventually came past, with an ashen woman of about 20 at the wheel who steadfastly refused to look my way. Don' try this at home of course, either spinning your back wheels with 450bhp on tap, or flashing a Cerb. Especially the latter. A wonderful car. Absolutely mad. It was originally going to have a 5-litre Rover V8, from TVR Power in it. It probably would have sold more, but it would have been a shame. A brilliant car. The boy who took over TVR from the great Peter Wheeler should be hauled up and confronted with the corpse of TVR and asked what on earth he thought he was doing.

[@nishchaiydakhane9846]

Harvey Yates brilliant misunderstood car old school

[@jamescarla26]

Jay, I totally fell in love with the cerbera post Clarkson video viewing!!!

[@joncon1901]

There is something about a cerbera that just makes me want one. Spent many a happy hour driving them

[@kingcurry6594]

I drive a Chimaera 4.5 and love it to bits. My son has a Cerbera Speed 6 and I won't drive it. Bad car? No: fantastic car and very reliable. Just terrifyingly fast and I'm too tall to see out of the windscreen properly. And a good speed 6 is a fantastic engine. My son's was rolling roaded at 343bhp at 19 years old.

[@almelling6699]

That's average for a S6.

[@marcusFZ6]

I love the fact that I spotted the roads you were driving on straight away and I've not lived there for 12yrs!!!! Lennoxtown, up the Campsies and over the top, fantastic. Great car and TVR's of that era were just fabulous

[@PitchUpCampsiteReviews]

Had no idea your channel existed and I do indeed remember when it did a standing mile in 31 seconds. Definitely subscribed, I really hope I see my real hero on your channel the F40 LM edition or just an F40. Great commentary and video 👍

[@Stemcin]

Pretty sure I've seen this exact car driving about Dundee. It's stunning!!!

[@mattlizard29]

My mate had a Cerbera and took me for a drive, hit 180mph on m25.

[@DavidLee-zy3ju]

Have you seen the wheeler dealer episode? Ed had to completely strip down the car because the chassis was totally rotten,then find another chassis and get it coated.

[@Pits750]

As a Chim owner, you have to have the roof off on a TVR, but I'd definitely have a Cerb

[@nunuland]

I had a 5.0 Chimera. I concur- it was bonkers. 5 litre V8 in a plastic go kart. Amazing torque, but keeping it on the ground was a challenge, lol.

[@stevieg2483]

loving your Channel. Working my way through your extensive collection of videos and enjoying each one. I Like the causal informative approach, and the eclectic cars you review. Cheers!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thanks Stevie, welcome. There's quite a few to go through!

[@1183newman]

Lovely, yet another Unicorn car just a shame it wasn't a AJP8

[@1183newman]

@Kris Nicholson nah the original cerberas had a v8 in them the ajpv8, then they switched to the speed 6

[@jblack5323]

Superb car. The performance at the time was amazing. Sub 9 seconds to the ton.

[@gryphon123456]

One of my all time favourite cars. This car is why I was a big TVR fan. It’s a cross between euro and muscle. I like these better with the original round headlights however. The “irate V8” was wonderful.

[@ProjectSupercar]

I used to have one of these; It was the best, and the worst car I ever owned. Would I have another? Yep!

[@tombell7670]

Project Supercar absolutely agree with your comment, a car I loved but the issues I had almost gave me a mental breakdown, I px'd it for a Viper GTS eventually. .......and that can never broke.

[@ProjectSupercar]

@@tombell7670 Yeah, it was a poorly engineered car; from wiper motors that get covered in rain, fuel pump and alarm inside the rear wheel wells, unprotected. Exposed chassis in the front wheel arches, terrible electrics. I could go on.. Viper GTS? Cool motor, when I sold my TVR I decided to build my own super car, not quite finished yet though, but I'll get there. ;)

[@ProjectSupercar]

@Kris Nicholson LOL, yes I must be suffering from some sort of Stockholm syndrome or something.

