TVR future generations.
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Afternoon All
I was at a classic car road run yesterday around the villages North of Cambridge with the street lined with people, and a few stop off's throughout the day.
I Have attended this charity event for a few years, usually in a Ford Pop and Austin 7 van, but this year I took the Tuscan.
What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
It's bloody fantastic for TVR that this generation have such an interest in TVR, hopefully these children's children will keep these cars on the road for years after We have all turned up our toes
Anyone else experience the same?
I was at a classic car road run yesterday around the villages North of Cambridge with the street lined with people, and a few stop off's throughout the day.
I Have attended this charity event for a few years, usually in a Ford Pop and Austin 7 van, but this year I took the Tuscan.
What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
It's bloody fantastic for TVR that this generation have such an interest in TVR, hopefully these children's children will keep these cars on the road for years after We have all turned up our toes
Anyone else experience the same?
I have twin girls and one of their tasks a little while ago was to do something to raise a little money for charity.
They did this a class at a time (they are in separate classes) over the period of a few days.
One of my daughters made bookmarks with pictures of ponies etc on them and eventually sold out.
The second daughter decided as the bookmarks did well also to do bookmarks but this time did them with pictures of my TVRs on them. They sold out in seconds once one kid had seen one. Interestingly (and not wanting to sound sexist) as many girls bought them as boys and apparently almost all the kids knew that they were TVRs (but unsurprisingly struggled with the model).
They did this a class at a time (they are in separate classes) over the period of a few days.
One of my daughters made bookmarks with pictures of ponies etc on them and eventually sold out.
The second daughter decided as the bookmarks did well also to do bookmarks but this time did them with pictures of my TVRs on them. They sold out in seconds once one kid had seen one. Interestingly (and not wanting to sound sexist) as many girls bought them as boys and apparently almost all the kids knew that they were TVRs (but unsurprisingly struggled with the model).
wongthecorrupter said:
Most kids love tvr's and know what they are, i find more adults asking what car my tuscan is
I find most adults try and prove they know something about TVR's and therefore - when querying my Sagaris - ask "is that a Tuscan?". I guess that's what swordfish did for TVR!SAGTAFF said:
I find most adults try and prove they know something about TVR's and therefore - when querying my Sagaris - ask "is that a Tuscan?". I guess that's what swordfish did for TVR!
The Sagaris has got to be one of the most evil looking, stunning cars made, the fact it looks so fresh at 10 Years old is testament to its design IMO.Tuscan Mk1 looks great too.
Walter Sobchak said:
The Sagaris has got to be one of the most evil looking, stunning cars made, the fact it looks so fresh at 10 Years old is testament to its design IMO.
Couldn't agree more although I might be slightly biased. The new owners of TVR could do a lot worse than just re-introduce the Sagaris with a V8 in convertible or Targa guiseYes i was out in the 3000s and most adults often ask what car it is but i then was going round a corner near our house and a couple of kids under 10 where going into the woods and i heard on shout as i went buy Wow a TVR concidering there where only 258 3000s made i was amazed
Andrew
Andrew
SAGTAFF said:
wongthecorrupter said:
Most kids love tvr's and know what they are, i find more adults asking what car my tuscan is
I find most adults try and prove they know something about TVR's and therefore - when querying my Sagaris - ask "is that a Tuscan?". I guess that's what swordfish did for TVR!RichB said:
SAGTAFF said:
wongthecorrupter said:
Most kids love tvr's and know what they are, i find more adults asking what car my tuscan is
I find most adults try and prove they know something about TVR's and therefore - when querying my Sagaris - ask "is that a Tuscan?". I guess that's what swordfish did for TVR!Milky400 said:
Afternoon All
What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
Gran Turismo 4,5 and 6 I'd guess... explains the worldwide awareness of TVR.What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
The cars are some of the most fun to drive in the games too... which helps as well!
stevieeg said:
Milky400 said:
Afternoon All
What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
Gran Turismo 4,5 and 6 I'd guess... explains the worldwide awareness of TVR.What really surprised me was the amount of young children showing a huge interest in the car, the wife was I front of me in the Vangaurd and all she could hear was "wow look it's a TVR...." These youngsters were 6-10 year old, and recognised the car/brand straight away. On the stop off's I was bombarded with kids wanting to sit in it and have pictures taken, which I obviously obliged
The cars are some of the most fun to drive in the games too... which helps as well!
Got my T350c at 26 years old, 13 year old dream realised
Nowadays TVR is still well represented in the video games complete with the lairy handing, I think we're going to be fine.
wongthecorrupter said:
RichB said:
find most adults say something more along the lines of "A TVR eh, they all break down don't they?" I guess that's what Top Gear did for TVR!
Just jealous t
tsRoy C said:
I understand that TVR started to get poor reviews from Top Gear after JC and PW had a "personal disagreement", nothing really to do with cars.
That's what I heard too Roy. Clarkson used to go shooting with Peter Wheeler but had a falling out with him. Seems Clarkson often has a falling out with people. stevieeg said:
Gran Turismo 4,5 and 6 I'd guess... explains the worldwide awareness of TVR.
The cars are some of the most fun to drive in the games too... which helps as well!
I'd agree, most of the awareness with the younger generation is probably due to the fact TVRs are still used in current video game franchises such as Gran Turismo and Forza. The cars are some of the most fun to drive in the games too... which helps as well!
BlackpoolRock said:
I'd agree, most of the awareness with the younger generation is probably due to the fact TVRs are still used in current video game franchises such as Gran Turismo and Forza.
Loads of Sag Forza mods out there. People customise them and then keep publishing their mods.So plenty of awareness to be sure!
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