New TVR still under wraps!

[bullittmcqueen]

Classic Chim said:

bullittmcqueen said:

Check from 7:50 (link starts there):

https://youtu.be/SjrarcM7HoY?t=468

Please tell me they're joking.

Hockenheim?

Yes, but i was referring to the moment he was showing the engine-"bay" (link should start a few seconds before, it's at 8:00).

Two fans from a gaming pc !!! That's just sad.

[RichB]

bullittmcqueen said:

Classic Chim said:

bullittmcqueen said:

Check from 7:50 (link starts there):
https://youtu.be/SjrarcM7HoY?t=468
Please tell me they're joking.

Hockenheim?

Yes, but i was referring to the moment he was showing the engine-"bay" (link should start a few seconds before, it's at 8:00). Two fans from a gaming pc !!! That's just sad.

Last year a lady at Portsmouth customs asked if she could see in the engine of my Boxster as we were stopped boarding the Ferry to Caen. 'No,' I said, 'not being rude, but no.' When I explained no one can see the engine she laughed! I did ask if she'd never stopped a Porsche before but she just said she liked the car and wanted to look at it! I like it too and that drive down to the south of France was great!

[bullittmcqueen]

RichB said:

bullittmcqueen said:

Classic Chim said:

bullittmcqueen said:

Check from 7:50 (link starts there):
https://youtu.be/SjrarcM7HoY?t=468
Please tell me they're joking.

Hockenheim?

Yes, but i was referring to the moment he was showing the engine-"bay" (link should start a few seconds before, it's at 8:00). Two fans from a gaming pc !!! That's just sad.

Last year a lady at Portsmouth customs asked if she could see in the engine of my Boxster as we were stopped boarding the Ferry to Caen. 'No,' I said, 'not being rude, but no.' When I explained no one can see the engine she laughed! I did ask if she'd never stopped a Porsche before but she just said she liked the car and wanted to look at it! I like it too and that drive down to the south of France was great!

I know it's restricted in the 911, but it wasn't always that bad, was it ?

[Classic Chim]

bullittmcqueen said:

Yes, but i was referring to the moment he was showing the engine-"bay" (link should start a few seconds before, it's at 8:00).

Two fans from a gaming pc !!! That's just sad.

Almost unbelievable, paddle shift

We all might have different ideas as to how a Tvr might look like but compared to that thing it’s a stunner.

It’s hard to understand how Tvr haven’t got some big investors, hopefully they have, what with the GM chassis etc etc it’s got to be just as good as the same old same old, I had a trip to Manchester today looking at a bus for a mates stockcar, 300 miles round trip and plenty of fancy sportscars, they all look a bit boring to me, it has to be said even with the contentious front end the new Tvr is still a looker compared to most things on the road,,,,,, the side exhausts especially will have small children and men alike clambering to get a second look,,,,

Come on chaps some of you guys must have a promotions company tucked away somewhere that can help keep our new car in the limelight and push its virtues,,

Waiting with bated breath on the latest update.

Edited by Classic Chim on Saturday 19th January 22:00

[RichB]

bullittmcqueen said:

I know it's restricted in the 911, but it wasn't always that bad, was it ?

No...

[N7GTX]

V8 GMS said:

Just watched the launch episode of the grand tour season 3. That Mustang RTR - oooh

Edit: shown as 'manual, ~700+bhp, available in RHD, good handling?!!', for £40K (assume it'd cost more to get one in the UK).

Edited by V8 GMS on Saturday 19th January 07:50

Currently watching Barrett Jackson live and a 2019 Challenger SRT Demon just sold for $107,000 or £83,000.

[dvs_dave]

bullittmcqueen said:

Check from 7:50 (link starts there):

https://youtu.be/SjrarcM7HoY?t=468

Please tell me they're joking.

Not sure why you’re trying to point out here? That Porsche have copied TVR or something? A Tuscan service bonnet is in essence identical.

