TVR Sagaris

The TVR Sagaris is a 6-cylinder sports car made by TVR.

Overview
The Sagaris made its debut at the MPH03 Auto Show in 2003. The pre-production model was then shown at the 2004 Birmingham Motorshow. In 2005 the production model was released for public sale at TVR dealerships around the world. Based on the TVR T350, the Sagaris was designed with endurance racing in mind. Several design features of the production model lend themselves to TVR's intentions to use the car for such racing. The multitude of air vents, intake openings and other features on the bodywork allow the car to be driven for extended periods of time on race tracks with no modifications required for cooling and ventilation. The final production model came with several variations from the pre-production show models e.g. the vents on the wings are not cut out, different wing mirrors, location of the fuel filler and bonnet hinges. There are other subtle differences as well.

As with all modern TVRs the Sagaris ignores the European Union guideline that all new cars should be fitted with ABS and at least front airbags because Peter Wheeler believed that such devices promote overconfidence and risk the life of a driver in the event of a rollover, which TVRs are engineered to resist. It also eschews electronic driver's aids (such as traction control or electronic stability control).

The car's name comes from the sagaris, the Greek name of a lightweight battle-axe used by the Scythians which was feared for its ability to penetrate the armor of their enemies. The car was designed by Graham Browne and Lee Hodgetts.

Summary
The TVR Sagaris was added to the game during the Multiplayer League Update. It was featured as the first Multiplayer League Reward Car, during the Starting Line Season.

The TVR Sagaris has a starting rank of 1217, a MAX rank of 1517 and a MAX + PRO rank of 1683. The TVR Sagaris receives +54 rank points from Tuning Kits.

Performance
Overall, the TVR Sagaris can be described as a continuation of the Shelby Cobra 427, also from Class B, in performance. Both the Cobra and Sagaris have excellent rates of acceleration (the TVR Sagaris has poorer acceleration without nitro/acceleration upgrades) but have medium-length nitro efficiencies, sharing the efficiency of 7/12/17. The Cobra and Sagaris both have very large Tuning Kit bonuses, but their shared biggest strength is a very low raw top speed upgrade rank weighting, allowing for them to become very fast at low ranks (they share the distribution of 20%/30%/20%/30% for their statistics). Apart from their poor nitro efficiencies, the Cobra and Sagaris both lack a decent drifting radius. Their handling statistics are very good, on the contrary.

Usage (Multiplayer)
Due to its excellent Tuning Kit bonus and very low upgrade rank weighting for raw top speed, the TVR Sagaris competes in Multiplayer at "mid-ranks" (1300-1500).

The TVR Sagaris is overall inferior to the Shelby Cobra 427 in Multiplayer. Despite sharing the same rank weightings and having a higher final rank and final total top speed, the Sagaris can only match the Cobra's best Multiplayer tune's speed at a rank around 80 points higher (due to its higher starting rank). The Cobra, at rank 1234, can reach 247.9 mph (399 km/h), while the Sagaris can only get to a similar speed at a rank well past 1300. On the other hand, the Sagaris can surpass the Cobra in speed around ranks 1350-1390. Therefore, the Sagaris is usually used at ranks between 1350-1390 in Multiplayer, where it seldom sees Cobras unless unfairly matched against them with a large gap in ranks.

However, racing at higher ranks comes at a price, and that price is the Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS. The TVR Sagaris cannot properly compete with the Camaro SS, and can generally be considered inferior to the Camaro SS. Already, the Shelby Cobra 427 somewhat struggles to fight the Camaro SS at a rank as low as 1245. For a 1245 Cobra, ~1280 Camaro SS' are a common sight, but a rank 1285 Cobra (which can beat a ~1280 Camaro SS consistently) has even worse Camaro SS problems, often facing far superior 1350-1390 Camaro SS' (all of this is due to poor matchmaking).

Given that the Cobra can only just compete with the Camaro SS at ranks below 1300, it's no surprise that the Sagaris heavily struggles to fight the Camaro SS at ranks above 1300. The Sagaris' speed gap with the Camaro SS can be up to nearly 18.5 mph (30 km/h), at a rank of 1390. Even though 1390 is generally considered to be the best tune for the Sagaris, this gap in speed is generally too great, with the Sagaris losing a large majority of games to the Camaro SS at this rank. The only chance that the Sagaris has is if the Camaro SS wrecks or bumps into too many walls, given that the Camaro SS is much heavier and has severely worse acceleration.

Another car to avoid at ranks 1300-1400 is the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition. At higher ranks, the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage, McLaren MP4/8, Aston Martin Vulcan, SIN R1, and McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 can all become huge rivals for the TVR Sagaris. At lower ranks, the BMW M2 has a slightly lower total top speed than the Shelby Cobra 427 but is still superior to the Sagaris.

Two similar cars to the TVR Sagaris in Multiplayer are the Lamborghini Estoque and Holden Coupe 60. Overall, both are slightly or greatly inferior to the Sagaris in every statistic.

At 1390, the TVR Sagaris travels at 270.6 mph (435.6 km/h), with a tuning of 0500 5050. Overall, the Sagaris can be seen as a straight downgrade to the Shelby Cobra 427, apart from the fact that it is vastly cheaper to purchase since the Cobra takes an extreme to obtain. The Camaro SS can also be seen as superior to the Sagaris if the player has to purchase it.

Price
After its debut during the Multiplayer League Update, the TVR Sagaris was made available for purchase in the Garage on November 18, 2016.

The TVR Sagaris costs to buy. It costs to MAX and  to PRO.

The TVR Sagaris also uses 16 V8 Engine cards in its pro kit formulas, contrary to the fact that the car actually uses an i6 engine.