British efficiency marque TWR has been revived by the son of the unique firm’s founder, and on Monday it supplied the primary particulars on its first undertaking and confirmed the involvement of automobile customizers Magnus Walker and Khyzyl Saleem.
The brand new TWR, based by Fergus Walkinshaw, whose father was businessman and motorsports persona Tom Walkinshaw, plans to ship bespoke autos that concentrate on combining trendy supplies with an analog driving expertise.
Its first car will likely be based mostly on the Jaguar XJS grand tourer constructed between 1975 and 1996 and raced by the unique TWR in numerous touring automobile championships. The brand new TWR desires to reimagine the automobile for the fashionable period, the corporate stated.
Walker is thought for accumulating and restomodding basic vehicles, significantly amongst Porsche circles. Though concerned within the style business early on, Walker later began restoring and promoting basic vehicles, largely via phrase of mouth. He turned well-known after filmmaker Tamir Moscvici produced the 2012 documentary “City Outlaw,” and he is additionally appeared in a number of episodes of “Jay Leno’s Storage.”
Khyzyl Saleem (left) and Magnus Walker
Based on TWR, Walker has been concerned in numerous sides of its undertaking automobile’s growth, from the design, to suppliers, to powertrain, and he has additionally helped form how the automobile will really feel out on the street.
Saleem, who goes by the net deal with Kyza, is an up-and-coming expertise well-known for designing wild and over-the-top vehicles as 3D fashions. He is additionally helped design among the one-off vehicles pushed by Ken Block and Travis Pastrana, and lately began the corporate LTO (Stay To Offend) to market physique kits.
Additional particulars of TWR’s undertaking with the Jaguar XJS will likely be supplied in early 2024.