[@ProjectSupercar]

@Kris Nicholson Yes, the body lines never fitted very well. I don't know why, because other makes the used fiberglass could get better results.

[@ProjectSupercar]

@Kris Nicholson Yes Corvette was one, even Lotus managed to get it better. Yeah British build quality really took a dive in the 1970's and never really recovered, and TVR was no exception. It's a shame because we once built the best car in the world, Rolls Royce.

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

The gap between de back window and boot has a aerodinamical purpose !!!!

[@tomtalk24]

Its to open the boot, the lip of the window hangs out. You see the same thing on the doors. Theres nothing aerodynamic about it since its just an air dam.

[@sebastiani.6822]

great review! truth told! the steering is characteristic and the power to weight as well as the breaking. yet another summer gone because of clutch issues and engine make over... but owning an AJP makes you patient and longing for next summer to come. regards from Germany.

[@RobWhittlestone]

I loved TVRs - especially the 90's Griffith. Now there's a 2019 Griffith! What's not to love?! Very good review.

[@steventhornton4716]

Yes but it's a vodka guzzling Russian lol even more nuts nice car though

[@69bock69]

watching the Blackpool bomber destroying all other cars on old top gear was a thing of beauty. when a small brit manufacturer wipes the floor with the best the world had to offer

[@DjNikGnashers]

My work colleague has a 4.5 in the same colour. It's a beautiful thing, but in a constant state of repair.

[@ReclusiveDuck]

I followed one these a few years ago coming off the M4 in torrential rain. I've never seen a driver take a roundabout more cautiously and I can understand why, it looked a real handful!

[@tomcardale5596]

There's a yellow Mustang I often see on the way to work with the numberplate JU57EVL. Very appropriate for this car!

[@stephenbrown1079]

Thats to road over the campsies in Scotland I drove my truck over it today good review 👍

[@davidkennedy1077]

Awe inspiring car, fantastic review, loving it!!! These loony tune TVRs have always been my dream cars. Basic, brutal, stocky, powerful and terrifying, a car to be driven with respect (otherwise you'll be heading backward, at huge speed, into the nearest ditch/tree!)

[@hotwire96]

6:35 If anyone is wondering what a decent chunk of the ownership experience of a British two door is, this sums it up.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

hotwire96 what ? You mean the broken down MG 😄

[@tony_5156]

Loving TVR really is like a abusive relationship

[@brando79]

love that the indicator stalk is on the proper side

[@darticulate8751]

Lovely handsome TVR ,'Yellow Peril' maybe? that's the one I like the most, faults included..

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

D' ARTICULATE my dad had a Ford escort mk 2. He call it yellow peril. Although a different meaning to the word peril. This cars peril is if you dare to drive it. But my dad's was dare to drive it as it was so awful and looked ugly 😆

[@alexthyer1681]

Jayemm on a Saturday morning? Yes sir!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Happy to oblige

[@MrHistorian123]

A convoy of 20 of these came through my home village yesterday. Mostly AJP V8s, but led by a Speed Six. The noise was deafening, but fantastic.

[@imnotamechanic3491]

After the XJ220, this is the most beautiful car - it's a bloody steal for what you can get one for right now! I really hope I can be in a position to buy one before they follow all the other car's I've dreamed of owning in having ludicrous price hikes (possibly the benefit of being relatively unknown outside UK so international investors are snapping them up). Has to be in a metallic colour though, maybe purple or orange, or a subtle flip paint. There's an awesome original 'Charisma' showcar on ebay right now that I would buy if I had £20k lying around.

[@69bock69]

I've had a itch for one of these for a long time. prices still livable

[@davey6680]

I have always loved the Cerbera, its rather underappreciated but if i had the chance i would take one of these anyday over almost any similar option

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

These cars were my favourite in Gran Turismo. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Cheers! If you havent seen them already check out my other TVR videos

[@andyelliott8027]

@@JayEmmOnCars The Cerbera looks like a hell of a car. I want one, I remember buying the video with that drag race at Bruntingthorpe, what a car, maybe it could do with traction control to curb it's murderous tendencies though.

