New TVR still under wraps!
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TVRMs said:
This set me off wondering what folk that had previously owned one of the later TVRs would actually accept/reject as acceptable/unacceptable just due to the aging process the they have gone through?
It's getting on for 11 or 12 years since the vast majority of folk drove a new TVR. I used to think they were a hoot.
However...knowing how I've changed and what I currently demand from my fun car, any TVR would have to be so much better and very different to the last crop of cars just down to me and how I've aged/changed.
Better/different or not different enough for new owners to be a disappointment because they've changed?
Just a thought from someone who walks past the TVR or the superbike in the garage to drive something else because it's easier to get the same fun from the something else..
Adding to that the simple economic fact that the only significant group with the money to buy these types of cars are the over 50s and they have to have pile warmers and various other assisted living tech. Just ask Chilli. It's getting on for 11 or 12 years since the vast majority of folk drove a new TVR. I used to think they were a hoot.
However...knowing how I've changed and what I currently demand from my fun car, any TVR would have to be so much better and very different to the last crop of cars just down to me and how I've aged/changed.
Better/different or not different enough for new owners to be a disappointment because they've changed?
Just a thought from someone who walks past the TVR or the superbike in the garage to drive something else because it's easier to get the same fun from the something else..
RichB said:
Zippee said:
GTRene said:
Project Alfa Romeo 6c it said.
Its the 6c that I've currently got a letter of intent for at my local dealer.http://intiresn.blogspot.nl/2013/05/alfa-romeo-6-a...
RichB said:
Zippee said:
GTRene said:
Project Alfa Romeo 6c it said.
Its the 6c that I've currently got a letter of intent for at my local dealer.ChilliWhizz said:
Oft heard on the TVR forums here are 'damn thing tried to kill me again this morning', shirly this, and not knowing when the 'damn thing' might try again, is where a large chunk of the 'excitement' comes from? Is this why many of the other high performance cars aren't exciting, because they're engineered for anyone to drive and so don't attempt to take your life at the first slippery corner...
Not for me. To me, the whole point about a TVR is that it gives such an intense and involving experience at any speed - the sound, the wind-in-your-hair experience, the way the steering tells you how much grip the front wheels are finding, the mechanical feel of the shift action... All can be enjoyed pretty much fully at sane and relatively 'safe' speeds. Sorting out the handling to make it more progressive and less turbulent on uneven roads has only heightened the pleasure of driving it. In my world, it's simply a case of analogue vs. digital. Whilst I gladly sacrifice a modicum of (perceived) 'safety' for the sake of retaining the full, rich, analogue driving experience, in the end it *is* a sacrifice of sorts and not something that makes the experience in itself.
ChilliWhizz said:
GTRene said:
I came across this picture, first I thought hey a TVR concept, but its a Alfa, beautiful lines a bit like the TVR concept.
Project Alfa Romeo 6c it said.
Hmm, interesting Project Alfa Romeo 6c it said.
I always thought the 8c was a stunner
TVRMs said:
This set me off wondering what folk that had previously owned one of the later TVRs would actually accept/reject as acceptable/unacceptable just due to the aging process the they have gone through?
It's getting on for 11 or 12 years since the vast majority of folk drove a new TVR. I used to think they were a hoot.
However...knowing how I've changed and what I currently demand from my fun car, any TVR would have to be so much better and very different to the last crop of cars just down to me and how I've aged/changed.
Better/different or not different enough for new owners to be a disappointment because they've changed?
Just a thought from someone who walks past the TVR or the superbike in the garage to drive something else because it's easier to get the same fun from the something else..
an evolution of the t350 would do it for me.. packaging, albeit slightly bigger footprint. It's getting on for 11 or 12 years since the vast majority of folk drove a new TVR. I used to think they were a hoot.
However...knowing how I've changed and what I currently demand from my fun car, any TVR would have to be so much better and very different to the last crop of cars just down to me and how I've aged/changed.
Better/different or not different enough for new owners to be a disappointment because they've changed?
Just a thought from someone who walks past the TVR or the superbike in the garage to drive something else because it's easier to get the same fun from the something else..
sounds like what we are going to get, plus aero, funded by McLaren/Mercedes development (lol) and utter reliability courtesy of major OEM block.
BJWoods said:
an evolution of the t350 would do it for me.. packaging, albeit slightly bigger footprint.
sounds like what we are going to get, plus aero, funded by McLaren/Mercedes development (lol) and utter reliability courtesy of major OEM block.
If I had to guess which past model most closely represents what they are going to deliver then I would agree completely. It'll be a bigger, better T350 style of car. sounds like what we are going to get, plus aero, funded by McLaren/Mercedes development (lol) and utter reliability courtesy of major OEM block.
DonkeyApple said:
BJWoods said:
an evolution of the t350 would do it for me.. packaging, albeit slightly bigger footprint.
sounds like what we are going to get, plus aero, funded by McLaren/Mercedes development (lol) and utter reliability courtesy of major OEM block.
If I had to guess which past model most closely represents what they are going to deliver then I would agree completely. It'll be a bigger, better T350 style of car. sounds like what we are going to get, plus aero, funded by McLaren/Mercedes development (lol) and utter reliability courtesy of major OEM block.
DonkeyApple said:
If I had to guess which past model most closely represents what they are going to deliver then I would agree completely. It'll be a bigger, better T350 style of car.
I would agree... Maybe a bit more of a GT element to it.Tbh.. People asking why you would buy the TVR.. IF Les has stuck with the TVR essence, then surely that is an easy one to answer. Because it is a TVR. You either get them, or you don't.
I was just thinking about LE's stated goal of taking TVR to LM. Wouldn't it be great, if they were to also offer customer versions of the racing car?! Having a product, that could be used, by private racing teams, in GTE, and similar classes, like GTC, in the US, would help to popularize the marque, and if they haven't planned on an advertising budget, this could, potentially, be a no-cost alternative.
Thoughts? Is there a down side I'm not seeing? Not sure how truly competitive you have to be, out of the box, these days, as there is so much of an influence of politics, via "balance of power," etc. Is the Ginetta model a better one to follow?
Best regards,
Bernard.
Thoughts? Is there a down side I'm not seeing? Not sure how truly competitive you have to be, out of the box, these days, as there is so much of an influence of politics, via "balance of power," etc. Is the Ginetta model a better one to follow?
Best regards,
Bernard.
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