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In before "They just breakdown, somethingsomething unreliable"

Looks interesting to me!! Since my father has had a few TVRs over the years, i have always been attached to them. Front-engined, tail happy and full of character. The later models are far more reliable than they used to be and the Sagaris is sublime.
Come to think of it, i wonder what this will do to the value of the remaining Sagaris, as they shot up in price at one point.

I'm intrigued as to what they'll produce with Cosworth, the designer of the McLaren F1 and a big V8 from the new Mustang.

More:http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...car-use-gordon-murrays-istream-carbon-process
 
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TVR's Modus Operandi was to produce fast yet poorly fitted and assembled cars and charge quite a lot of money for them.

Unless the above changes they are done before they even start, and even if they do change i fear past reputation will be too much of an issue.
 
TVR were the Battlecruiser of the 80's and instead of the Speed/Armour/Firepower metric they were the Speed/Quality/Cost and like the Battlecruiser their days are over as the world caught up and went past.
 
Housey said:
TVR were the Battlecruiser of the 80's and instead of the Speed/Armour/Firepower metric they were the Speed/Quality/Cost and like the Battlecruiser their days are over as the world caught up and went past.
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It's a new era, no need to dwell on the past any more. There's a cash injection, Cosworth and the Mustang V8 this round.
 
the two things they did really well were design & power plant - totally bonkers, interesting design & big displacement, beautiful sounding engines.

I'd imagine theres still a place for both of those in the market, if they can nail the reliability down (which i'd imagine is easier these days) they might have a chance. Theres also a decent market of brand loyal buyers with more money than sense who'd love to have annother TVR
 
A lot of cars used to be appauling.

"scabby skoda" springs to mind and now look. Kia were awful now I see them everywhere with 7 year warranty.

TVR's look awesome really have some presence about them. With modern engineering what it is this could be awesome
 
Wish them all the best, if they are using the new Mustang engine would be nice to see them running it with a Cobra jet or BOSS intake, rev limit of 8000rpm and 460BHP / 400lb/ft in something weighing sub 1400kg with styling like a Sagaris but better build quality and on the better side of 45-55k could be rather appealing.

I hope I am wrong but I cannot see them pulling it off, the EU/UK market is very competitive on cars and with Ford now bringing USA models and GM maybe getting involved the UK kind of now has an alternative to the EU efficient sports cars and can now get an American sports/GT car with a cracking V8 thats affordable. For TVR to succeed they'd need to shove a reliable V8 (Ford or GM) into a smaller sports car chassis with great handling, modern TCS/DSC/ECS/ABS etc. with OK interior and some toys for around 50k. V8 NA, loud but nice styling, great handling lightweight sports car, well reasonably light weight in todays standards and aim to sell quite a lot of them.

Or they just make something insane with low sale volumes. Certainly is not going to be easy for them.
 
[TW]Fox;29309587 said:
When was the last time Cosworth did anything noteworthy that wasn't a mild power upgrade on a blinged up Range Rover?

1994?
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Apart from their racing heritage and excellent engine work you mean?

These engines are to be modified/tuned by Cosworth, for road and LeMans.
So not only are they not using their own Speed 6 anymore, they've outsourced the whole engine setup.

Passing a great engine over to someone like Cosworth, is only going to yield excellent results. Though at what cost? I doubt they'll be cheap unfortunately.
 
Let's be honest, nobody bought a TVR because they were well built or reliable. People bought them because they were a chassis with the biggest, loudest, most badass engine they could get away with bolted to them and a very light body plonked on top of it. They were absolutely mental cars and that's what TVR needs to be. I hope they can deliver on this aspect otherwise we're just going to get another designed-by-the-purse-strings car which is excellent in many ways but dull to hoon around in.

If TVR get that right and make it reliable and improve the build quality, they'll succeed, provided they manage to keep fabrication costs real.
 
They'll rock simple as!!! Like TVR would send something out of the factory that looks crap and doesn't go like stink? yes it's a different ages and most people still hanker after the bygone age of proper sports cars... this is where TVR step in... bear in mind the l;ast car they did the Sagaris was a great looking, decently reliable car before their demise... infact the later cars were half decent...

And like said above, I mean, if I want reliability I'll buy a Honda... (which we have lol).
 
If it looks anything like this I'll be satisfied :eek:

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TVR sent out a teaser image of its new sports car over Christmas, and later admitted that the drawing was in fact a modified version of Autocar's own rendering. The image was intended to give deposit holders a taste of what the car will look like rather than reveal any of its production details.
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