What stuff would you hate to see in the new TVR?

[V8 Fettler]

How can you hear a buzzer in a proper TVR?

[R8Steve]

Reading some of the above posts i think a lot of you are going to be disappointed.

The days of the raw analogue sports car are all but gone unfortunately.

[Trefor-9opd0]

An engine with less than 400bhp

[V8 Fettler]

R8Steve said:

Reading some of the above posts i think a lot of you are going to be disappointed.

The days of the raw analogue sports car are all but gone unfortunately.

Caterham? Perhaps the "sportiest" factory-made sports car.

[R8Steve]

V8 Fettler said:

R8Steve said:

Reading some of the above posts i think a lot of you are going to be disappointed.

The days of the raw analogue sports car are all but gone unfortunately.

Caterham? Perhaps the "sportiest" factory-made sports car.

Agreed, Caterham is still one of the exceptions and i'm glad they still exist. I can't see TVR launching this without ABS/TCS and a lot of the modern technology that most posts above would hate to see.

[leerdam23]

I can't fit in a caterfield...

[ukkid35]

NuddyRap said:

Headlight bulbs that can't be changed ...
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Perfect answer in its entirety

You won me over with the timing cover

[ChilliWhizz]

Turn key only start... gimme a button on the dash... somewhere prominent... with START written on it

[Bluebottle]

ChilliWhizz said:

Turn key only start... gimme a button on the dash... somewhere prominent... with START written on it

Definitely has to have that! oh and those sweeping LED indicators they have on the new mercs

[harry henderson]

Hope there's no door handles or external fuel filler cap. My little boy takes great pleasure in showing how to pop the doors open.

[Brithunter]

Cannot see what the fuss about a "START" button is. After all it's really old fashioned. The original Mini had one on the floor and my 1958 Ford Prefect had a pull starter in the centre of the dash board. Then we got modern and had a key that did it all. Turned on the ignition and started the engine

Somehow I fear the new TVR will end up looking like something from a Star Wars movie and therefore be of little interest to me at least. As it will be all angular and lacking in curves and so style.

[Bluebottle]

Brithunter said:

Cannot see what the fuss about a "START" button is. After all it's really old fashioned. The original Mini had one on the floor and my 1958 Ford Prefect had a pull starter in the centre of the dash board. Then we got modern and had a key that did it all. Turned on the ignition and started the engine

Somehow I fear the new TVR will end up looking like something from a Star Wars movie and therefore be of little interest to me at least. As it will be all angular and lacking in curves and so style.

for me its a nod to the race cars with the red toggle and start button...its the little child coming out in me...its what TVR is all about
As for your last comment on shape, go take another look at the pics of the covered buck that was displayed at the London motor show...i think its going to look more like an Aston Martin than a star fighter

[ChilliWhizz]

Brithunter said:

Cannot see what the fuss about a "START" button is. After all it's really old fashioned. The original Mini had one on the floor and my 1958 Ford Prefect had a pull starter in the centre of the dash board. Then we got modern and had a key that did it all. Turned on the ignition and started the engine

Somehow I fear the new TVR will end up looking like something from a Star Wars movie and therefore be of little interest to me at least. As it will be all angular and lacking in curves and so style.

Really?

Had a button start on my Lotus 7... in 1969.. The F Type Jag has one, the Audi R8 has one, The Aventador has one, The Tesla model S has one. Oh, and the 2016 McLaren 650s has one.... And, er, my Aston has one

Old fashioned? certainly, they've been around for years, but then you could say a light weight two seater RWD sports car with a big V8 in the front is also 'old fashioned'

You either get it or you don't...

[blueg33]

With the exception of "keyless" cars I find start buttons daft.

Place key in ignition
turn key
move hand from key
locate randomly positioned start button
press button

how is that better than

Place key in ignition
turn key
turn key a quarter of a turn more?

Keyless......I am still reserving judgement on those systems, but two colleagues to date have managed to drive over 50 miles without having their key with them

[ChilliWhizz]

blueg33 said:

With the exception of "keyless" cars I find start buttons daft.

Place key in ignition
turn key
move hand from key
locate randomly positioned start button
press button

how is that better than

Place key in ignition
turn key
turn key a quarter of a turn more?

Keyless......I am still reserving judgement on those systems, but two colleagues to date have managed to drive over 50 miles without having their key with them

I thought this thread was what stuff would you hate to see, not what other PH'ers thoughts you find daft... And I don't believe anyone said that a button start 'is better than..' It's a personal preference, like I said, you either get it or you don't.

[ukkid35]

blueg33 said:

With the exception of "keyless" cars I find start buttons daft.

Place key in ignition
turn key
move hand from key
locate randomly positioned start button
press button

how is that better than

Place key in ignition
turn key
turn key a quarter of a turn more?

Keyless......I am still reserving judgement on those systems, but two colleagues to date have managed to drive over 50 miles without having their key with them

I'm not familiar with other TVRs, but the Cerb is Keyless, just a Fob and a Start button.

(There is the so called 'Silver Key' ignition isolator, but most people simply ignore/remove/bypass it)

[blueg33]

ukkid35 said:

blueg33 said:

With the exception of "keyless" cars I find start buttons daft.

Place key in ignition
turn key
move hand from key
locate randomly positioned start button
press button

how is that better than

Place key in ignition
turn key
turn key a quarter of a turn more?

Keyless......I am still reserving judgement on those systems, but two colleagues to date have managed to drive over 50 miles without having their key with them

I'm not familiar with other TVRs, but the Cerb is Keyless, just a Fob and a Start button.

(There is the so called 'Silver Key' ignition isolator, but most people simply ignore/remove/bypass it)

I didnt know that Cerbs were keyless, Tuscan wasnt.

[blueg33]

ChilliWhizz said:

I thought this thread was what stuff would you hate to see, not what other PH'ers thoughts you find daft... And I don't believe anyone said that a button start 'is better than..' It's a personal preference, like I said, you either get it or you don't.

Correct, i would hate to see a start button

[ChilliWhizz]

blueg33 said:

Correct, i would hate to see a start button

Good.. that's all you needed to say...

[Brithunter]

ChilliWhizz said:

Really?

Had a button start on my Lotus 7... in 1969.. The F Type Jag has one, the Audi R8 has one, The Aventador has one, The Tesla model S has one. Oh, and the 2016 McLaren 650s has one.... And, er, my Aston has one

Old fashioned? certainly, they've been around for years, but then you could say a light weight two seater RWD sports car with a big V8 in the front is also 'old fashioned'

You either get it or you don't...

Well obviously I don't get it and further more don't see the point of a seperate start button .............................. not in a car. What next a set of racing coveralls to complete the wanna be racer look?

As it's shape is pure speculation still I do fear it will be rather futuristic and that could very well be a repeat of the Jaguar 220 fiasco.