RE: TVR: Now they've got a price list...
Discussion
Correct me if I am wrong, but nowhere do I see any mention of strengthening the chassis - the primary area where the cars are deficient...
While I appreciate that this is similar outputs to SC upgrades, many of the peeps who have charged their engines have taken the opportunity to brace/strengthen the chassis in order to take the increase in power/torque levels.
This being common knowledge, I find it unbelievable that when charging £100k - this fundamental requirement has not even been considered...
Dom
While I appreciate that this is similar outputs to SC upgrades, many of the peeps who have charged their engines have taken the opportunity to brace/strengthen the chassis in order to take the increase in power/torque levels.
This being common knowledge, I find it unbelievable that when charging £100k - this fundamental requirement has not even been considered...
Dom
Having always kept my head below the parapet for fear of getting it blown off on this subject, I would be interested to get some reasonable insight into why the invective is so strong on this subject. I always had the view, whilst TVR was struggling by, that I was privileged to own a car which was evidently underpriced - in the sense that it obviously cost less to build than what I was paying, in fact I used this often as my justification to my wife as to what great value my next TVR was.
Inevitably the company went bust, maybe through over-ambition, but I never got the sense that it was a deliberate negligent action in a way that should be considered a sleight or insult to the customers or employees of the company. That said, I fully acknowledge that those closer to the business practices at the time may have strong views about how the interest of the employees in particular may have been better represented.
In the above context I can probably imagine at some stage considering the V8 rebuild should, God forbid, my straight six fail - I've always had a small hint of sadness that the familiar V8 burble has been missing from my most recent car.
So before I get my head shot off, I just thought I'd say that my comments are not directed at anyone specifically; it's more a general comment against cynicism and bile, which I feel my personal support of the marque allows me to opine on.
Inevitably the company went bust, maybe through over-ambition, but I never got the sense that it was a deliberate negligent action in a way that should be considered a sleight or insult to the customers or employees of the company. That said, I fully acknowledge that those closer to the business practices at the time may have strong views about how the interest of the employees in particular may have been better represented.
In the above context I can probably imagine at some stage considering the V8 rebuild should, God forbid, my straight six fail - I've always had a small hint of sadness that the familiar V8 burble has been missing from my most recent car.
So before I get my head shot off, I just thought I'd say that my comments are not directed at anyone specifically; it's more a general comment against cynicism and bile, which I feel my personal support of the marque allows me to opine on.
GR1FF1F said:
So before I get my head shot off, I just thought I'd say that my comments are not directed at anyone specifically; it's more a general comment against cynicism and bile, which I feel my personal support of the marque allows me to opine on.
I think a very large part of it is Aesop's Fable about the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf. Or the wife of a wife-beater who has heard "I love you really, baby" one too many times.
I may be asking for a beat up here. But for a new supercar of this spec - is 96k really silly money? I thought so when I first saw it and then I had to consider what you were getting and also what similar "supercars" cost.
It has been almost 6 years since TVR folded - 50k for a Sag was unsustainable then. Is this simply better reflecting the costs of the cars in this bracket...
Food for thought (or flaming if you wish
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It has been almost 6 years since TVR folded - 50k for a Sag was unsustainable then. Is this simply better reflecting the costs of the cars in this bracket...
Food for thought (or flaming if you wish
)JonRB said:
900T-R said:
... probably got his money back (and then some) when he sold to NS at a time that the company long had become unsustainable in that shape and form, and has had a ball doing what he liked best for 23 years. What's not to like?
64 is no age to die, though - but as a whole I think TVR has been quite good to PW.
So true. Peter must have been laughing all the way to the bank with that one. Especially since the other potential purchaser were doing Due Diligence and would probably have backed out once all the facts came out. NS doing a Victor Kayam ("I loved it so much I bought the company") must have been a godsend to PW. 64 is no age to die, though - but as a whole I think TVR has been quite good to PW.
geoffphead said:
MX7 said:
I thought that too. As new, with 1,000 miles.
And it leaves you £45k for a new Aston Martin Cygnet.
What was the most expensive TVR from the Blackpool era?
This car lovely ??? its not TVR lovely, it looks like the little blue motor Clarkson took through the beeb offices!!!And it leaves you £45k for a new Aston Martin Cygnet.
What was the most expensive TVR from the Blackpool era?
but with several steroids added.
richard300 said:
However, it all falls down when i think that i would also like (to be able to turn them off from time to time) a modern traction and stability control system, top level build quality, a great warranty and dealer network to fall back on, I’d like to know that i had some level of crash protection and that to make up for all the added weight that all the above bestows on a car, the materials used to construct my car were cutting edge and lightweight.
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