TVR To Launch Budget McLaren 570S-Fighter With A Mustang-Sourced V8

If you're an American, your first brush with British sports car marquee TVR may have been during a Project Gotham Racing binge or maybe whilst watching one of Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear reviews of the TVR Sagarias or Tuscan. What you may not know is that the small automaker, which was founded in 1947, was once the third largest specialized sports car manufacturer in the world. What you may also not know (if you've been living under a rock that is) is thatTVR is on the cusp of making a comeback.

The small automaker isn't keen on dropping coin for a glamorous Frankfurt reveal, especially since it's been using a thin budget to work on this prototype since 2013 after the company folded in 2006, but come tomorrow it will peel the wraps off its newest sports car in the Goodwood Revival's Earl's Court Motor Show pavilion. TVR has not only posted pictures of its latest prototype, but it's given us a bit of information to work with so we're not totally caught off guard. Typical for TVR, its new self-named "supercar-slayer" will feature a lightweight body and a large engine. The automaker touts a target of 400 horsepower per ton, and Autocar reports that the prototype weighs in at 1,200-1,250 kilograms (2,640-2,750 pounds).