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tvrolet said:
Griffith was named after the US importer Jack (as I recall) Griffith who did what Shelby did with the AC to make the Cobra - drop a big V8 in. Griffith followed the same route with TVRs. So no mythical/Greek/Roman connection at all.
I'm not sure what all the obsession is with mythical names anyway. Sure Chimaera, and Cerbera if you accept a mis-spelling. But off the top of my head Tuscan, Taimar, Tasmin and Tamora had no mythical link. Then we have letters and numbers like S-series, V8S, 450SEAC and T350 so it's hardly like mythical beasts, even misspelled ones, made the bulk of the historic names.
I thought Griffith started the mythical beasts series of cars? I'm not sure what all the obsession is with mythical names anyway. Sure Chimaera, and Cerbera if you accept a mis-spelling. But off the top of my head Tuscan, Taimar, Tasmin and Tamora had no mythical link. Then we have letters and numbers like S-series, V8S, 450SEAC and T350 so it's hardly like mythical beasts, even misspelled ones, made the bulk of the historic names.
Their were exceptions, such as Tamara, but more along the same lines such as Typhon and Sagaris
yajeed said:
I thought Griffith started the mythical beasts series of cars?
Their were exceptions, such as Tamara, but more along the same lines such as Typhon and Sagaris
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google Their were exceptions, such as Tamara, but more along the same lines such as Typhon and Sagaris
FarmyardPants said:
TwinKam said:
HarryW said:
Orthrus.. Brother of Cerberus and Chimera, son of Typhon....
Now that's clever. Almost too clever.Orthrus -> Orthra?
I'll leave it there.
TwinKam said:
FarmyardPants said:
TwinKam said:
HarryW said:
Orthrus.. Brother of Cerberus and Chimera, son of Typhon....
Now that's clever. Almost too clever.Orthrus -> Orthra?
I'll leave it there.
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
Yes, I know. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Griffith started the mythical beasts theme; it was from Jack's surname, but then subsequent cars followed and were linked to it. Griffith (Griffin), Cerbera (cerberus, Kerberos), Chimaera (Chimera), Sagaris, Typhon, After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.
yajeed said:
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
Yes, I know. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Griffith started the mythical beasts theme; it was from Jack's surname, but then subsequent cars followed and were linked to it. Griffith (Griffin), Cerbera (cerberus, Kerberos), Chimaera (Chimera), Sagaris, Typhon, After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.
TA14 said:
yajeed said:
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
Yes, I know. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Griffith started the mythical beasts theme; it was from Jack's surname, but then subsequent cars followed and were linked to it. Griffith (Griffin), Cerbera (cerberus, Kerberos), Chimaera (Chimera), Sagaris, Typhon, After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.
A fire breathing beast that lies dormant in its cave and requiring a Demi-god, armed with a wide range of specialist charms and spells to be able to wake it. Rarely seen by any human?
yajeed said:
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.T350 was the only car not to be given a name in fact. (not counting one offs).
unrepentant said:
yajeed said:
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.T350 was the only car not to be given a name in fact. (not counting one offs).
unrepentant said:
Well apart from Tuscan and Tamora which when added to Sagaris was 3/4 of the collection..........
T350 was the only car not to be given a name in fact. (not counting one offs).
My recollection was. Griffith started it. Then Chimaera. Then Tuscan. Then Tamora, Then t350 (which obviously broken the mould). Then t400, then t440, then Typhon, then Sagaris. T350 was the only car not to be given a name in fact. (not counting one offs).
The intent was to produce more of the t4xx cars but for whatever reason, that didn't happen. So in effect, they moved to numbers, decided they didn't like it and moved back. That makes sense since otherwise you'd have been screwed when you had 2 models with the same HP (like the T cars).
yajeed said:
My recollection was. Griffith started it. Then Chimaera. Then Tuscan. Then Tamora, Then t350 (which obviously broken the mould). Then t400, then t440, then Typhon, then Sagaris.
The intent was to produce more of the t4xx cars but for whatever reason, that didn't happen. So in effect, they moved to numbers, decided they didn't like it and moved back. That makes sense since otherwise you'd have been screwed when you had 2 models with the same HP (like the T cars).
The Tuscan name was first used in the 60s, as was the first use of Griffith... I seem to remember that 'Tuscan' was coined to match the 'continental' sounding names of other mainstream cars at the time like Capri and Cortina. And the Griffith was based on a Grantura.The intent was to produce more of the t4xx cars but for whatever reason, that didn't happen. So in effect, they moved to numbers, decided they didn't like it and moved back. That makes sense since otherwise you'd have been screwed when you had 2 models with the same HP (like the T cars).
OK, with the help of a bit of googling, here are the past model names for road cars (excluding every variant) with the date range that name was available. If there's any trend to be determined it's that names starting 'T' have been more popular than mythical creatures, and given Griffith first appeared in 1963, I think you'd be hard pressed to argue it started any mythical name trend,
Grantura 1958-1967
Trident 1965
Griffith 1963-1967
Tuscan 1967-1971
Vixen 1968-1972
1600M/2500M 1972-1979
Taimar 1976-1979
3000S 1978-1979
Tasmin 1981-1984
280/350/400/420/450 SX,SE, SEAC 1984-1989
S/S1/S2/V8S 1986-1993
Griffith 1991-2002
Chimaera 1992-2001
Cerbera 1996-2003
Tuscan 1999-2006
T440R 2002-2003
Tamora 2002-2006
T350 2002-2006
Sagaris 2004-2006
Typhon 2004-2006
TA14 said:
unrepentant said:
yajeed said:
tvrolet said:
Nope. Named after Jack Griffith the US importer who 'did a Shelby' on TVRs. You may be confusing this with a Griffin (already nicked by Vauxhall). Go google
After a while TVR dropped the naming in favour of numbers - t350, t400 but seemed to lose interest with the sagaris.T350 was the only car not to be given a name in fact. (not counting one offs).
TR4man said:
PoleDriver said:
Surely Icarus or Phoenix would be more fitting?
Hopefully not Icarus as I don't think it ended well for him.HarryW said:
As no one picked up on my very first God/goddess when I restarted the naming game I'll append it again.
Aphaia (Aphea) = the invisible goddess!
Name one other muscle car aimed at macho men named after a woman.............................Can't think of oneAphaia (Aphea) = the invisible goddess!
edited to say I might regret this.
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