beware speed six engines

[brucey]

After a long time considering I've now decided against a Tuscan. Stories of serious problems with Speed Six engines will not go away. Despite claims of earlier problems with finger followers now being resolved, I keep hearing of engines having to go back to Blackpool after 5-10k miles for full rebuilds. This includes cars delivered late summer 01. Some dealers I have spoken to are now confirming the existence of around 250 returned engines awaiting attention at the factory. It's time for TVR to come clean - are there serious problems with this engine or not? Despite being a massive TVR fan, I'm not prepared to part with £40k plus if I can't get reasonable mileage out of the car...it's not enough to say don't worry if it goes bang, we'll fix it. I do know a number of dealers are very worried about this issue and are seriously considering resigning their franchises. Could this be the reason for so many disappearing over the last 12 months? If anybody can confirm or refute these engine problems I'd be interested to hear.