24 LWB: approximately 24 LWB SE: approximately 10 Tuscan V6 In mid-1969, to provide a car at an intermediate level of performance, TVR released the Tuscan V6. Equipped with a 2994 cc OHV Ford Essex V6 motor, which came from Ford's British division (also used in the Ford Zodiac Mk IV and Ford Capri). The brakes were changed from the V8 model, as only the front used discs, and the rear had drum brakes. The V6 model was also narrower, using the same bodyshell as the TVR Vixen but with provision of an access panel above the rear differential, and a round tubular frame chassis similar to the TVR Vixen but with some upgrades. It did, however, receive the same Salisbury differential as the Tuscan V8. The 3.0 L V6 powerplant produced 138 hp, and 182 lb/ft of torque equipped with a twin choke synchronous Weber 40DFAV carburetor and the car was able to reach speeds of 125 mph. At the time it was offered for sale, the Essex V6 did not meet emissions requirements in the United States, so the Tuscan V6 was not exported there although at least one car was sent into the US masquerading as a TVR Vixen. Most of the cars produced were right-hand-drive, for the home market. There were a total of 101 V6 cars produced including a prototype before the line was stopped altogether to make way for its successor, the TVR Vixen 2500. See also TVR Tuscan Challenge - introduced in 1988, this was a competition-only roadster built in small numbers TVR Tuscan Speed Six - Recent model (produced from 1999-2006) that bears the same name. References Sports cars Cars introduced in 1967 1970s cars