So is there any news????

[smilo996]

The company was purchased in a fanfare about a year ago.
The website is static...

Has there been any news since the initial announcement?

[smilo996]

So if you are an optimisitc person then no news is good news. If not then it is too late already.

Well Porsche survived by making the 924, so if that is a benchmark then clearly there are good times ahead for TVR.

Just frustrating having to wait with not even a crumb of news.

[smilo996]

I hope that they take their time. They never could compete on a like for like basis with Porsche. Then again, if you look at Porsche they are increasingly becoming a manufactuer of oversized and utterly pointless SUV estate cars. The GT3 fiasco is much worse than any of the issues with modern TVR's and the only engine repalcement recall in motoring history.

Companies like Ariel, Noble, Weissmann, Caterham, Westfield, McLaren, Spyker, Koenig, Singer Porsche, Morgan can all survive by offering something distinctive and "different". Some are providers of expensive jewellry, others a unique driving experience.

As companies like Porsche, Aston, Audi, Lambo become badges rather than companies in their own right then, if they get the quality right, there should be no reason why it should not thrive at a specific level of production.

Just a shame Wheeler shot his own company.

[smilo996]

But they did recall in the end , which is more than TVR did with the chocolate S6 engine
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Then again people bang on about what an amazing engineering quality company Porsche / VW are. They also make 150,000 cars per annum and are part of one of the biggest car companies in the world. Yet the GT3 catches fire and let's face it this is not the first time they have produced dodgy engines for their cars. Porsche's solution, ignore it, keep the customer in the dark, issue arrogant minimalist statement, demand all customers have the entire engine changed by......the factory or the dealer. Do you fancy having a dealer change the engine on your car?

TVR made their cars in a shed. The S6 engine was the first engine they produced and although not reliable it did not incinerate the cars and they strived to fix it. The AJP 8 and 12 engines were better and one still holds at least one power output record.

[smilo996]

TVR has not done anything for several years. The same could be said of Triumph. A company that was buried by unreliable, and old fashioned designs that fewer and fewer people wanted. However try to argue that today's Triumph under John Bloor is not Triumph, well actually a million times better than the original Triumph used to be but still very clearly Triumph.

If they do it right there is no reason why they cannot enbody the character of TVR and bring it up to date. Perhaps that is why it is taking so long.

Hopefully they will build a solid reputation rather than pulling the wool over customer's eyes for so many years as being a company producing the amazing sports cars, like Porsche for example.
Until recently their only sports car would happily kill you if not driven by expertly, owe much more to VW or Audi than Porsche (924, 944). If developed in house, be unsuccessful (928, 959, 918) or not even sports cars (Pan, Cayenne, Macca).
Then again if they are able to pull the wool to that extend they will be hugely successful.

[smilo996]

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Walford said:

Lost soul said:

smilo996 said:

The GT3 fiasco is much worse than any of the issues with modern TVR's and the only engine repalcement recall in motoring history.

But they did recall in the end , which is more than TVR did with the chocolate S6 engine

Early Tuscans should have been recalled for handling issues the fact that some of these cars are being driven around 14 years later is unbelievable, fair play to the Germans for recalling these cars

[smilo996]

smilo996 said:

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Walford said:

Lost soul said:

smilo996 said:

The GT3 fiasco is much worse than any of the issues with modern TVR's and the only engine repalcement recall in motoring history.

But they did recall in the end , which is more than TVR did with the chocolate S6 engine

Early Tuscans should have been recalled for handling issues the fact that some of these cars are being driven around 14 years later is unbelievable, fair play to the Germans for recalling these cars

Come on boys. I know there is an illogical Porsche love in on Pistonheads and my comment about the exact nature of TVR's history is a little off. However some perspective.
TVR made their cars in a shed. The S6 was the first car engine they made. Their R&D / Test budget was likely as much as Porsche spent on canteen coffee.
It was 1999 not 2014.

The 911 and performance versions is a car Porsche in one form or another have produced for 50 years. It is not knew. the engine is not completely new The actual car costs the wrong side of 100,000GBP not half that. Porsche make 150,000 cars per annum and unlike TVR who never at any time made it a cornerstone of their business that their cars were at the peak of engineering excellence, Porsche do.

Many Porsche owners would also attest to the serious and dangerous handling issues with the 911 which Porsche have managed to solve after 30 odd years of fanatical engineering, 4WD, table sized spoilers and moving the engine further forward in the chassis.

I quote Jack Olsen "The Porsche (911) is a famously difficult car to drive. Putting the engine in the back famously is not a great idea. Porsche has spent nearly 50 years fixing that problem with engineering. If you can learn to drive a 911, you can learn to drive anything.

This is likely the reason Porsche are being forced to make a completely new mid engined car to compete with Ferrari and McLaren and presumably why, the year after being massacred by McLaren at Le Mans, Porsche broke the rules and turned up with a mid engined 911 in 1996.