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. Since 1948 and Ford engines. los Angeles said:
lol. No sports car, but you're right Mark - a Brit success story.
Could be a sportscar
, I've took this link from the 'vette pages www.aztectrading.co.uk/detail.asp?car=1367&choice=carid Mark
I agree with you. I think that young Nik taking over will be as big a shove to TVR as Peter gave the company in the eighties. When all the bru-ha-ha dies down, I rather suspect that the net result will be a gain for everybody.
But then, we're not selling Wol, and can't afford a new TVR, at least for a few years yet.
As they say, Time will tell.
But when we can afford one, we would like to be able to buy one with a V8 in it.
>> Edited by mrmaggit on Wednesday 11th August 22:07
But then, we're not selling Wol, and can't afford a new TVR, at least for a few years yet.
As they say, Time will tell.
But when we can afford one, we would like to be able to buy one with a V8 in it.
>> Edited by mrmaggit on Wednesday 11th August 22:07
los Angeles said:
Yup. I only included those with continuous production. MG had twenty-two years of non-production. I may be wrong, but I don't think Farboud has sold any cars yet. And what happened to Reliant's sports car ambitions?
>> Edited by los Angeles on Wednesday 11th August 21:46
...ah, fair enough. As for Farboud not selling any cars yet....well nor have Ascari according to your initial post!
*pedant mode off*
Oddly enough, I had a fairly similar discussion this morning over coffee with collegues - although we never got into quite so many of the smaller manufacturers...
los Angeles said:
It's illuminating, GingerNinja, just to see who has lasted the pace, and with what facilities, engines and investment. At one time Rolls Royce admitted they would have gone to the wall if one super-rich Saudi had not ordered dozens of the things in a single year. (Russians are the new Saudis - they invest in everything.) Morgan survives by limiting production to create an artificial waiting list - fine by me if it secures jobs - but TVR have bigger ambitions.
Wasn't it a super-rich Saudi that bankrolled the Mclaren F1 project?
..anyway, this country has definately taken long strides away from supporting manufacturing industry, and I suppose the car industry is just another victim of this. Doubtless in another 50 years, they'll all be made in China and India....
I think the early poor reliablilty of the S6 has lived a little too long. We constantly read of the regular breaking of a certain car makers products that are regularly compared to TVR's, yet their "reliability" is never questioned.
When TWO of this companies products end up having to be pushed onto a TV set because their clutches gave up, yet this brand was still chosen by the TV "personalities" as the most reliable? FFS, guys, if you can't design a clutch to cope with the awesome power of your product, (sic), can't design a car alarm without managing to confuse the buyers of your products, maybe the jackboot should be on the other foot.
Ooh Arrr.
When TWO of this companies products end up having to be pushed onto a TV set because their clutches gave up, yet this brand was still chosen by the TV "personalities" as the most reliable? FFS, guys, if you can't design a clutch to cope with the awesome power of your product, (sic), can't design a car alarm without managing to confuse the buyers of your products, maybe the jackboot should be on the other foot.
Ooh Arrr.
Perhaps he just couldn't bring himself writting "TVR" and "Ugly" in the same sentence.
Or perhaps he was about to write about the exceptional beauty of TVRs and their grateful lack of dull straight edge design when got a bit overexcited and had to dash off to get some tissues,
hence the small article.
Or perhaps he was about to write about the exceptional beauty of TVRs and their grateful lack of dull straight edge design when got a bit overexcited and had to dash off to get some tissues,
hence the small article.
los Angeles said:
CATERHAM: 1973. Brit family owned. Brit engines. 600.
In other words, only Caterham can claim to be "all British, through-and-through." TVR is pretty close.
Hmm..
caterham HPC... GM engine.
caterham fireblade.. jap engine
etc, etc
so ok, at this particular point in time they have a rover lineup, but it's not been for long.
stu
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