James May Cars of the People

[ellroy]

Bit of TVR action in tonight's episode 3 if you missed it.

[rigga]

I like the older Griffith, even with the very odd gear lever position.

[ShiDevil]

Good programme although shame he couldn't tell difference between a Tuscan and a T350 lol

[ruggy]

That was Dimensions car, more details about the car in this thread : http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Enjoyed that, brief summary of why TVR's are so special.

Blackpool über alles!

[Andrew Gray]

I rather like his dig at the sales team not able to afford Clothes
Andrew

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ShiDevil said:

Good programme although shame he couldn't tell difference between a Tuscan and a T350 lol

I thought that .. then realized that I have no idea what the T in T350c stands for..

and I owned a T350 a few years back too.

[Niiige]

I enjoyed it too.

It was refreshing to hear something positive about TVR and also a confident mention of the future.

And the naked ladies, I liked that too !

[Bassfiend229hp]

Niiige said:

I enjoyed it too.

It was refreshing to hear something positive about TVR and also a confident mention of the future.

And the naked ladies, I liked that too !

I think that should be brought back...

Just think about what kind of colours they would do TVR mirkins in!

Phil

[ianwayne]

A shame the most popular model wasn't referred to by name, and only a fraction of a second of a display model front no plate saying 'Chimaera' indicated it existed.

Nevertheless, it was a positive (for once!) mention of the brand.

[5.0ltr]

ianwayne said:

A shame the most popular model wasn't referred to by name, and only a fraction of a second of a display model front no plate saying 'Chimaera' indicated it existed.

Nevertheless, it was a positive (for once!) mention of the brand.

He mentioned its designed by dog process though.

[Oldred_V8S]

5.0ltr said:

ianwayne said:

A shame the most popular model wasn't referred to by name, and only a fraction of a second of a display model front no plate saying 'Chimaera' indicated it existed.

Nevertheless, it was a positive (for once!) mention of the brand.

He mentioned its designed by dog process though.

Which sadly isn't true. Sorry to spoil the magic

[5.0ltr]

Oldred_V8S said:

Which sadly isn't true. Sorry to spoil the magic

I didn't say otherwise, just that he mentioned it.

[swisstoni]

It was a good programme which avoided most TVR cliches, and painted the marque in a positive light. Should do us all a favour as the series is likely to be seen all around the world.

[Argent]

^^^^^^. Agreed, it was positive, he portrayed TVR as being innovative and exciting as opposed to pedantically stuck on developing a rear engined vehicle that never made ergonomic sense. I always thought it was a shame that the 928 didn't become the Porsche flagship model.

This's my two hap' worth anyway.

A.

[Gazzab]

I couldn't work out what he meant by innovative. Generally this should mean new methods or advanced engineering? Can also mean original I guess. Innovative isn't a word I would apply to tvrs. Unique maybe.

[Boatbuoy]

arguably using naked models at a motorshow was innovative!

[Hoover.]

5.0ltr said:

Oldred_V8S said:

Which sadly isn't true. Sorry to spoil the magic

I didn't say otherwise, just that he mentioned it.

you'll be telling me that Farther Xmas and the Easter Bunny aren't real next..... you kill joys..... humbug to the lot of

[swisstoni]

Gazzab said:

I couldn't work out what he meant by innovative. Generally this should mean new methods or advanced engineering? Can also mean original I guess. Innovative isn't a word I would apply to tvrs. Unique maybe.

I think he was contrasting TVR with Porche. The latter plugged away honing and perfecting one design for ages whereas TVR regularly came out with new designs.
I know what you mean, in that every TVR was very similar under the skin but they did have ambition to move things forward on the engineering side too.
Unfortunately we all know what happened.

[HarryW]

Caught up with the programme tonight, quite enjoyed it, seemed like a very positive take on TVR to me. Can't do the marque no harm going forward either the new team must be pleased with the piece tbh.