This TVR Chimaera Is Driving Across The Globe And I Hopped In The Passenger Seat

It was early in the morning the day after Christmas when I headed to El Dorado airport. I was to fly to Armenia, the city in Colombia, not the country on a different continent. After arriving, I spent an hour or so between hailing and riding along in a taxi to my hostel on an unpaved road to meet with Ben Coombs, who daily drives a rarity in this part of the world: a 1997 TVR Chimaera.

It’s got British plates, it’s right-hand drive, and it’s affectionally called Kermit so it’s not the typical South American commuter car, but with a V8 and roughly 240hp produced in its lightweight package, the tight mountain roads in the Andes are a great place for this car. And this car’s been to a lot of places.

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