Very brief history.
The TVR S range was announced at the 1986 Motor Show at Earls Court in London, as a retro-styled low priced model to act as an introduction to TVR ownership. Due to a massive positive response the car went into production in less than 12 months, with 250 pre-manufacture orders. This was Peter Wheeler's first major development since buying the company from Martin Lilley, and the turning point in TVR's fortunes.
Main powerplant for S-series cars was Ford's Cologne V6 in 2.8 L (160 hp) and 2.9 L (170 hp) forms.
There was also a monster V8S, with 4 litre (and in some cases 4.3) fuel-injected Rover V8 engine. 0-60 comes up in 4.7 secs (according to some magazines anyway) and disk brakes are standard all round. These cars can be identified by the large bulge in the bonnet, actually designed to make space for a supercharger for V6 models exported to Italy, but subsequently used on the V8S (the normal bonnet would fit).
2604 S-series cars were made between 1986 and 1994, 410 of these were of the V8S variety.
Source: tvrsseries.com, wikipedia.org
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