Cheaper Than An M3, Faster Than A Lamborghini! TVR T350C 

if TreVoRs were Italian we'd accept their eccentricites and styling as normal.

I am from Austria and i love my T350C. It´s such a spectacular car to drive. The JP exhaust unleashes the whole sound with pops and bangs without being to loud or drone. With Nitron shocks, the right alignment and a semi slick this car drives like a gokart especially with it´s direct steering. Seat position is just perfect. The next thing is, that people have a lot of sympathy for the car. Everytime i go for a wash or i refuel the car, people come to me, asking what kind of car this actually is and they all love it, when i show them all the freaky details. Children wave at you, when you pass by because the car is so small, it almost looks like a toy. That´s a thing that will never ever happen to you in a Porsche, Lamborghini or Ferrari. The car needs a lot of love and maintainance, but part supply is really, really good. You have to know, what you are doing, but it pays back big. It makes you smile every time you go out for a drive. It´s so satisfying and it really can turn a bad into a good day.

I think that this is the best looking TVR, I am saying that as an ex Griffith owner, it has aged very well. I think the T350C would be a better option than a Cerbera.

Living in the US I learned about these from the magazine EVO and the movie Swordfish. Always thought they were cool beyond measure.

Funny that Jay Leno is about to release a review of the TVR Cerbera today.

what an intriguing little coffin 😅

The company I worked for at this time used to supply the aluminium plate and billet to an engineering company in Heckmondwike, which made all the controls, handbrake, gearknob, etc.. We also made the aluminium fuel tank bodies and end-plates, which we delivered to Blackpool to have fuel cells inserted before sealing.

TVR deserve far more recognition.

I instantly started browsing TVRs for sale when watching this!! 😁

Fantastic review of a fantastic car……Jack is an expert at delivering a ‘no bullshit’ opinion….. non of the wannabe Clarkson delivery other RU-vidrs give you (you know who you are) or how great their lives are and ‘don’t you wish you were me’ personas Jack is genuine….

I'm a Griffith 500HC owner. Honestly, just my opinion, the Griffith is possibly one of the best looking cars ever made.

I'm so happy to see a T350C reviewed here!!! To me this is (with the Griffith) the most beautiful TVR... 😍

The Sagaris is actually based on the T350 not the Tuscan.....

Never realised these had a built in roll cage! That’s a big plus point! Awesome little car!!

I love my Tamora. All the benefits of the T350 (better driving characteristics, better reliability, better quality) but the roof comes off so you can enjoy the sound all the more so!

Another car we never saw here in Canada. Looks amazeballs. The only TVRs I remember seeing were those wedge shaped ones.

That straight six sounds beautiful! This is basically a british miata on steroids and i love it! What a crazy manufacturer TVR was. Thank you for driving those mashines and sharing your experience with us!

The TVR Cerbera is still one of my favorite cars of all time. I always was jealous of others since we didn’t get them in the states. TVR’s are true world of art and beautiful to look at.

I’ve always loved TVRs , my boss had a 350 when I was 16 and fell in love with them .

That inline six sounds superb❤ TVRs in general are best of British motoring 😊 Always mind boggling 👍 Quite a few here in Switzerland 🇨🇭

Great video, as always. Minor correction: The Sagaris is a T350 on steroids, not a Tuscan on steroids. I'm very privileged to own one. If anyone is interested, I have a few vids of mine but they're just in-car vids and nothing like Jack's polished videos.

Owned one for 3 years. 50k miles. Daily driver. Cracked radiator was it's only issue. My favourite car I have ever owned. I came from Cerbera ownership which was very expensive/unreliable. Thanks for making this video! A few issues I had related to trying to put fuel in....u need to be very slow. Steering rack is very quick. Service intervals were frequent and u need to keep an eye on oil and no ABS so in winter could be a handful. Floor mounted pedals means to engage the clutch u need flexible ankles. Beautiful details but the glove compartment was a joke. Reliability of the Speed six was an issue and I'm not sure how many cars did big miles like mine (bought mine in 2007). It's a timeless classic and I'd always wish I kept it...for me miles 20k per year meant I was always concerned about engine needing a rebuild.

