This is a 2000 TVR Cerbera Speed 12, however, it’s not the original red example (W112 BHG) built by TVR themselves, but a separate example, built with a remaining genuine Speed 12 chassis and panels with a modified Aston Martin V12 engine as opposed to the one and only 7.7L V12 TVR unit in the original red car. The original silver Speed 12 Cerbera initially wore the registration W312 BFV. It was later repainted red and became W312 BHG. Parts of that car, likely including the tub, were then used to create W112 BHG example. Despite confusion regarding the project as a whole, these are all believed to be the same car. This car, which is silver today, was also previously painted ‘TVR Racing Purple’ and also wears the registration plate W312 BFV. The goal of the Cerbera Speed 12 as a whole was to have a car that would become both the world’s greatest performance road car & also to become the basis for a future GT1 endurance race car. This idea was first presented during the 1996 Birmingham Motor Show, and by the year 1998, the project’s name changed from ‘7/12’ to ‘Speed 12’, and a racing variant called the ‘Speed 12 GTS’ was finalized for racing within the GT1 class in the FIA GT Championship. The Speed 12 made its way into the racing scene during the 1998 British GT, with a best result of 4th place in the British GT Snetterton in on 6/14/98. The name changed yet again in the year 2000, now called the ‘TVR Cerbera Speed 12’, and during this time, the Speed 12 participated in the GT2 class of the British GT Championship for a few seasons until 2002, securing numerous 1st place finishes. During development, then-owner Peter Wheeler drove one of the finished road-going Speed 12 prototypes home and concluded the car could not be driven on any public road, resulting in the remaining prototypes to be parted out mechanically to aid in race efforts, except for one car, W112 BHG.
How many made? 5 chassis produced, 3 were made road-worthy. 2 total road-going examples exist today, this car, and W112 BHG.
Engine: modified Aston Martin V12
Debut: 2000
Top Speed: around 240mph
0-60mph: around 2.9 seconds
Photo Credit: jab_carphotography
Research: @rarecarsonly
2000 TVR Cerbera Speed 12
20.05.2025
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