TVR has something big planned for 2017—so big, in fact, that its new sports car (which it hasn't made yet) is already sold out. It's impressive for such a ghostly claim. Things took a turn for the realer today, when Autocar's Lewis Kingston tweeted about an Autocar video of a visit to Cosworth's dyno room to test the new V8 that will power the mystery TVR.

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The engine itself is a re-engineered Ford Coyote engine. When it was run, "the torque hit 500," which promptly overwhelmed the dyno and shut it down. Unfortunately, the audio in the video is less than stellar and we are unsure which units were being referred to.

Cosworth claims that this would make the new TVR lap Le Mans in 3:40. However, it's unclear whether or not this lap time is based on chassis, suspension, and aerodynamics. If it is, then there is a very brisk TVR coming, indeed.

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