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Here's a thread here you post all the monster cars that never went into production, I don't mean fully fledged concept cars but cars that were made in secret and were hidden from the public or if they did enter production, were produced in very limited numbers (12 or under), such as the 8M Model BMW has in a shed or the Alfa Viper found out about.
I'll start us off with the TVR Typhon Quote:
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^ Oh. My. God. That sounds like my kind of monster.
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Why does the name "TVR Typhon" sound familiar but only 2 were made?
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Hmmm....according to that Wiki, TVR founder Trevor Wilkinson passed away just about a month ago. Damn shame.
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There was news about it for at least a few years. The Typhon was basically an upgraded T440R, but I think cooling was the issue that they never got around.
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While we're on to TVR concept cars this takes the cake, the Speed Twelve, it looks particularly evil in this picture: ![]() And with this little something under the bonnet it was pretty powerful as well... It broke their test bench at just over 900 hp...
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![]() 10 Liters of unbridled big block power. Basically an original Boss 429 engine, significantly upgraded (among the massive bore/stroke changes) with 855hp naturally aspirated. ![]() 10.5 @ 135mph
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855 NA?! Eat it, Europe!
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Panoz GTR-1 (street version)
Don't know much about it to be honest. Probably ford powered, but just look at it! ![]() ![]() One of the sexiest cars of recent times.
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I'm not too sure I'd call it sexy, but it is definitely distinctive.
Dauer 962 springs to mind. |
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![]() BMW M8 prototype. Featured a bored-out 6.0 liter version of the S70 engine (labeled the S70/1), capable of 550bhp. The fact that the Germans thought nobody would buy this thing is something that still boggles my mind. As a result, it's been locked up and hidden away from the world, in a Raiders of the Lost Ark-style warehouse presumably. What's worse is that those bastards probably destroyed it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read all about it, if you know French...
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If I was loaded with cash, I'd build a replica. |
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![]() ![]() This is one of my favourite working concepts, i so wish they could have made it.
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The F type was a looker too.
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Is there a difference between prototypes and concepts because I could have sworn we had a concept car thread.
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Prototypes work, concepts are basically pieces of art.
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Ok, fair enough
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