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12 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1993 TVR Chimaera 4.0: Calreyn88· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 1997 TVR Chimaera 4.0 - Flickr - The Car Spy (11): The Car Spy· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 1997 TVR Chimaera 4.0 - Flickr - The Car Spy (16): The Car Spy· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 1997 TVR Chimaera 4.0 - Flickr - The Car Spy (23): The Car Spy· CC BY 2.0
- 5. TVR Chimaera 4.0 (1999) - 30508956106: SG2012· CC BY 2.0
- 6. TVR Chimaera 4.5 (2002): Steve Glover· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Black TVR Chimaera: JaayJay· Public domain
- 8. TVR Chimaera 1994 - Flickr - mick - Lumix: Mick from England· CC BY 2.0
- 9. 1994 TVR Chimaera 400 in Starfire Mica Blue, front right (Greenwich 2022): Mr.choppers· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 1995 TVR Chimaera (95408): Calreyn88· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 11. 1996 TVR Chimaera 5.0 (9014182099): Niels de Wit from Lunteren, The Netherlands· CC BY 2.0
- 12. 1997 TVR Chimaera 4.0 - Flickr - The Car Spy (1): The Car Spy· CC BY 2.0
base stats
Bars compare against all cars: 600 hp, 0 g CO₂, 400k registrations, €150k.
what the fuel types mean
- petrol Cheapest to buy, simple, but fuel is expensive in NL.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994–2000
- body
- convertible
- engine
- 4.0 L–5.0 L
- cylinders
- —
- turbo
- —
- power
- 207–315 hp
- drive
- —
- gearbox
- —
- seats
- 2
- doors
- 2
- weight
- 1,190 kg
- fuel use
- 16.7 L/100 km
- CO₂
- 200–398 g/km
- US rating
- —
- EV range
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- US size class
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- avg new price NL
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Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.
🇳🇱 on Dutch roads
84 are registered in the Netherlands today, #1561 of all models. Most common build year: 1994 (20 cars).
19942000
Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).
names it's registered under (3)
- Chimaera 4.0 39
- Chimaera 33
- Chimaera 5.0 12
Sources: RDW open data.Updated 2026-10-24.