RE: Tuscan Mk 2
Discussion
Well?
If 13 pages and rising is an indication of interest in the new cars then TVR will be laughing all the way to the bank.
I'm seriously impressed with the faired in lights.
As an owner of the now OLD Tusc I'm jealous.
Not for aesthetic reasons - though they are a huge improvement.
The OLD Tusc collects water in the headlamp holes when washing. Annoying along with the water in the boot surround.
Have TVR at last realised that owners wash the cars - with water not brake cleaning fluid - which stays and stains.
Form follows function. I want one.
If 13 pages and rising is an indication of interest in the new cars then TVR will be laughing all the way to the bank.
I'm seriously impressed with the faired in lights.
As an owner of the now OLD Tusc I'm jealous.
Not for aesthetic reasons - though they are a huge improvement.
The OLD Tusc collects water in the headlamp holes when washing. Annoying along with the water in the boot surround.
Have TVR at last realised that owners wash the cars - with water not brake cleaning fluid - which stays and stains.
Form follows function. I want one.
The MkI Tuscan was a style icon (NOTE THE USE BY ADVERTISERS AND FILM MAKERS ALIKE) this new MkII model is a softened version with an ugly arse and a carbuncle of a centre console.
All the original aggressive styling has been removed (i.e. Spider eyes, cheese grater grill etc!!!)
I will stick with my MkI until I can swap for a much better looking Sagaris.
It seems to me that Tuscan models are being aimed more at the TVR traditional drivers (the ones with the waist bands rising up on their trousers!!!) and the T350 & Sagaris are appealing to the well healed younger element.
All the original aggressive styling has been removed (i.e. Spider eyes, cheese grater grill etc!!!)
I will stick with my MkI until I can swap for a much better looking Sagaris.
It seems to me that Tuscan models are being aimed more at the TVR traditional drivers (the ones with the waist bands rising up on their trousers!!!) and the T350 & Sagaris are appealing to the well healed younger element.
been told today it will be in the pipeline at some point 
If they had called it Griffith MK2, I would have said ok, because the only thing left from the original Tuscan is the curves on the bonnet, and it's really not enough to pretend to have kept the "true spirit" of this model !
Where the first one was the absolute expression of aggressivity combined to distinguished class, the MK2 has given in common modern looks ; it doesn't inspire fear or respect, it seems too mild, from the front or from the rear. There is no innovation in it, as someone said before, it's only a morph of a Griff and a MK1 Tusc. Furthermore, it is too much integrated in its epoch, I mean, it doesn't have anymore this "timeless" side that made you think that the Tuscan could perfectly have been designed as well in the end of sixties as in 2010.
I have a lot more respect for the Sagaris, because it possesses one of the main real TVR ingredients : the total absence of consensuality. The Sagaris has well succeeded in the aggressivity department ; it just lacks the class (and a removable roof
) to be as perfect as the old Tuscan.
The only thing I hope is that they are still going to produce for a long period the Tuscan S MK1, cause I'm saving to buy a brand new one as it is really the car of my dreams.
>> Edited by Alster on Tuesday 1st June 02:35
Where the first one was the absolute expression of aggressivity combined to distinguished class, the MK2 has given in common modern looks ; it doesn't inspire fear or respect, it seems too mild, from the front or from the rear. There is no innovation in it, as someone said before, it's only a morph of a Griff and a MK1 Tusc. Furthermore, it is too much integrated in its epoch, I mean, it doesn't have anymore this "timeless" side that made you think that the Tuscan could perfectly have been designed as well in the end of sixties as in 2010.
I have a lot more respect for the Sagaris, because it possesses one of the main real TVR ingredients : the total absence of consensuality. The Sagaris has well succeeded in the aggressivity department ; it just lacks the class (and a removable roof
) to be as perfect as the old Tuscan. The only thing I hope is that they are still going to produce for a long period the Tuscan S MK1, cause I'm saving to buy a brand new one as it is really the car of my dreams.
>> Edited by Alster on Tuesday 1st June 02:35
hobo said:
I was told yesterday at show that the Tuscan S Convertible is going to be TVR's first limited edition, with only 150 cars being made.
I was also told that I could place an order at the show, if I so wished.
That would exclude the Griffith SEs that they previously made then.....
>> Edited by daftlad on Tuesday 1st June 08:27
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