New TVR confirmed

[Transmitter Man]

N7GTX said:

Nissan GTR (2015 specs). Power 545 bhp and 463 lbs/ft torque. Weight of 1723kgs. 0-60 time 2.9 secs (with launch control).

So I don't think the Mustang will be so far away.

Lost it at the first bend oop's.

[N7GTX]

Transmitter Man said:

N7GTX said:

Nissan GTR (2015 specs). Power 545 bhp and 463 lbs/ft torque. Weight of 1723kgs. 0-60 time 2.9 secs (with launch control).

So I don't think the Mustang will be so far away.

Lost it at the first bend oop's.

Did you mean muscle car or TVR?

In all seriousness though, would the American market not want the Mustang before an unknown quantity i.e. TVR?

Edited by N7GTX on Friday 19th June 13:40

[unrepentant]

N7GTX said:

In all seriousness though, would the American market not want the Mustang before an unknown quantity i.e. TVR?

American market? You seriously think that new "TVR", in the unlikely event that it actually produces a car, could sell here?

TVR is essentially unknown here. The last car imported was a 1986 280i. The American consumer is used to a 4 year bumper to bumper warranty with full manufacturer back up. The costs of doing business here are huge and the financial implications of getting it wrong are crippling. PW knew what he was doing when he decided to concentrate on the UK.

[TOV!E]

"You seriously think that new "TVR", in the unlikely event of it ever being made"

Why are you still not convinced they will be made ???????????????????????


I will be the first around your house In the new one to show you how wrong you were..

[RoverP6B]

If Les Edgar thinks he can beat Aston Martin, never mind the vastly less cash-strapped Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, he's got another thing coming...

[andy43]

If the TVR is £55-80k, then yes, he will have beaten Aston.

[RichB]

RoverP6B said:

If Les Edgar thinks he can beat Aston Martin, never mind the vastly less cash-strapped Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, he's got another thing coming...

Perhaps the thing he's thinking about is a straight 6 however it's another think coming not thing.

[RoverP6B]

In my 58 years on this planet I've always been taught "thing".

[blueg33]

Always been "think" in my 49.8 years

[RichB]

RoverP6B said:

In my 58 years on this planet I've always been taught "thing".

Ah well I can't account for that.

[Englishman]

Nooooooooooo, please, this will end up as another V8 vs. I6 'discussion'!!!

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/another-think-c...

[N7GTX]

unrepentant said:

N7GTX said:

In all seriousness though, would the American market not want the Mustang before an unknown quantity i.e. TVR?

American market? You seriously think that new "TVR", in the unlikely event that it actually produces a car, could sell here?

TVR is essentially unknown here. The last car imported was a 1986 280i. The American consumer is used to a 4 year bumper to bumper warranty with full manufacturer back up. The costs of doing business here are huge and the financial implications of getting it wrong are crippling. PW knew what he was doing when he decided to concentrate on the UK.

Well, lets just say, if, the new car is produced, the owner clearly has his own view of how the project will take off. He is obviously convinced the new car, if produced, is going to be a "slayer" of Ferrari, Aston, Lambo etc etc and in my limited little world, I believe these do sell in the states reasonably well. The slaying is not just 0-60 times, it is the whole package and that includes foreign markets. How else can he produce enough cars to become a viable business, as surely the home market is not big enough? The world has moved on.

Saying this, I am concerned that I do have little lingering doubts about this project now.

[N7GTX]

andy43 said:

If the TVR is £55-80k, then yes, he will have beaten Aston.

How so? On this forum TVR will of course be king. Lets take a roomful of 100 people of varying backgrounds and have a vote of the established threesome and a new TVR. How many will put their hands up for the new car? My guess = 20. So while the price wins hands down, that's not the end of it by a long way though, is it?

[RoverP6B]

Well, maybe I'm wrong, but it's reassuring to see that others were making the same mistake decades before I was born, such that it has entered the general lexicon. It's not something to get into a massive argument over, unlike the V8 vs I6 thing.

[ORD]

All this talk about taking on Aston, etc is misconceived.

TVR are not aiming, despite that quotation, to out-Aston Aston or out-Porsche Porsche. From everything else I have read, they have identified a niche that isn't very well catered for - crazy fast, usable every day, more of a sense of occasion, fewer gadgets...that kind of thing. Not a 'ring time technology fest like the quasi-competition.

I think they are spot on in identifying that market opportunity. My guess is that the niche is big enough to support the kind of numbers that TVR is after. It will take share from a number of manufacturers but wont really be head-to-head with any of them.

[ChilliWhizz]

Good Grief, there was I thinking all this banter was amongst a bunch of lads maybe late twenties to late thirties, and it turns out Rover P6B is 58, and blueg33 is nearly 50...

ORD, have to ask, I'm guessing your 30 something? (don't get all uptight or Porsche-ist it's just banter )

I know DA is in his 90's, and I'm no spring chicken, but it's beginning to sound like this thread is wrinkly dominated

Apparently, and according to my daughter, there is life after wrinkly status, seemingly when you've moved on from wrinkly, you become a dribbly Made I Larf

So here we are, bunch of old blokes, talking about 450bhp TVR's Few more years and it'll be mobility scooters

No offence to anyone was intended in this post

[Transmitter Man]

N7GTX said:

Did you mean muscle car or TVR?

In all seriousness though, would the American market not want the Mustang before an unknown quantity i.e. TVR?

Edited by N7GTX on Friday 19th June 13:40

I'm sure they would being serious.

Everyone and their mother knows the Ford Chevy rivalry

[Englishman]

Well I'm older than any of the ages quoted (except 90!) and I've recently filled up my garages with a 4th TVR (3rd S6) and still do track days.

My wife recently asked me when I'm going to grow up having just seen off a 911. I hope never! Oh and I will get upset if anyone suggests I'm wrinkly!

[ChilliWhizz]

Englishman said:

Well I'm older than any of the ages quoted (except 90!) and I've recently filled up my garages with a 4th TVR (3rd S6) and still do track days.

My wife recently asked me when I'm going to grow up having just seen off a 911. I hope never! Oh and I will get upset if anyone suggests I'm wrinkly!

Goes back to that old but so very true saying.... Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional I've done my very best not to grow up, All the grown ups I know are really boring

[Englishman]

So bring it on LE, I'm looking forward to a test drive in the new V8! If drives well and looks different, I may be pursuaded!