[@chris1.2]

Awesome things are God given. T for the cross, V for vessel and R for requiem (sacred composition)

[@s6blrr]

Our TVR SpeedSix blew THREE ENGINES in 13 months and spent 8 of those months in the car park at Blackpool. Favourite memory was getting it back from THIRD engine to have it blow a couple fuel injectors and almost go alight. For the 5 months it worked from when the factory delivered it it was fun. Friends don’t let friends buy TVR, unless they’re rich, given the company died.

[@gflo2781]

Did I hear you refer to a TVR as a Trevor? That's definitely a new one to me, gave me a chuckle! The dash, around the wheel etc etc looks like something Pagani could have taken inspiration from, love the design both interior and exterior (of course). Great review, more unique British sportscars please, would be good seeing some Triumphs (maybe a TR8, or a Gt6). If my friend's Spitfire is anything to go by though, anyone over 6ft is in for a squeeze!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Sit down for this, I'm gonna blow your mind. I call it a Trevor because that's what it means - the first owner was Trevor Wilkinson, and TVR was short for Trevor!

[@gflo2781]

@@JayEmmOnCars Haha, I was thinking it was just adding some extra letters to TVR, but alas my mind has been blown and educated at the same time!

[@rjturner010480]

Love the Campsie Fells for a good drive.

[@Mo55y90]

i remember that drag race, aston v8 vantage, porsche 911 of the time, caterham, lotus esprit, dodge viper, it was a half mile were it nearly did a standing in 30 second. it wiped the floor with them all! crazy car, favourite TVR and one of my childhood dream cars, but i will stick with the saying never drive your dream car with this one as i suspect ill fall out of love with it

[@ryanjones5594]

With regards to the indicators - you cancel them by flicking the lever in the same direction as you are indicating

[@MrGB1999]

Cerbera handles well.. Until it spectacularly doesn't. It can whip around like a pendulum. More muscle car than dynamic track destroyer. Hard top = driver's car. Absolutely needs the original round headlights..! 4.2 / 4.5 V8 is just a better engine. Why would you not want a more reliable V8? Oh, and they get real hot inside 🥵😂

[@garethfrance4489]

My Cerbera Speed 6 never had a hot gear knob, and I went some long distances in that. It was very reliable too. Brilliant fun!

[@Nathan-ng1jt]

Love the channel, among the five TVR's I have owned over the years the best was the early 4.2 "clatter cam" Cerbera. Would love you to review one of these, the Speed six was always the sedate gentleman's express of the line up! I always used to buy and have mine serviced at Fernhurst TVR. I heard stories of 911 owners taking out TVR's on test drives then plonking them in ditches after running out of talent on a corner.

[@cybertrophic]

TVRs have always been rapid but lack chassis refinement. Aftermarket experts can help with that. Cars which demand respect and a definite slow-in-fast-out strategy, as they don’t react well to sudden weight transition, as the suspension tends to wind up and cause one end or another to break away. The v8 Cerbera was a GT car for mentalists - let it much miles instead of thrashing it and they’re able to grumble along in a high gear. The Tuscan can be almost civilised, if driven sanely. Drive within their limits band they’re fun and engaging. Push them and they bite like nothing else, though.

[@edwardrhodes6284]

V8 Cerbera is one of my all time favourite cars. Great review, ty

[@bespincustompropsbombarta8300]

The Clarkson car was the 4.5 litre V8 which was a flat plane crank based on F1 engines, the race was over 1 mile stretch and that car was stock, it's just what they do, beat and pulverise all those heavyweight super cars from that period into submission. Power to weight ratio is where it counts, the 4.5l gets into it's stride after 80mph

[@bednar23]

God that car is a wet dream. Although if the 6 is mad, can you imagine what the speed 12 must be like?