There is nothing like a TVR and that's why I love them! Cracking stuff as always Jack buddy 👍

i always loved the quirky looks of the TVRs, this model specifically looks super clean and well composed, no need for flashy colours, the form and overall design just stands out, love the small design elements in the interior, the short wheelbase probably makes it super fun, and *yeeeess get one* and make plenty of videos with it please ;) but spare parts are probably a nightmare

2000 to 2014 was peak for the combustion engine. Downhill from then

Always tempted by these. Amazing cars but the unreliability issues are a slight concern!!!

Wonderful cars. I love the 500 Griff myself. Did a rally in bad weather in one once. Keeps you awake. Brilliant

After an absence of 21 years I am back with a TVR having just bought a very late 06 plate Tuscan S convertible and I havent stopped smiling yet. They came on so much in the Russian era, they had proper development money thrown at them and are so much better built…with tVR in terms of driving & build quality the newer the better.

Unwavering dedication and humility make you a standout. Congrats!

Loved your review, the confusion of 2000s TVRs is a little less confusing when put in order (Sagaris and Typhon are developments of this as Tuscan) Cerebral is elongated Chimaera with new engines. All the chassis can clearly be seen to share the same starting point. This I think is the perfect TVR. Fast and lairy enough, pretty, roll cage giving much needed chassis rigidity. Way cheaper than a Sagaris.

These engines were initially very well designed and could have been reliable. But, alas, Peter Wheeler cheaped out on materials and components resulting in the issues these engines are known for. If he had stuck to the original designs both the Speed Six and Speed Eights would have been great engines!

Regarding the early-00s lineup, my understanding has always been that the T350C (coupe) and T (targa) were the modern, entry level sports cars, with the Tamora essentially the same thing but in a roadster body (I've never been quite sure why it wasn't part of a T350 trio explicitly). The Sagaris was the hardcore variant of the T350. The Tuscan sat above the T350s/Tamora/Sagaris in size, and the Cerbera was the 2+2 option, and as the biggest car in the lineup was also available with the V8. The Typhon was part of a sort of "super-Tuscan" family also including the less powerful T400 that never went into production. I think only one was ever built, although several went racing. I've never been sure why TVR picked alphanumerics for some models and names for others, even different variants of the same model 🤔

One that that always gets me is that the speed did somehow sounds quintessentially very British…and I can’t explain how 😂

Such an amazing beast. I absolutely HAVE to drive a TVR from the 2000s one day. Being from continential Europe and living in Canada, that won't be easy, but it's on my bucket list.

I remember seeing a few Granturas (probably with the BMC drivetrain) run in SCCA club-racing events in the States in the later 60's and always thought they were cool (and fast in their class). In the world-before-the-Internet, I followed the successive iterations via the British motoring press and have a stack of mildewing Car and Top Gears mouldering away somewhere in consequence. Always hoped to see one on the road someplace, but as the wilder variants were never seriously imported to the US (as far as I'm aware), never had the pleasure. This was a wonderful way to spend ten minutes on-line! Thank you!

What a car! Jay Leno must be watching your channel, I see he has just released his own TVR Cerbra video! 😅

That engine sounds amazing, years ago I had a friend's Griffith 500 stashed in my garage, he did say that if I took it out to be careful. In the many months I had it I did not take it out at all, though I did give the engine a 15 minute run, probably the wisest thing I have ever done. Fierce on track days, though we did scare ourselves with extreme brake fade. We did have a Chimaera in the family... it did amuse me that the Griffith 500 was too noisy to be used on many tracks despite the stock exhaust.. unusual to have to add slip-on silencers to a road car.

I love the bonkers design philosophy of TVR. It's such a shame they didn't have managers that could direct the crazy engineers and designers in a way to make the company work. If only they could find a low cost MX5 competitor, a mid range Z competitor, and a higher rage M competitor that they continued to develop and improve, I think they may have been still a big name today. Unfortunately, they seemed to go crazy with new cars like every year that just have cost a fortune in development for a low turn over.

The sound is just to die for!

Had a red one of these...never quite knew if I was ever going to make it home alive every time I went out..loved every second of it!

At first watch I was not a fan of Number 27, but after a few episodes I now enjoy your presentations immensely and you are turning me into a TVR fan.

