Driving the TVR's "Test Track" in the Tuscan Speed Six | Henry Catchpole - The Driver’s Seat

Hope you all enjoy the film. It was great fun piecing it all together - many thanks to all those that helped. The first TVR I ever drove was a late Tuscan Convertible just like this one (on a group test in Germany on the roads around the Nurburgring as it happens) and all the memories from 20 years ago came flooding back as soon as I drove this car.

Got a Chim and that V8 sound OMG. Taking it out especially around the Lake Distict where I live is such an raw pleasurable experience which sadly has been lost in today's high tech cars with all the gadgets. Sure it will try to kill you (which it nearly did once) but respect it. TVR made such wonderful looking quirky cars. P.S I love annoying the neighbours when I warm ot up on a Sunday morning. They complain but I think they like it.

I have lamented the transition from printed automotive journalism to internet videos, but man this Hagerty content is just so consistently excellent on so many levels. Thank you!

Crikey, what a review. Henry really has a way with words. Wonderful.

Can’t wait for the Sagaris to be legal state-side. I’ve always wanted to see one in person.

Super vlog. There's a minter H&M have for sale at the mo.

:-) haha! Henry, you should have asked a TVR owner to show you how to put the roof up properly.... ;-)

Every possible box does this tick.

This video made me fall in love with cars all over again. Thank you Mr. Catchpole.

If it weren't for Gran Turismo wouldn't of heard of Tvr or skyline gtr big up's to the series

youve got to appriciate that they where one of the last manufacturers to make real sports cars. light and simple. supercars weighing 2 tons is ridiculous.

Beautiful, really enjoyed watching this. You've inspired me to make the pilgrimage to Blackpool, and look for some of these roads to enjoy. It will be good to return the cars to what is hallowed ground.

what happened to the Griffith v8?

Mr Catchpole is a simply sublime presenter, easily my favourite person to watch talk cars on here

I remember seeing the Tuscan speed six in ‘Swordfish’ and being in awe of its design aesthetic. Now 40 years old I own a Lotus Elise SC and absolutely love it. Yet I still crave to own a sorted Tuscan speed six one day for its raw power and British sports car heritage

Once managed to blag a test drive on a Tamora. Same issue getting in the car and then getting out (no door handles). The Tamora was the "baby" TVR... Yet, one wide open throttle stretch later, all my chest hair had migrated to my back!

The car sounded intimidating and it revved fast. It felt almost dangerous. But a brisk cruise on a twisty little B road was heavenly... Still on my must have list, 20 years later...

What a gorgeous car. However, my dream car, which will never be, is a Tuscan R. I'd settle for the notchback though. <twist my arm>

Fabulous film as ever Henry, bravo.

Gorgeous film, thank you Henry!

I'm always surprised that tall men like Henry fit in these "small" British sportscars, then I remember that Peter Wheeler, like Gordon Murray, was actually a very, very tall man.

Bloody hell Henry, don’t go telling everyone the secret, the prices will skyrocket.
Hand made little monsters, with more character than almost anything outside of 70/80’s Italy.

On future TVRs, don't mention the "E" word!!

No matter what they do with them, hopefully they keep building manual petrol cars! 😯😂🩲😀🤘🤞

Great video, beautiful car - but please don't try and pretend that's a race engine in any way, shape or form. It just had some fundamental flaws.

One of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen in person. Wish someone big had mass produced this beauty.

I find that these cars are looking better and better to my eyes as time passes, maybe something to do with getting old, and how car design has been going the last few years - everything getting bigger/ taller / fatter....

I find these Herny Catchpole videos such a pleasure to watch)))

I wonder if TVR intentionally made it difficult to get out of their Tuscans?? Either way though they are beautiful with that lovely throaty six cylinder sound.

Is this the car from the movie "Swordfish"?

Peter Wheeler was the one responsible for the engines unreliability due to his horrendous cost cutting of Al Mellings original design. Wheeler was both the saint and the sinner that truly revitalised TVR but then also got up to some really bad shady stuff behind the scenes (stealing entire engines from customer cars in for servicing and then slotting them into `brand new` cars. Wheelers not paying suppliers being the reason he didn`t have engines in the first place!) Its a massive shame that TVR haven`t been a thing for 2 DECADES now, our roads are a quieter, more boring and bland place ever since.

Great job Henry! I liked this a lot. 1 point that was missed but quite pertinent was the fact the speed six is and probably will always be the most powerful naturally aspirated straight 6 engine every. That's a bit of motoring history right there and should be lorded ! Especially if we are all going to try hawking our Tuscans to the Yanks. ; P

Is there a way to get this route on Google Maps/Earth in some way? I'd LOVE to have some guidance for the next time I'm in the UK

I still miss my Tuscan S which I bought new 22 years ago.. Luckily I still have the photos of the factory tour where I got to sign the bodywork of my car!

So calm & soothing it was✨✨

I saw a reflex blue TVR Tuscan with a in Riverside California back in the early 2000’s as a small child. I was pretty surprised as i’d only ever seen one in Gran Turismo 3.

Motoring journalism at its finest. Definitely about the journey, narrated impeccably.

Bought my Tuscan 5 years ago. Still can help but smile when I see it on the drive. Its a keeper.

Having a cosworth engine... Nice burn towards bugatti

Great to see Henry. Smashing example credit to the owner 👌

I can only imagine what 180mph feels like in a tvr😮

Always loved them since Gran Turismo

What a wonderfully put together piece of film making. Superbly shot and the narration captivating. Fantastic effort. Best piece of motoring journalism I've seen for a while. Bravo!!

When a car looks better today than the day it was released…

Great review as always and I love the widescreen format :)

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Bucket list car, the Tuscan. You'd feel the dog's driving it. I love the styling of the series 1; to me it is TVR's greatest hit. There's a rakishness and supremacy to it that instills in me a sense of British pride, much like a top of the line big block Corvette must've done for an American. I respect hugely Astons and Jaguars, but there's a blue collar savageness to a TVR that puts it in another league of acceptability for me.

Wonderful. Proper car. Buy a couple of TVRs for the price of an EV. One will always work and you'll feel alive. They won't even lose a fortune like an EV

TVR should've used the test track at Lotus, by getting them to do the set-up work

Thank you for the wonderful film. It brought back memories. 

Had a Chimaera from 1999 to 2006. Crude and quirky in many ways but such a blast to drive. Replaced it with the marvellous 993 turbo X50. Quicker, refined and reliable, but not as much fun as the TVR (when on good behaviour). Still miss it.