RE: 250 orders for new TVR
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[quote=diluculophile]As for names, how about the TVR Testis -
As long as the design philosophy is continued, you'll probably need a big pair to drive it fast.
Brilliant. LOL. Been bored senseless in the Porsche forums for what seems like ages re rising values, air cooled classics and engines that might explode at any point. Missed the TVR world since kids arrived. Infact, timed it well with their heyday around the time of Griffs and Chims. I remember seeing Peter Wheeler sitting on the top of one of his purple coaches at Le Mans, probably thinking that it was time to sell no doubt.
If these get going, I'm in!
As long as the design philosophy is continued, you'll probably need a big pair to drive it fast.
Brilliant. LOL. Been bored senseless in the Porsche forums for what seems like ages re rising values, air cooled classics and engines that might explode at any point. Missed the TVR world since kids arrived. Infact, timed it well with their heyday around the time of Griffs and Chims. I remember seeing Peter Wheeler sitting on the top of one of his purple coaches at Le Mans, probably thinking that it was time to sell no doubt.
If these get going, I'm in!
[quote=diluculophile]As for names, how about the TVR Testis -
As long as the design philosophy is continued, you'll probably need a big pair to drive it fast.
Brilliant. LOL. Been bored senseless in the Porsche forums for what seems like ages re rising values, air cooled classics and engines that might explode at any point. Missed the TVR world since kids arrived. Infact, timed it well with their heyday around the time of Griffs and Chims. I remember seeing Peter Wheeler sitting on the top of one of his purple coaches at Le Mans, probably thinking that it was time to sell no doubt.
If these get going, I'm in!
As long as the design philosophy is continued, you'll probably need a big pair to drive it fast.
Brilliant. LOL. Been bored senseless in the Porsche forums for what seems like ages re rising values, air cooled classics and engines that might explode at any point. Missed the TVR world since kids arrived. Infact, timed it well with their heyday around the time of Griffs and Chims. I remember seeing Peter Wheeler sitting on the top of one of his purple coaches at Le Mans, probably thinking that it was time to sell no doubt.
If these get going, I'm in!
Tr
A low volume, ground up sports car? Unless it is going to be extremely basic, all this talk of £50k strikes me as completely unrealistic. I think the price will be the hardest thing to get right - too high and the cars get slated by the press and lots promises are broken; to low and the company folds again.
I would be happy if the price can be kept around £75k and still be profitable
HarryW said:
That's still more than twice the price the new RHD Mustang is...
Ford had access to a huge supply of parts shared with other cars, which have already paid for themselves. It also has huge economies of scale, massive buyer power and subsidies from the U.S. governments. Even then, I doubt it makes much money at its sale price.ORD said:
Anything below £70k is completely unrealistic, surely?
A low volume, ground up sports car? Unless it is going to be extremely basic, all this talk of £50k strikes me as completely unrealistic. I think the price will be the hardest thing to get right - too high and the cars get slated by the press and lots promises are broken; to low and the company folds again.
I would be happy if the price can be kept around £75k and still be profitable
ORD said:
Tr
A low volume, ground up sports car? Unless it is going to be extremely basic, all this talk of £50k strikes me as completely unrealistic. I think the price will be the hardest thing to get right - too high and the cars get slated by the press and lots promises are broken; to low and the company folds again.
I would be happy if the price can be kept around £75k and still be profitable
Not expecting it be made for the same price as a Mustang, but given the who ha about the economy of iStream I will be disappointed if they come in at the top of the projected range. It's not as if we got rampant inflation and the price point is difficult to predict at today's rates is it. I for one will seriously reconsider if it's got a 7 in front of it.HarryW said:
That's still more than twice the price the new RHD Mustang is...
Ford had access to a huge supply of parts shared with other cars, which have already paid for themselves. It also has huge economies of scale, massive buyer power and subsidies from the U.S. governments. Even then, I doubt it makes much money at its sale price.ORD said:
Anything below £70k is completely unrealistic, surely?
A low volume, ground up sports car? Unless it is going to be extremely basic, all this talk of £50k strikes me as completely unrealistic. I think the price will be the hardest thing to get right - too high and the cars get slated by the press and lots promises are broken; to low and the company folds again.
I would be happy if the price can be kept around £75k and still be profitable
If I like the design then i'll definitely be interested in buying one, but I'm not brave enough to stick a deposit down.
As for price, there are some laughable ideas floating round. I can't see it going on sale for any less than £65,00, probably more. Look at Lotus, who have a far more established set up, are charging £72,000 for the new Evora.
As for price, there are some laughable ideas floating round. I can't see it going on sale for any less than £65,00, probably more. Look at Lotus, who have a far more established set up, are charging £72,000 for the new Evora.
Inkyfingers said:
If I like the design then i'll definitely be interested in buying one, but I'm not brave enough to stick a deposit down.
As for price, there are some laughable ideas floating round. I can't see it going on sale for any less than £65,00, probably more. Look at Lotus, who have a far more established set up, are charging £72,000 for the new Evora.
I think we might disagree on where the pricing expectation comes from. Not sure where you get the laughable bit from, the price point of £55-75k was given by TVR in the Autocar interview, not dreamt up by wishful customers.As for price, there are some laughable ideas floating round. I can't see it going on sale for any less than £65,00, probably more. Look at Lotus, who have a far more established set up, are charging £72,000 for the new Evora.
Its not unreasonable from a predicted price of £65k +/- £10k, for the reasons stated below, for them to come in below the 7 figure. I would be disappointed if they can't keep it towards the lower end of their own estimate, funny thing that......
HarryW said:
I think we might disagree on where the pricing expectation comes from. Not sure where you get the laughable bit from, the price point of £55-75k was given by TVR in the Autocar interview, not dreamt up by wishful customers.
Its not unreasonable from a predicted price of £65k +/- £10k, for the reasons stated below, for them to come in below the 7 figure. I would be disappointed if they can't keep it towards the lower end of their own estimate, funny thing that......
The 'laughable' bit came from some people (admittedly mostly in previous threads) saying that it needed to be coming in at £50k or less, which just isn't going to happen.Its not unreasonable from a predicted price of £65k +/- £10k, for the reasons stated below, for them to come in below the 7 figure. I would be disappointed if they can't keep it towards the lower end of their own estimate, funny thing that......
250 orders for a plastic kitcar with a rebadged Ford engine that may or may not ever even be built... supposedly designed by Gordon Murray, but what has he ever actually brought to market, as opposed to prototyped, 'released' amid a cloud of hot air, only for it to quietly disappear shortly afterwards because nobody really wanted to know? He has precisely one notably successful design to his name...
RoverP6B said:
250 orders for a plastic kitcar with a rebadged Ford engine that may or may not ever even be built... supposedly designed by Gordon Murray, but what has he ever actually brought to market, as opposed to prototyped, 'released' amid a cloud of hot air, only for it to quietly disappear shortly afterwards because nobody really wanted to know? He has precisely one notably successful design to his name...
F1, SLR and "Rocket".RoverP6B said:
250 orders for a plastic kitcar with a rebadged Ford engine that may or may not ever even be built... supposedly designed by Gordon Murray, but what has he ever actually brought to market, as opposed to prototyped, 'released' amid a cloud of hot air, only for it to quietly disappear shortly afterwards because nobody really wanted to know? He has precisely one notably successful design to his name...
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