The T350 is a very well designed TVR. I think it is beautiful in proportion and the hinges on the tail gate for example have echoes of Colin Chapman (make it lighter) . On the one hand you could argue TVR did some things just because they could but on the other they did them in order to stand out, why have a filler cap such as this one when a conventional one would do? A great review Jack, thank you. 👍👍

The 6 has that ‘rasp’ in the same way the E46 M3 had. I ended up buying the BMW. I just wanted to get work and back without breaking down. But I have always wondered what it would have been like… Thanks so much for the video

I remember taking a test drive. I just couldn't get on with it, too much like a stripped out racing car. The looks are beautiful. It's much smaller than it looks.

My mate Lofty used to build the space frames for the Cerbera. He was a hell of a welder. RIP mate.🙏

Everything was glued together. The dashboards used to fall off 😂😂. But some of the quickest cars I have ever driven. Amazing just amazing and if you know what your doing very easy to handle.

Mini T440R. Very nice! Always looking at these on AutoTrader 😉 At the time, I opted for a Clio V6 and yes, we all know how much they go for nowadays. I still really want one of these! 👍

I remember years ago at a junction seeing a TVR with its bonnet open, I put my window down and said to the driver who was peering into the engine bay 'its true then', he looked up and said 'yep' lol

I thought the Sagaris was a beefed up T350c, not a Tuscan on steroids?

As an ex Lotus owner and now driving an F-type SVR I'm really missing a manual gearbox. These are absolutely on my list for my summer car and your review has only made the desire for one stronger... 😎

love the T350 jack, Mine is a T350t in black with the licence plate T2 YOB was GX04 VTU lol.... enough said. scatty and unpredictable at higher speeds.Feels like it wants to put you in the hedge. Great review as always, Would you say the good old Buick/Rover Griff 500 has them all up to 100 ish, ? I would hands down. T350 is another revvver coming in shortly after then its the Cerb well....... when that hits the sweet spot you isn't catching it.

Had a ride in one once. Absolutely love that engine. Always pulling not violently just like a train. And glorious noise.

I've become such a huge fan of TVR's that considering the huge depreciation(some models going for under $40,000) I'm considering one for my next car. It's the first time since my early 20's I get to buy a car I WANT instead of need. I want something fun, and they're different. The other thing I'm considering is getting a C5 Corvette and adding some mods to make it perform like cars 4x the price.

As a North American, I have loved looking at these cars since I was a child. They seem so wild...even the tamer models. I am not sure Inhave ever seen a modern TVT in person...I do see classic era TVR from time to time, the wedge style ones. Best OEM paint ever on the modern ones.

Great review, Jack, but I must admit that TVRs leave me cold. However, it's always good to see and hear what their fans rave about.

that garden-centre where you turned around was on one of the crash-detectives on iPlayer, with a biker - car collision. take care!

As a German Petrolhead that has been living across Europe, driving all kinds of sports car brands, I can’t help myself always coming back to some epic drives I had with a Tamora in the Highlands or with my Chimera 4.5 in the Alps… man!

4:32 phwoaaa that sounds amazing

Great styling, powerful, well engineered. Would love one.

My friend had one back in the 70’s a very cool yet temperamental little machine.

My Swordfish coloured Tamora was awesome except for that snaggy gearbox from 2nd to 3rd. Preferred the Tamora for a more spacious open feeling but t350 clearly handled better

Stunning design, it has aged so well. Absolutely love TVR.

I thought the Sagaris was a T350C on steroids. (Sagaris one the most beautiful cars of all time) The base of the Sagaris comes from the Tuscan? Didnt know that. And wish were roads to be able to use a 4th or 5th gear on high RPM on UK... Although a Touge Road is much more joyable. Great Video!

And as reliable as a french car from the 2000's. Wonderful

I’m at the tvr car club Nl trackday event rn and I get this video. Funny coincidence. One lad brought a tvr t350t with the 4.6L engine. A brutal car

LOL you need a roll cage, for when you stuff in into the ditch backwards at a 120mph, because the road was mildly moist. Griffith 500 owner here. - Bought off someone who stuffed it into a hedgerow.

I absolutly love the design of the tvr cars. They look like no other cars. ❤

One thing you for get is they are rot boxes on the space frame if not looked after

Great review as usual! As a TVR owner I'm not fully objective 😉. They were maybe too bold creating their own engines. Using US crate engines would have been less audacious however the brand could have survived.

Love the TVR content Funny to hear your views on the looks as I find this one probably the least desirable based on looks . Give me a Cerb or Tuscan any day

I have a Sagaris although it’s not running right now, but my DREAM car will always be the Speed 12, most beautiful beast ever!

