Six of the Best: Budget Noughties Bruisers
Big engine, big noise, big energy - low cost? By PH Staff.
Conceptually speaking, big-engined performance cars that favour presence and power over handling finesse have never seemed more ‘of the moment’.
Sure, they’re penalised on the taxation front and cost the earth to run, but they make more modern electrified alternatives look (and sound) positively anaemic by comparison.
Case in point: a car named after a mythical three-headed dog.
TVR had already perfected its vision of a Brit bruiser by the time it got to the Cerbera, though in many ways it came to typify the firm’s approach in its decade-long life cycle.
This one, a recommissioned Speed Six in fetching Red Glow Pearl, is already attracting bids; you’ve got till Wednesday to make it yours.
Of course, you don’t need a sinewy sports car to qualify for bruiser status.
Author's summary: Big engine performance cars are popular.