What's the appeal of the Tuscan S?
Discussion
I'm the proud owner of a Mk1 Tuscan Red Rose and I try to keep an eye on what the market is doing. One thing I've never got my head around is the S pricing... Give or take a bit they're about twice the price of a normal Tuscan, but why?
Any benefit of factory-fit springs/shocks/brakes is long since gone and at 400ish BHP it's only about 10BHP more than mine, while technological advances around ECUs, Heads, Engine re-builds, etc... mean it's easy - albeit not cheap - to get more power from a 'normal' Tuscan for less than the Tuscan / Tuscan S price difference. There are the changes to the body work, but i can't see that justifying it.
Is it just willy waving driving the price? Surely not though because I'd be pretty miffed if I spent Tuscan S money only to find a mildly fettled none-S was just as fast... And personally I think the none-S is better looking too.
Any insights?
Any benefit of factory-fit springs/shocks/brakes is long since gone and at 400ish BHP it's only about 10BHP more than mine, while technological advances around ECUs, Heads, Engine re-builds, etc... mean it's easy - albeit not cheap - to get more power from a 'normal' Tuscan for less than the Tuscan / Tuscan S price difference. There are the changes to the body work, but i can't see that justifying it.
Is it just willy waving driving the price? Surely not though because I'd be pretty miffed if I spent Tuscan S money only to find a mildly fettled none-S was just as fast... And personally I think the none-S is better looking too.
Any insights?
philipbrown123 said:
Having studied every Tuscan for sale advert for the last 2 years and buying a MK2 S 2 months ago, I would say the premium is more like 20/30 % for an S over a non S. No way is it nearly double.
Average asking price of an S is about £46k on PH right now.Average asking price of Mk1 none-S is about £27k on PH right now.
I'm sorry for exaggerating, it's not double, it's 'only' a 70% premium.
All the hair-splitting that's going on is exactly my point. Aside from cosmetics and age / mileage, there's basically no difference between one car and the next, be that a Mk1 none-S or a Mk2 S, yet prices vary hugely... Yes I know there ARE differences, but I don't understand how people justify the price uplift for those differences given how small they are, beyond wanting 'on-paper' bragging rights?!
glow worm said:
TVR changed the type of fibre matting in later years resulting in lighter weight panels. My Tuscan convertible roof is much larger than my Chims, and if they were made of the same material I would find it difficult to lift the Tuscan roof 
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Eh? The roof on my 2001 weighs the same as another tuscan i know from 2003... and they're both pretty light and very easy to remove solo. Same for the bonnet. .Are you sure this isn't another TVR myth?
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