Tvr gotta become a big company and mass produce these man. Too much expensive sportcars nowadays this would be a savior

It will be great when leccy cars start getting this exciting. Perhaps our friends in China might buy up the TVR name and make thrilling leccy cars just like they have done with MG.

4:14 that sound is absolutely intoxicating!

Loved watching TVR's racing, especially the Tuscan's, back in the late 80's. They were crazy.

I love these, always wanted a Chimaera as they were new when I was a teenager. My dad had a Griffith 430 too, but I was at a track day at Cadwell maybe 15 years ago and one of these was tearing around at twice the speed of everything else and I’ve wanted one ever since. Great cars.

TVR is the best British brand, and is definitely among coolest car brands in the world. I hate the the interior of those TVRs, btw, but nevertheless, they are outstanding.

A TVR is the kind of car that I wish someone I knew had - because I don't think I would like to own one myself, but still really would like to experience.

I was worried Jack would do his usual thing of showing a lovely car and then say they only made a handful ! but they seem to have made about 390 of this coupe, possibly the nicest design of all TVR after the Griffith500.

Lots of people consider these as dream cars yet they are the same price or less than a golf gti, yet when you out them up for sale they are really hard to sell. Seems people like the idea of owning them but few have the balls to actually own one.

Looks like a car from the 90s, I like the idea of using a hole-saw to lighten up the rear bumper

Such a shame they went bust. I live just a 2.5 mile walk from the factory and did work experience there in the nineties. My dad's joinery business used to make dashboards for them in the seventies and / or the eighties. He was known as Dave the Dash. He used to borrow a 350i from the factory every now and then.

Beautiful details on the car. Including the VW Corrado wing mirrors :D. As usual great review.

As an American I have always loved the way TVRs look. I'd love to own one one day. Lol

I love the nuttyness of the TVR´s, but if I had to have one, I would take the Sagaris without hesitation. In my view it is by far the most special one.. Its just a murder machine on wheels and it looks so utterly out of this world for a small sports car.

“Crank open the fuel filler”. Poetic!

Maybe one day you could test a "wedge" or earlier TVR. There is relatively little on them on RU-vid.

Excellent I've ALWAYS wanted a TVR! Mate of mine bought a Chimera i think (the convertible rounded light 4/5litre one on a R plate) about 20years ago and he said it was phenomenal! When he bought it, they were already my dream car, so very envious, although I think it gave him headaches for reliability from day 1! - So I bought a new MX5 MK2.5 fully loaded with hard top instead in 2004 (Still lively despite being 1/4 the power) loveky car, damn sight more reliable and better on petrol lol 😂👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

I love TVR’s from that era, although I’ve never driven one.

I had a 280S. We called it the Teabag, because that's how watertight it was.

I drove one of these in torrential rain with the window wipers and speedo broken. The way I can describe it is like driving a piece of paper. The steering is as light as a feather.

Dream car, so sad that they are not much famous or more common at least. Car for real drivers Tiny like a kart, light and aggressive

Wow! One of the best motoring videos I’ve seen. It gave a real feeling for that T350. Just before this I watched Harry’s Garage reviewing the Alpine A110 GT. The TVR surely has to be a seat of the pants raw better drivers car. Obviously they’re not on sale at the same time but what would you rather have money wise? (20k less)

Another great video Jack, I’ve had a fair few TVR’S and enjoyed the scary experiences!

Its short wheel base, helps make it's famouse handling, characteristics. If it where any shorter, it would be capible of flight.

I wasn't aware of this model -- it's very striking. The Speed Six engine note is amazing (as is the sound of the Cerbera Red Rose V8). They sound almost as good as the mid-50's BRM V16 Formula One racer!

The sound of the Speed6 reminds me of the later/larger Busso engines. It's a stunning shape! I'm not sure I'd actually fit *in* it however lol.

TVR ARE GREAT CARS I COULD NEVER GET OVER THE NOSE OF THE CAR AND DELIVERY TIME

GOOD GOD these things sound good. It literally doesn't matter what TVR it is. If that's the last thing I hear before I die, so be it!

I’ve commented on one of your TVR videos before - I owned the sister car to the Tuscan you reviewed! But I gotta say, loved this one. And it’s made me very nostalgic for Tivvers. I’ve not driven one since I sold my Tuscan in 2005 😱 but would really love to try a T350 now. You may have ignited a fire… 😂