Description Later 4.5 V8 engine fitted; uprated suspension; new chassis; recently completed a 1,800 mile tour of Spain; advisory-free MOT; forced sale due to illness Launched at the 1986 Earls Court Motor Show, the TVR S-Series came about because Peter Wheeler realised that the wedge shape so fashionable in the early Eighties was dating fast so he wanted to return to the marque’s more traditional curves as seen on the M-Series of the early Seventies.

Initially powered by Ford’s 2.8 Cologne V6, from 1991 it was also available with the 3.9 V8 Rover engine, these V8S models being easily distinguished by the central hump in the bonnet to allow clearance for the larger engine.

This engine was subsequently ditched in favour of TVR’s new AJP8 engine which was designed in-house and was fitted to the TVR Cerbera of the 1990s.

Basically a race engine, this had a formidable 360bhp in the 4.2 version and a bonkers 420bhp in the 4.5 version, sufficient to hurl the Cerbera to 60mph in 4.1 seconds...