PUZZLING QUESTION TIME

"liquid_popcorn" (liquid-popcorn)
10/16/2013 at 09:08 • Filed to: alison brie, tvr, question

I was chatting with someone over on Gawker, and they mentioned they had an unusual car but didn't disclose what it was. I'm curious, so I'll ask you all:

It is English, has a 12-cylinder engine, and less than 1,000 units were produced. What is it?

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DISCUSSION (29)

McMike > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:12

TVR Cerbera Speed 12.

Tom McParland > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:12

One-77?

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Your response should be SR20 or you don't have it. :D

Bluecold > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:13

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Daimler Double Six Coupe?

Wildstar > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:14

TVR Cerbera Speed 12. That exact car is in Wikipedia.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:14

The V12 Vanquish exceeds that production number, and the V12 Vantage is supposed to. Presumably not a (the) Cerbera Speed 12, so possibly something using the Jag V12 - Panther J. 72 or Daimler Double Six perhaps?

Nibby > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:15

<3 Alison Brie

davedave1111 > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:20

Could be a lot of things, particularly if stretching slightly to include specific variants of V12 models - something like a Jag XJ-S 6.0 convertible, say, might have only had <1000 made, compared to the ~100k for total XJ-S production. Era?

The obvious current(ish) one is the V12 Vantage. They expanded production to more than the initially planned 1,000 units, so maybe your Gawker friend is confused.

Then again, it could be something really bizarre like a Panther deVille .

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Sn210 > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:20

KnowsAboutCars > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:23

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Lister Storm? The only road car with 7 litre Jaguar V12.

Sn210 > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:26

Speed 12!

it looks a lot better without all the crazy hood vents

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anonsagainstanonymous > KnowsAboutCars
10/16/2013 at 09:33

Gosh, I'd forgotten those existed! Nice.

Fl1ngstam > liquid_popcorn
10/16/2013 at 09:33

Less than 1000 units? That's quite a large number. It could be Jaguar XJC coupe, but I'd suggest it's one of quite a few recent Astons. DB7 Vantage?

As there is only one road-registered TVR Speed 12, it's not going to be that one.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > KnowsAboutCars
10/16/2013 at 09:34

Odds are, anything like that that crosses from rare to hyper-rare, they would have said, say, "less than 10" rather than "less than a thousand". It's more likely with that number being cited it's the Vantage they meant, or something similar.

KnowsAboutCars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2013 at 09:39

Yeah, I actually just realized myself that there were only 4 of these built while doing a late fact check on wikipedia.

liquid_popcorn > Nibby
10/16/2013 at 09:52

damn straight. have some more photos, one's altered a bit but who cares:

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liquid_popcorn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2013 at 09:54

The only one I could think of was the Double Six, but I have no idea, honestly. Then I got lost in the sea of V12s listed on Wikipedia, so I thought I'd just ask before I end up spending all day reading about them.

liquid_popcorn > Fl1ngstam
10/16/2013 at 09:54

Yeah, I just like the TVR. So batshit.

liquid_popcorn > Sn210
10/16/2013 at 09:55

Whoa, cool. I hadn't seen those shots before.

liquid_popcorn > Tom McParland
10/16/2013 at 09:55

Hah, I might.

liquid_popcorn > KnowsAboutCars
10/16/2013 at 09:55

I want that. Frigging ace.