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What would you like?
Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
Plus a five year warranty underwritten by a major bank.
Plus three years servicing for £99.
I had TVRs for 12 years and what saddens me is that even their last technology is now so outdated. The V8 generation of superb cars are now practically vintage and anything with an SP6 in it is just a hole in the ground to throw money at.
If we look at the F-type and BMW i8 we are looking at the technology of today and tomorrow. TVR is yesterday. A genteel world of MGBs and XKRs.
Plus three years servicing for £99.
I had TVRs for 12 years and what saddens me is that even their last technology is now so outdated. The V8 generation of superb cars are now practically vintage and anything with an SP6 in it is just a hole in the ground to throw money at.
If we look at the F-type and BMW i8 we are looking at the technology of today and tomorrow. TVR is yesterday. A genteel world of MGBs and XKRs.
WolfyJones said:
What would you like?
Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
Move on.Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
Price around 80k
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Mech LSD
V8 GRF said:
Move on.
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris New Design, leave the Sag where it is things have moved on.
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft) Reliable, cheaper, more powerful engine
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage New, modern chassis design.
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber Maybe, modern tyre tech has moved on
Mech LSD
What kind of chassis design?Price around 80k
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Mech LSD
WolfyJones said:
What would you like?
Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
You've just described this. Me,
Price around 80k
Ltd edition modern hardcore track version of a Sagaris
Bespoke TVR speed six engine (420/450 Bhp) (380/400 lbft)
Better protected chassis
Lightweight, max 1100 kg
Proper welded cage
6 pot brakes
Adjustable dampers
Bigger rubber
Mech LSD
That would have me putting down a deposit
http://www.radicalsportscars.com/uk/rxc/
Tvr won't build anything that will touch it.
m4tti said:
You've just described this.
http://www.radicalsportscars.com/uk/rxc/
Tvr won't build anything that will touch it.
Apart from the fact it's got a body only it's mother would love, crate engine and I wouldn't fancy driving it on the road.http://www.radicalsportscars.com/uk/rxc/
Tvr won't build anything that will touch it.
^^^^ Absolutely agree with the great work Dom and the like have done to it since, some fantastic developments that should have been done by the factory in the first instance. But it's reputation stays with it and even many existing TVR owners would still not have one.
Edited by macdeb on Monday 28th July 08:21
Edited by macdeb on Monday 28th July 08:21
BuzzBillsberry said:
Not this again....
Turning into another engine bashing debate unfortunately,I was more interested in what type of new TVR other TVR owners wanted,
2/4 seats, convertible, muscle car, cruiser, hardtop, track car, race car, sturdy heavier, lightweight, tc, abs, V8, S6, V6, turbo, electric, etc
macdeb said:
^^^^ Absolutely agree with the great work Dom and the like have done to it since, some fantastic developments that should have been done by the factory in the first instance. But it's reputation stays with it and even many existing TVR owners would still not have one.
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Talking of engines again ]
I disagree, the engines being built now by the independents are unique and a definite selling point,
Nice 4 litre doing the business,
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Don1 said:
That's a pic of a hypercar costing £100,000. Not really the price bracket....
Exactly. I gave the Morgan chassis as an example of what I meant, not an example of best practice.That said, so you think a pile of scaffolding tubes welded together looks better?
ETA interestingly I just checked and the base price of an Agera is now $1.3million so even further out of the price range! That tub alone probably costs £100k
Edited by V8 GRF on Monday 28th July 12:18
NailedOn said:
If we look at the F-type and BMW i8 we are looking at the technology of today and tomorrow. TVR is yesterday. A genteel world of MGBs and XKRs.
You're missing the point by a country mile. We're so bored of overweight, over-teched, overhyped cars that are very efficient at going around a certain mountain road in the Eifel but mainly because every single input of the driver is being doctored and meddled with, as is the feedback (in case of the latest 911 - what feedback?) to the driver. The F-Type superficially does a nice impression of good old extrovert TVR but it's a 1.7 ton slushbox auto FFS!The 'purist' alternative on the current market is just as unattractive - stripped-out track specials that look like they are designed by a 12 year old boy, have no interior to speak of and dynamically are best left on the track.
That leaves Morgans (a bit quaint and drafty/claustrophobic with the hood up), and 'reimagined' old Porsches and E-types that cost 4x what a new TVR would cost, and have all the basic '60s compromises as a starting point as genuine alternatives...
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