HD: Ferrari 550 Maranello vs TVR Tuscan: GTBoard.com

[scoped98k]

I don't know why they don't let the Speed Twelve out of its cage or at least an exact replica. No turbos, no compromise, 100% car, 0% safe. You gotta love TVR, the last remaining company to not be diluted by safety features and doesn't triple the price just because of the nameplate like Ferrari or Lambo. Awesome part about a TVR is it's almost impossible to jack one, to an unknowing carjacker it takes forever to find the door buttons to get in and out let alone start it/keep it on the road

[RoadRunnerDrummerJD]

@humpaoranos I agree. And if the Tuscan's a threat, stick the 550 in a drag race with a Sagaris and it would be annihilated

[wyo550]

The 550 has the world speed record for sustained high speed driving by a production car: One hour at 185mph average (one fuel stop, driver rotation)

[marcopdtdi]

How could i be invited to this race, i wrote you some email, but didn't get ananswer...where do you plan the race in 2012?

Thx

Regards

Marco

[Romanista1899]

@humpaoranos u right...0-100 : 3.68,only the FXX can beat this from the ferrari pallette...

[blahblop123]

put the sagaris up against it... oh wait, hold that though.. the cerbera !! 4.5 or 4.2 take a pick.. both will blitz the ferrari

[yeahblah505]

Into second and into third that is.

[yeahblah505]

Nice video shift a little shorter though stay in range if your peak power keep the engine working and you probably could have trounced the tvr.

[awisudan]

tuscan has better pick up

[mkai4492]

The TVR hasnt won ANYTHING on M5Bboard so far!

[iammabbella]

Ferrari win.

[Howitzer909]

Hmmmm

Canoe vs Pussy magnet

[Nickthebassist01]

@Howitzer909

Ferraris are boring compared to TVRs! I've been in both and nothing compares to a TVR. Put the Fezza up against a Cerbera 4.5Lightweight RR or Sag...

[Ovadose850]

OK, lets name those cars: bmw m3 e92 (4 door), bmw m5 (saloon),lamborghini gallardo, bmw 335ci , bmw m3 e92 , mitsubishi lancer evolution xI , dodge viper gts , mercedes e55 amg,bmw m6 , bmw 330d ? (saloon) , bmw m3 e46,another gallardo , bmw e60 m5,ferrari 550 maranello,audi a6 , another e60 m5 , porsche 996 twin turbo, lamborghini murcielago (could be lp 640) , toyota supra (modified duh), gallardo superleggera , bmw m3 e46 with green rims and shit, another m3 ,porsche 997 gt2, m3 ,tvr tuscan

[m5boarddotcom]

@Ovadose850 Hehe, good work :) It was a LP640. Didnt you forget the Volvo 240 :X

See my other videos from my 2010 events iin May and June.

[Ovadose850]

@m5boarddotcom Will do thanks for posting haha

[namybot]

@Ovadose850 It wasn't hard to name all those cars. Do you think your special ?

[Euphorica]

traditional manual ftw! props to the 550 driver

[culcun]

@A24769565 what transmission does yours have? They were using the Ford T5 transmission a few years ago--great transmission as I had one in an old Mustang GT--I used to beat the car up so bad, and the transmission never, ever, gave me problems; just had to change the clutch once in 150,000 miles.

[NoCountryMembers]

@culcun

Just the standard tranmission, T5 gearbox. No need for anything else to be honest.

[Eric205gen]

ahahhah so owned at the end

[Sar2009fu]

rich bastards

[63Jax]

russian got owned in the end. nice tvr though.

[PijnigeR]

@63Jax Tuscan was never russian

[samimalmstrom]

Arent TVR's quality awful? Thats what i heard, lots of problems with the transmission? Anyone

[danielbum912]

nothing wrong with anything that concerns driving. (hope you get what i'm trying to say, i'm a kraut.)

interiorwise though.. well. lets say there is potential. (:

[scud69er]

@samimalmstrom lots more than just the transmission lol. But you dont buy a TVR for build quality.

[redrosecerbera]

Good start from the Tuscan but 350 ish bhp is not enough for massive sustained acceleration over 100 mph...

[dsmsucks]

man all the videos i watch the damn 550 drivers cant drive for shit. Give me the damn car and ill drive it better

[Funkystumpy247]

am I right in saying its 210mph ?

[m5nut]

Jazzyonno......

TVR's are cheaper, faster and more purist than any modern Ferrari.

They break, but so what, it'll only cost as much to run year on year as a Ferrari, and who'd want an Italian footballers posing pouch when you could have 100% British beef?

People with Ferraris are mainly cocks (not all) where as TVR owners are enthusiasts.

Give me a Cerbera 4.5 anyday, I'll show you how slow your Ferrari is...plus most other things : Þ

[unidenlogo]

yea after it fell apart and broke down XD

[jazzyonno]

You can buy a 550 for £37k now so your Tuscan is not the bargain you think it is. And I don't trust you - when you've owned one you can talk: my 550 has had 30,000 carefree miles unlike my TVR. But you just want to believe your own BS - that's fine. Many happy miles to you!

[myyvaine]

tuscan ??? but it is so slow....why not use a SAGARIS... :) no ferrari in it's class can match it

[jazzyonno]

Why not use a 599 FXX? Duh! Tuscan vs 550 = 1998 vs 1996, a fair comparison. I love my 1996 5.3L Griffith which is faster than my 550 to 120mph but it cannot hold a candle to my 550, and neither can the Tuscan. Have you ever driven a 550 at 180mph? I have. It is comfortable and rock solid. Try that in a TVR.