[@MrHistorian123]

Some of us don't have to. My son has been in it and I've followed it on a runway until it disappeared into the distance despite my Chim 4.5 being flat to the floor. But the most surprised was the unbelievably arrogant owner of a GT3 RS Turbo who showed up and told us he would humiliate every TVR there. The Speed 12 made him look like he was in reverse. We never saw him again.

[@johnholmes2517]

MrHistorian123 begat is a gt3RS turbo?Theyre all NA

[@speedkillsboredom]

As an ex 4.2 owner I thought this was a really accurate review. I also could average 26-28mpg on a run in the V8 (for reference)

[@wolfgangezeh2221]

Will definitely have this in my car stable.

[@nicwilson89]

I always loved the AJP8 version of the Cerbera. It felt like the speed six version was just a watered down version.

[@glennoc8585]

My dad's got one in Australia for same. I'd buy it off him but I've got an S1 I'm restoring. I've driven a few, only the 4.2 V8 and they'e mental.

[@tomtalk24]

I remember seeing two of these each morning on my paper round. Hooked ever since. A car very much on my list now, prices are okay atm. Just need the space and cash (as you say, the Oh Shit fund) for the inevitable rebuild.

[@englishmaninfrance661]

I had 4 TVR's from the eighties through early 90's. 2 2500M's & 2 Taimars. OK in the dry but would swap ends in a heartbeat if you pushed too hard in the wet. I loved them anyway even though they weren't really that fast.

[@deanchur]

The 4.2L Speed 6 engine is the most powerful NA i6 engine ever put into a production car (440HP). My argument is that cars like this are the safest cars on the road as well. Why? Because the safest car is the one with an attentive driver, and with this you are absolutely forced to pay attention. The only way it could be safer is if it had bald tyres. In the rain. With double the horsepower :)

[@JayEmmOnCars]

I'm not sure where you are getting your figures from but the Speed 6 is not 4.2L, or 440hp

[@deanchur]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVR_Tuscan_Speed_Six The T440R Mk2; maybe I should've mentioned that it's from the Tuscan, sorry to have confused things there.

[@kevinjohnson4039]

You CANNOT compare the Cerbera Speed Six with the V8 Cerberas, entirely different beasts !! The AJP8 engine was a detuned racing engine and literally those engined Cerberas DID try to kill you every time you drove them. Having driven both, I can say they have completely different characteristics. Give it too much gas in the V8 and you were spinning off straight into a ditch, the V8 had far more low down punch, the Straight Six needed revs for you to get the punch from it - so it made the way you drive it different - and that made it a safer car to drive than the maniacal V8 - which I miss so much, the sound alone made me grin from ear to ear.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

I look forward to the day I can find out for myself

[@gerardmontgomery280]

I do love that period of TVR's, I hope one day to have a T350. Their madness had a certain method to it. I mean they where badly built and run by a gangster but my God they're good.

[@rossybee]

This very car is now available to buy, feel free to ask any questions 😉

[@JamesGadbury]

Hi. Gorgeous car. I'm not a potential buyer but is there an advert for it online to view?

[@rossybee]

@@JamesGadbury not yet, but I've put it on the Cerbera Facebook page. An ad will be on Pistonheads next month as I'm currently out of the country 😊

[@mattbod]

Sounds like the 6cyl version. The full fat 4.5 V8 was just mental.

[@liamschannel6294]

“Jeremy Clarkson Unleashed On Cars” is the Jeremy Clarkson video he is talking about, had it as a kid on VHS tape and bought in on DVD last year to finish off my collection of all the Jeremy Clarkson DVD’s😁

[@tomroberts5805]

I bought that very video for my dad's birthday many years ago.

[@RobS32]

Great vid pal brought back memories of my old 4.5 😎. Thanks keep them coming amigo 👍

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Will do!

[@bicyclist2]

We don't get TVR's in the US. We have Corvette's instead. So this is such a delight to see. Last I heard TVR went bankrupt. I hope to at least see one some day. Thanks.

[@ahmadmazlan3496]

keep it up with the great car review. my favourite yt channel for car review. thumbs up from Malaysia.

