TVR Blackpool close down
Discussion
Now then...anymore 'family silver' we want to chuck in the river ?
How about selling MG Rover to China?
- or Jaguar ?
- or Rolls Royce/Bentley ?
- or Lotus ?
Maybe if we all worked a bit harder here, and bought more of our home-produced goods, we wouldn't need to hold the begging bowl out to foreigners who have no idea what these marques mean to US.
BUY BRITISH !
grahamw48 said:
BUY BRITISH !
As far as cars go I did twice.
Never again - the worst two cars I've ever owned.
I like my BMW.
How does your Buy British campaign work for the likes of
councils and public services where the the British version
is more expensive than the foreign version ?
That'll be my taxes they are wasting buying British will
it, then ?
Sean, I do realise you are taking the p, but I doubt very much that you've ever actually owned a Rover, just as most of their bigmouthed critics haven't. Build quality of my old 138,000 mile 9 year old 420 is superb, incidentally.
Kind of a knock Rover/MG fashion thing I suppose.
Fortunately we don't all share such sheep-like characteristics.
Anyway, the argument has been done to death on here, usually by spotty faced chavs still dreaming of owning their first incredibly poorly built Saxo.
A colleague bought a new TVR last year. He knew all about their reputation, but the pages and pages of faults (on seemingly every area of the car) that were present on delivery or occurred in the first few weeks where just ridiculous. The dealer was awful - had a stand up row with him because he didn't want to take the car without working windscreen washers. Within a month the engine was back at the factory being rebuilt.
Top of the range Tiv then, is cheaper than an entry level 9'' Porker. That's part of the appeal. To find comparable performance from the pork you would need to dig deep into your pocket for a 996TT with the X50 upgrade - not sure exactly but in the region of 100k.
And the Tivs aren't clit cars......
And the Tivs aren't clit cars......
deva link said:I bought a brand new TVR and had only a few faults on my "snagging list". The dealer corrected these without a blink at the (free) 1000 mile service. When another item cropped up they couldn't have behaved better giving me a bottle of Champers and my wife a bouquet when we picked the Griff up from them. For every bad story I'll bet there are always good ones. No one tells you the good stories though, no one's interested!!!
A colleague bought a new TVR last year. He knew all about their reputation, but the pages and pages of faults (on seemingly every area of the car) that were present on delivery or occurred in the first few weeks where just ridiculous. The dealer was awful
It is a truly SAD day for any person who considers himself(herself!) to be a petrolhead, to see TVR sink like the 'Titanic.'
When one looks around at many cars on offer today, they are anodine, sterile and have a complete lack of character. The drive takes second place to the technology. BMW with their obsession with I-drive? Now you too can have a nasty RTC caused by the distraction of fiddling with an on board computer!! TVR represents the OLD SCHOOL way of producing a fast car. KISS-keep it simple stupid! Big engine, REAR WHEEL DRIVE, NO traction control, NO anti-lock brakes, NO pointless technology.(Umm, sounds like a famous 1970's-80's Coupe as built by Uncle Henry? Answers on a postcard please!) As simple as British beef & Yorkshire pudding-unbeatable! Whilst the cars certainly provide a great driving experience, the company seem blighted by quality control issues which refuse to go away. Sadly, in today's market, people WILL NOT tolerate poor levels of reliability & patchy customer service. The writing is on the wall,the sterile & anodine shall inherit the earth, and the truly great, if somewhat flawed(on occasion!) are destined to go to the wall......
The fall of TVR will represent YET another nail in the coffin of British manufacturing. My heartfelt sympathy to all employees who may face an uncertain future. I will be keeping my fingers crossed.
When one looks around at many cars on offer today, they are anodine, sterile and have a complete lack of character. The drive takes second place to the technology. BMW with their obsession with I-drive? Now you too can have a nasty RTC caused by the distraction of fiddling with an on board computer!! TVR represents the OLD SCHOOL way of producing a fast car. KISS-keep it simple stupid! Big engine, REAR WHEEL DRIVE, NO traction control, NO anti-lock brakes, NO pointless technology.(Umm, sounds like a famous 1970's-80's Coupe as built by Uncle Henry? Answers on a postcard please!) As simple as British beef & Yorkshire pudding-unbeatable! Whilst the cars certainly provide a great driving experience, the company seem blighted by quality control issues which refuse to go away. Sadly, in today's market, people WILL NOT tolerate poor levels of reliability & patchy customer service. The writing is on the wall,the sterile & anodine shall inherit the earth, and the truly great, if somewhat flawed(on occasion!) are destined to go to the wall......
The fall of TVR will represent YET another nail in the coffin of British manufacturing. My heartfelt sympathy to all employees who may face an uncertain future. I will be keeping my fingers crossed.
I recall when they made the film "Swordfish" in the states, they were allowed to import a couple of TVR's just for the film, as the bog standard cars did not meet Californian emission standards.
Wouldnt it be in their interest to try to meet those standards, and open up the American market, for which I am sure there is one based on comments from those Americans who saw the cars being used for filming.
But, yes a sad day for British Industry, and sadder for those who have/will loose their jobs.
Incidently is there a good reason why they never introduced ABS! even if it had the option of turning it off?
>> Edited by vipers on Thursday 27th April 02:48
Wouldnt it be in their interest to try to meet those standards, and open up the American market, for which I am sure there is one based on comments from those Americans who saw the cars being used for filming.
But, yes a sad day for British Industry, and sadder for those who have/will loose their jobs.
Incidently is there a good reason why they never introduced ABS! even if it had the option of turning it off?
>> Edited by vipers on Thursday 27th April 02:48
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