Marcos TSO GT

[G.T]

There is going to be a new Marcos. The Marcos TSO GT.

Here are some picture's:


Specification list:

Engine: GM V8
Displacement: 5700 cc / 347.8 cu in
Power: 298.3 kw / 400 bhp @ Not Available rpm
Hp per litre: 70.18 bhp per litre
Bhp/Weight: 363.64 bhp per weight
Weight: 1100 kg / 2425 lbs
Top Speed: 297.7 kph / 185.0 mph
0-60 mph: 4.1 seconds
0-100 mph: 9.1 seconds

The car should go on sale for around £40,000 later this year.

To me the car looks very much like a TVR, especially the TVR Sagaris. It's still got the Marcos rear end though.


Marcos TSO-GT Launch Video Link:

http://www.pistonheads.tv/video.asp?id=324&nr=1

 

[stumpydino]

yeh looks lot like the T350, nice rear tho

 

[VIPFREAK]

Is it me or has everybody resorted to copying?!

 

[G.T]

Is it me or has everybody resorted to copying?!

No kidding. Porsche, Aston Martin and now Marcos.

 

[Dave A]

Just who are Porsche and Aston Martin copying?

 

[G.T]

Just who are Porsche and Aston Martin copying?

Themselves. You can hardly see the difference between they cars. Aston's DB9, AMV8 and Vanquish are hard to make out and Porsches new 911 is hard to distinguish from the previous one.

 

[The359]

You obviously haven't been actually looking at the cars...

 

[G.T]

You obviously haven't been actually looking at the cars...

I'm not the only one. Lots of car magazines agree with me.

 

[Robin]

TVR eat your heart out!

.......looks so much like the T350

 

[eliseracer]

You obviously haven't been actually looking at the cars...

Precisely.

I don't know how many times it has to be explained. There's no hope I guess.

... just like Infiniti

 

[ND4SPD]

Whoa, T350 slapped with an uglier butt!

 

[PS]

Reminds me of the new Ferarri F430's ass.

And have they mentioned the engine's name? I starting to think it's just a corvette powered version of a TVR.

And yes, when I first saw it I thought of Lotus + TVR. Dunno why.

 

[ND4SPD]

It also seems like it almost have has the exact same engine as the T350.

 

[Dave A]

The T350 has a 3.6 liter inline six, the TSO has a 5.7 liter V8.

 

[The359]

I'm not the only one. Lots of car magazines agree with me.

No, they say they look similar. They don't say they look identical. If you can't tell a Vanquish apart from a DB9 or a 996 apart from a 997, then you haven't been looking at the cars at all.

 

[Driftster]

Identical

 

[Driftster]

Identical TOO!

 

[ND4SPD]

Uhh aren't those both DB9's? One production model and one concept model?

 

[Layla's Keeper]

Ehh, the Marcos looks a little plain, but compared to the past Marcoses everything looks plain.

Still, the TSO GT, and its roadster counterpart - the TSO - look good and with that honkin Chevy power, they'll move like wild.

Oh, and by the way, the TVR TS350 resemblance is nothing shocking. Damian McTaggert, TVR's former chief designer (creator of the Cerbera, Tuscan, and TS350) now heads up the styling department of the revitalized Marcos marque.

 

[The359]

Uhh aren't those both DB9's? One production model and one concept model?

Top one is the DB9, bottom one is the V8 Vantage. It's easy to tell:

* V8 Vantage has no air ducts on the sides of the front clip, just a single one in the center.
* DB9 doesn't have a body line extending out from the side vent back past the door
* Different wheels on both cars
* DB9's front turn signals are a small pod, V8 Vantage's are a thin bar.
* V8 Vantage grill is thicker vertically
* V8 Vantage has a hatchback, DB9 has a trunk
* V8 Vantage's wing mirrors are on small struts, while the DB9's are more sculpted to the door.

Don't even get me started on the Vanquish...

 

[G.T]

I CAN tell the difference The359, but what I mean is if one whizzes past you (which it would more than likley do) it will be really hard to tell the difference. If it went past me rear end way for the Aston I might tell the difference but if I got glimpse of the car out of the corner of my eye I find it impossible. The 997 is even more difficult.

 

[G.T]

I have seen a Marcos Mantis in real life guys, like the purple one above. The owner that the bonnet open and it had an old fashoned 3.8 (I think) Rover V8. When he left, he put his foot down and the car sounded brilliant.

 

[Double_R]

There is going to be a new Marcos. The Marcos TSO GT.

Here are some picture's:


Specification list:

Engine: GM V8
Displacement: 5700 cc / 347.8 cu in
Power: 298.3 kw / 400 bhp @ Not Available rpm
Hp per litre: 70.18 bhp per litre
Bhp/Weight: 363.64 bhp per weight
Weight: 1100 kg / 2425 lbs
Top Speed: 297.7 kph / 185.0 mph
0-60 mph: 4.1 seconds
0-100 mph: 9.1 seconds

The car should go on sale for around £40,000 later this year.

To me the car looks very much like a TVR, especially the TVR Sagaris. It's still got the Marcos rear end though.

Yes looks alot like the 350c

 

[G.T]

Added the Marcos TSO GT launch video link to first post.

 

[ExigeEvan]

It looks simialir to a TVR from the front but that's it. The difference being the bonnet doesn't come to such a point.

Just wait till you see a Boxster and Cayman coming up behind you. Bet you won't know the differnce then

 

[Driftster]

He will NEVER tell the difference, because they are IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY. You put one parked next to another and an eagle could tell the difference, These companies and their minicry honestly.
-end sarcasm-

 

[The359]

The 997 vs Cayman would be difficult, but the 996 vs 997 is ungodly easy. They don't even have the same front ends!

 

[eliseracer]

They will never understand this brand imaging thing.

Never.

 

[Driftster]

Of course we do we're just giving them a hard time.
You make a car that looks like a TVR people will say "hey that looks like a TVR, so it must be as good as one, but that one has Cooler tail lights i'm getting that"
you make a car that looks like a Caterham and people will say "Whoa is that a caterham? It's not? It's FASTER?! I gotta get one"

And just think of porsche, how long has that general bodystyle been around? Has it been working for them? Why change it?

Nissan tried to, and they came up with the 300zx and that didn't make them very much money did it?

240z = made them money
280z = made them money
300zx(first gen) = made them money
300zx(ugly gen) = oooo didn't work
350z (went back to roadster look with the short body and the small rear) = making them money

 

[Layla's Keeper]

To be perfectly correct, the 2nd gen 300ZX's main failing was not its styling (which has actually been pretty much universally lauded by critics, including notoriously hard to please Automobile Magazine styling critic Robert Cumberford) but its price.

The 240Z-280Z's were buyer friendly. They were built with sturdy engines that were easy and cheap to repair, had good practicality thanks to big hatchbacks and good fuel mileage, and offered good performance for the money which was well below the Corvette/911 level, but above the MG Midget and Triumph Spitfire.

The 300ZX, on the other hand, was an expensive, heavy, twin-turbo sports car that hung with (but didn't quite beat) its Corvette, RX-7, Supra, 911, 968, Jaguar XJS-12 (the XK8 was a little far off at the time), and other competitors.



To be fair, the 240Z did copy a few styling cues from its competitors. Think about the 240Z styling, then realize that the following styling traits are not the car's own.

the recessed headlights from the MGB GT,

the long nose and bulged hood of the Jaguar E-type,

the hip rear fenders and hatchback of the Triumph GT6

and the roofline of the Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona

Although, that is a damn good design pedigree. If you're going to swipe design elements, swipe them from the very 'effin BEST.