New TVR still under wraps!

[spagbogdog]

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

[Testarossa]

spagbogdog said:

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

Oh dear spag, such naivety...

Look at this cheap and cheerful runabout...


Why have that, when you can have this much bigger car...


I know if I had a few million in change, which one I would buy*

• mostly because I couldn't afford the less desirable one.

[spagbogdog]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Zeb74]

spagbogdog said:

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

Since this is used, for some,to compensate something

[spagbogdog]

Zeb74 said:

spagbogdog said:

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

Since this is used, for some,to compensate something

...agreed...

[GB8CH]

skwdenyer said:

m4tti said:

I wonder if GB8CH was invlolved in that design.

The article says it was done by David Martin, who went from TVR to Surface & Design.

No, looks pretty good but not at all original. I thought it was one of those Autocar guestimates on what a new car might look like based on its heritage?

[GB8CH]

spagbogdog said:

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

Perceived value is greater if scale is increased. The Sagaris is about 15% too small imho. Especially in terms of length.

[Monkeylegend]

Have TVR given the update they promised before October in the last update yet along with the exciting news?

I might have missed it.

[B17NNS]

m4tti said:

Not a fan if that. I always thought this was the prettiest car they never built.

[bullittmcqueen]

Monkeylegend said:

Have TVR given the update they promised before October in the last update yet along with the exciting news?

I might have missed it.

I think they said "no later than October", which technically includes October. Interestingly there is some financing deadline on October 1st tied to the Welsh Government loan. They need to secure additional funding until then. Guess the news has is somewhat related to that.

[GB8CH]

DonkeyApple said:

GB8CH said:

Absolute nonsense! Creativity is the art form that delights those unaware of what they will desire in the future. The Griff may have been retro, however, it was exquisitely styled and stood out like a sore thumb in 1991. Plus, it's band for buck was unmatched. The Porsche Boxster etc dictated that the impact that the Griff had, wasn't/isn't going to be repeated. £100K greyness, seriously?

Bang for buck indeed. But we aren’t in that world today are we? Nip onto autotrader and look for a £100k car that isn’t monochrome and ubiquitous. Different world and different segment. And nor can you deny that the more extravagant the TVR the less it sold. The Sagaris tells you all you need to know about the higher tier purchases. It’s all there, clear as day in the history books. The company may be remembered for the most outlandish models but it was the least outlandish models that made the company. You can’t change history or facts however much you dream.

Hence the sentence I included explaining how competition influenced a dramatic decline in sales.

[spagbogdog]

GB8CH said:

spagbogdog said:

..since when does making a car bigger make it more desirable...????

Perceived value is greater if scale is increased. The Sagaris is about 15% too small imho. Especially in terms of length.

I understand your comment but personally don’t agree. The Sagaris only looks small nowadays..it never did ‘back then’.

I also think this issue with size is male oriented.
I don’t hear the same comments from our female friends (in actual fact I hear more the reverse)..

[BJWoods]

A picture from Gatton Manor today

notice anything...

[BJWoods]

Size is relative!?

[BJWoods]

All three are fine by me..

[BJWoods]

rear view

[bomb]

the rear spoiler has gone.

[BJWoods]

bomb said:

the rear spoiler has gone.

not gone. in down position.

[bomb]

Looks a lot more tidy with it in the 'stowed position' when the car is parked.

[spagbogdog]

BJWoods said:

Size is relative!?

...more wotcha do with it eh BJ...

...have to say I think it’s lookin’ better by the day