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

This car is a superb piece of automobile. Crazy design, alot of power, superb sound, superb interior, ....

[@DavidandShirley]

It’s just so cool, and yet I don’t think I’d ever have the balls to buy one.

[@richardnixon4345]

Same, love the TVR ‘s but couldn’t stand the maintenance and reliability

[@ericlovett9022]

Great colour combo, with the black interior and wheels. Shame I don't have the room.

[@Cat-fy5lw]

This car is like the incarnation of the personality of a fashion star and a serial murderer's child. I love it!😍😍😍

[@steventaylor3789]

Thumbs up for any videos you do with either Lotus or TVR (or anything else a little different to today’s modern cars). Be interested to see you drive a VX220 and your thoughts on that compared to the various Elise you have driven. Keep up the good work.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

You'll be glad to hear there is more Lotus content to come soon

[@shaggyego]

The chimera was the one for me, I even love the fact it was made of basically scraps from other cars cobbled together and they named it after the beast made from the parts of other animals lol 😆

[@scwahtski1882]

I’m a 1980s Griffith fan, but I would get this one with the V8. The straight-6 had an oil issue that the V8 didn’t. Although the straight-6 does have a really metallic, brassy sound when straightpiped.

[@GadgetyMV]

TVR Speed Six engines sound absolutely incredible. Unfortunately almost exclusively RHD and lots of problems, not only with the engine, but with other stuff as well. I want one.

[@jesuschristpose896]

Always love the small guy kicking it hard

[@tim1polman]

Still love how TVR used the VW Corrado mirrors on a lot of cars.

[@CharlesCherub]

The indicator stalk in a RHD car *should* be on the right, it means you can shift et al and still flick the stalk, all UK cars before cost cutting were on the right, which is why Japanese cars being historically based on the UK template [Railways] retain the correct set up.

[@brando79]

Agreed

[@BangAverageRider]

I've always loved the Cerbera. Reminds me of the old racing games that had the Speed 12. If money was no object i would have one in my garage. Great video as always

[@energymc22]

Oh wow the Speed 12 in Gran Turismo 2... that uncontrollable monster! I remember how it just used to constantly bounce off the limiter and hop about all the way to 150mph, I think I kind of mastered it in the end!

[@ianashton886]

I had an S, a V8S and a Griffith 500 and they were all great cars in their own right. Next on the list was a Cerbera but I ended up getting divorced and it didn’t happen....... yet :-)

[@nicotaylor8592]

Not so sure about the Cerbera being suitable for 6’5. I’m 6’2 and the roof frame was in my eye line. Perhaps I just needed to adjust the seat down. Good leg room tho 👍.

[@alexm4515]

Just saw The Who today in concert. Even in their 70s they are still amazing. Likewise, this car shares the same bad-ass dna at any age.

[@amandico25]

You should be the next Jeremy. I can tell you love cars. You know your subject. And you have a nice easy going personality. Is a shame what happened to top gear. I'm subscribing to your channel. Cheers!

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thanks, welcome to the channel

[@Марк.Фетнов]

Mate, you could review a Reliant Robin and I'd click and watch immediately! Great style of presentation, interesting cars and a sound bloke at the wheel :)

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Thankyou. Coincidentally I have driven thousands of miles in Reliants, and am not rushing to repeat that!

[@Марк.Фетнов]

@@JayEmmOnCars Haha it wasn't a suggestion, thanks for the reply!

[@chrisogrady28]

God I fucking love these things, also wish the roof came off, I do like a 2+2 though (or a 3+1 ha). Wish TVR made some kind of blend between the Cerebra and Tuscan, surprising they didn’t considering how many near identical models they did make. It’s astonishing that this massive 4 seater weighs barely over a tonne, and I love a good low seating position, how does it compare to the lotuses? I love the massive doors and side windows, with the windows down it must feel like a pillarless coupe.

[@ololiver92]

Wonderful review from the heart