TVR Magentis: My Invention

[Cotterik]

As many of you already know one of my hobbies is to draw and design cars, and i hope to take it on in the future to gain a career in automotive design. I only have a select few designs scanned onto my PC so i dont post that many on UCP. The only ones you may have seen are the carrera gt drawing and the Aston Martin DB10 concept.

My latest idea was of a new TVR, to be the sister of the new Sagaris.

I called it the Magentis Speed six

Performance would be as follows:

Engine: Straight 6 (same engine as used in the Sagaris)
Engine Location: Front , longitudinally mounted
Gearbox: 6 speed Manual
Drive: Rear wheel drive
Magentis: 380 bhp @ 7000 rpm. Magentis S: 420 bhp @ 7200 rpm
Top Speed: Magentis:186 mph Magentis S: 199 mph
0-60 mph Acceleration: Magentis: 4.0 s Magentis S: 3.5 s

A quick sketch is attatched to help you imagine what the Magentis would look like. Tell me what you think

[Coventrysucks]

A very interesting concept.

I think the name needs a bit more consideration.
Kia Magentis?

As for the sketch - it is a bit narrow, and you can see a bit too much of the rear overhang, other than that its quite good.

[Cotterik]

i realised before there is a kia magentis :P but it sounded good at the time, it is a sort of TVR-ish name dont you think?

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

that or kia uses names intended for cars above 15K

[6'bore]

Pretty good concept, are those engines out of the Tuscan?

[Coventrysucks]

Try some sort of legendary, preferably ancient Greek beast
Griffith - almost a Griffin
Chimeara - monster with lots of heads IIRC
Cerbera - almost Cerberus
Tuscan - a vicious Toucan
T350 - Errr Tesco?
Tamora - Queen of the Goths
Sagaris - Some sort of battle axe
Typhon - Some sort of Greek monster - described thus: "Typhon's hundred, horrible heads touched the stars, venom dripped from his evil eyes, and lava and red-hot stones poured from his gaping mouths. Hissing like a hundred snakes and roaring like a hundred lions, he tore up whole mountains and threw them at the gods". Yes, that sounds about right...

[Cotterik]

Originally Posted by 6'bore

Pretty good concept, are those engines out of the Tuscan?

The Sagaris is propelled by the same 4 litre 400 bhp engine as the Tuscan S, and the Magentis uses the same engine as the Sagaris, so yes

[Cotterik]

Originally Posted by Coventrysucks

A very interesting concept.

As for the sketch - it is a bit narrow, and you can see a bit too much of the rear overhang, other than that its quite good.

yeah the actual sketch isnt supposed to be a true-to-life drawing of the actual car, i intended it to be slightly abstract using the flowing lines and the shape of the car. If the car were to be made think of it as a cross between a tuscan and a sagaris.

[Esperante]

I used this for a bunch of my old designs-
Cromster-a flat bottomed boat designed for raiding moated castles

[ruim20]

Hey Cotterik why don't you start using 3d programs? it would be good to get some more cars in 3d around here

[Cotterik]

yeah i will be starting to use 3d program much more once i start at college, once i learn how to use them expect some mean material ofcourse it wont be as good as yours...yet

[shockwaveracing]

front reminds me of a Smart for some reason... ice sketch otherwise though...