TVR previews all-new V8 sports car

TVR has released one final teaser photo of its all-new sports car ahead of its official reveal this Friday at the Goodwood Revival.

Set to mark the British sports car specialist's 70th anniversary year, the new sports car -- believed to revive the 'Griffith' name -- will be the first new TVR in more than a decade.

Created as a hand-built, low-volume rival to Porsche's 911, the new TVR Griffith has been designed and engineered by F1 and supercar legend, Gordon Murray.

It will feature an advanced aero package and will be the smallest car in its class. Measuring 4300mm in length and standing 1271mm tall, the diminutive TVR will be 228mm shorter and 13mm lower than the current Porsche 911 GTS.

Weighing just 1200kg – 300kg lighter than the 911 GTS -- the born again TVR will also offer ballistic performance.

Power comes from a Cosworth-developed 5.0-litre V8 good for at least 357kW.

Against the clock, TVR says it will hit 100km/h in less than four seconds and top out at more than 200mph (322km/h).

TVR has announced it will build 500 ‘Launch Edition’ cars, each priced at £90,000 ($A155,000), and now says almost all of them have been sold.

More powerful versions of the new TVR are expected to follow and the Cosworth-tuned Ford ‘Coyote’ V8 will eventually be available in five states of tune — standard, ‘big power’, ’track day-spec’ and two further versions for racing, including a full-blown GT3-spec engine for a Le Mans racer.

Deliveries are scheduled for some time in 2019. TVR will release full details this Friday.