[jazzyonno]

Sorry I meant 599 XX.

[m5nut]

Is your Griffith a special edition?

[hairyarsephillips]

No, posted the full vid above.

[ajb16991]

i just had a ride in a tuscan today, my cousins friend has one. Funny, after we drove about 4 miles, we stopped briefly and when he tried to get back into the car he couldn't, because the window wouldn't lower (needs to lower so that the door is free to open). But yeah, a very fast car indeed accelerating, lethal in towns. Got my heart pumping a little

[m3mys3lfandu]

what was that for kind  of black bmw at 0:37?

[noxredna]

black E90 m3 sedan

[biz360]

if that was a race between the traffic lights, the tvr would have taken the honours, but then again, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

[hubbgjgbfg]

That TVR accelerates like CRAZY

too bad it couldn't keep it up though

[gaming518]

both great cars but that Ferrari driver is horrible

[DrHomerJ]

the ferrari's driver is obscene!!! absolutely!!! Fa veramente schifo! Ma come cazzo cambia le marce? e poi neanche è in grado di fare una partenza decente!

[prodigy223]

i love the uniques styling of tvr's

[profabian666]

i just love tvr

[QFizzV8Fizz]

Hur fan fick ni tag i en TVR?!

[seau2007]

Always Good Stuff!!  Keep up the work.

[CitizenZ]

It looked like the TVR was limited to 155mph or 250kmph. It was pulling the 550 quite nicely then just stopped accelerating.

[ArmaDino22]

United Kingdom,. England

[SammyJ21]

Well the Sagaris was helped with developing by the Russian business man, but nothing has been finalised to build a new car! Apparently there is one coming out maybe end of this year or start of next year though! I am hoping it will have similar styling, similar engine management, similar crayziness... But alot better build quality and maybe some more safety features lol... Maybe one or two airbags would be nice! If they get the guy from Noble on the handling again, it will be fine in that dep.

[SammyJ21]

I don't know if tht was a rhetorical question... You actually know?

It is British based and British founded... Yes it is now run by a Russian bloke who is about 15 years old

[TripleZ89]

24 or 27 actually, but you are right: he does look 15.

[SammyJ21]

hah yeah I didn't know his age, I seen him and heard about him and he loos like a 5 y/o so yeah haha

[SammyJ21]

You know what, I would still take the TVR... Amazing sound, beautifully menacing to look at and it cost a 1/4 of the price! Plus it's British built!! (Kind of lol)

[StuRaz]

Kind of? All of it is.

[SammyJ21]

Yeah i want to agree with you man, but when it's run by a Russian kid, I kind of have to take that away from it being TOTALLY British! Know what I mean?

[StuRaz]

Yeah to a degree. Although this Tuscan would have been from the Peter Wheeler era. At the end of the day though, all the designing and engineering was done by the British, nothing really changed after the Russian takeover apart from where the money went.

I hope they come back eventually. We used to own a Cerbera 4.2 many years ago and a 390SE before that. I hope to own either a Cerbera, Tuscan S or Sagaris in the near future now I finally can! Was still too young to drive when the Cerbera went

[SammyJ21]

Ahhhh man, I am actually jealous! I want a Sagaris, a Cerbera was one of my favourite cars on Gran Turismo 2 lol!!

If you're going to get one though, please get a Sagaris, record it and upload it on here... I'm going to subscribe now, so I hope to see it in the next 3 months :D

Oh yeah I still believe this is a British car made by British people :)

[StuRaz]

Haha don't get your hopes too high, the Sagaris holds its value really well and prices can still be in the £40k region for a good one - although that would be my ideal car. If not this year maybe next anyway!

And yes, the Cerb tore nearly everything apart on GT2, was a great game.

[thebossisheretostay]

550 was like £180K, tuscan is like £40K

[DeScRuN]

I would like to see the TVR Sagaris xD. That would be another thing.

[abidib]

that tvt must have more torque than hp, to have an acceleration like that, but a top end that aint so high compared to these bad boys

[ZzSmacKyzZ]

Omq all these car are fukn sick i thought the TVR had you but i see it doesnt have top end but goddamn when you was drivin back and showin all those BMW, Supras, Evo, Gallardo and Murcielago thats fuckn sikk

[lambo357]

why cant they have something like this in the US. there are tons of cars her that people would to race and do stuff like this.

[socratesRAM]

yah but i doubt we would have the funky lingo in the videos of crazy languages! hahaha. yah it would be pretty sweet! i'd sign up right away

[Mubble]

Genuinely excited to see older cars involved. Would still like to see some more everyday sort of cars used, like a new 350z vs and Audi RS4, or a lightly tuned MR2 vs a Porsche Boxster for example.

[jaclu666]

Very nice to see DIFFERENT and CLASSIC cars and not only the latest and fastest, Gustav! It really improves the whole concept.

[theo30989]

the tvr has 400hp and the ferrari 550(or 575 if it is a 575 maranelo)

[Mubble]

Sorry you're wrong. The 550 represents a 5.5L engine, the 575 a 5.75L. The 550 had about 485bhp, the 575 around 515bhp.

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[qatar727]

SUPER CHANNEL

[mejawmeyaw]

اي واللة سووبر جانل

[CJAEY]

Such a classic race, I love it

[th00p]

Interesting match - the TVR was reeled back in very quickly.