[m4tti]

The more I read about this new corvette the more I like the sound of it, and I’m not a wobbly American v8 type.

They’ve apparently patented some new tech to go in it, and have trademarked the Zora name in Japan, Australia, and the UK. All right hand drive territories, and the price could well be right.

This has got to make it a TVR competitor. Evidence says it’ll be in production before the Griffith.

[bullittmcqueen]

dvs_dave said:

bullittmcqueen said:

Check from 7:50 (link starts there):

https://youtu.be/SjrarcM7HoY?t=468

Please tell me they're joking.

Not sure why you’re trying to point out here? That Porsche have copied TVR or something? A Tuscan service bonnet is in essence identical.

I wasn't fully aware and simply amazed at how little of the engine would actually be visible and i figure it's a major pain (and price factor) for servicing as well.

[BJWoods]

I still have a TVR deposit and I guess we have until the end of Jan, for news, big news or some progress report..

But to be honest the fun, anticipation, excitement has completely gone. Sad really

[RichB]

BJWoods said:

I still have a TVR deposit and I guess we have until the end of Jan, for news, big news or some progress report.. But to be honest the fun, anticipation, excitement has completely gone. Sad really

Crikey, for you to say that is quite something, you have been totally positive in this thread throughout the launch.

[bullittmcqueen]

Think this was announced in the Dec-Update:


16 Jan 2019 Appointment of Mr Martin Overington as a director on 20 December 2018

From: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/0848631...


Guess it's this guy:

https://www.classicgt.co.uk/about-us/our-team/mart...

[Gazzab]

Just thinking.....Back in the day a TVR (say a £35k chimaera) was regualarly price compared to a 911. With minimal extras a 911 would have been about £58k. So a chimp was about 5/8ths of the price of a 911.
Whilst the proposed new Griff is a step forward in quality, I think a basic 911 will be c£95k on the road. I cant recall what the (post LE?) basic Griff is going to cost. If it’s around £60k then the ratio is maintained but I think it’s higher. I guess it will around £80k. Getting proportionally much closer to a 911. Then of course there are residuals and finance deals. Ok they are different animals and I guess the Griff is maybe more comparable to other sub-supercars.

[spagbogdog]

That 911 is...
Relentless in its pursuit of becoming a mid engined supercar with 4 seats...
It ain’t gonna happen..no matter how much they stretch the cabin n hide the engine bay..
Someone Somewhere come Summertime will tell em..fk Right Off..!!!
We want a SPORTS CAR instead.

That TVR is a GT car.
Different (thank god) animal.
Adult
Sexy
Capable
Enjoyable

Don’t get confused chaps

We WANT
Involvement
Audacity
Volume
Vivienne Westwood
A great big MOHICAN strutting peacock fashion with safety pins, choker n multiple bullet belts.

That chap that ‘sorted’ the Kenyan shopping mall doesn’t want a George Medal...he wants a new TVR...

Jump to it Les PLEASE

[oilit]

According to companies house losses at Gordon Murray design up year on year, and back end of last year various new GM companies formed ...

The GMD website shows a few prototypes they have been involved in - have any of them made it to market ?

[Classic Chim]

Various new companies formed, isn’t that just accountancy speak for negating tax risk.
Of course that alone suggests they are juggling which never sounds good but isn’t that quite normal, my mates done it loads of times and he’s still very rich.

[N7GTX]

RichB said:

BJWoods said:

I still have a TVR deposit and I guess we have until the end of Jan, for news, big news or some progress report.. But to be honest the fun, anticipation, excitement has completely gone. Sad really

Crikey, for you to say that is quite something, you have been totally positive in this thread throughout the launch.

Absolutely agree with RichB. I'm amazed. But I can well understand how, from the initial deposit with all the buzz and excitement has slowly dwindled as so much time has gone by. If you keep the faith, all that buzz and excitement will come back hopefully 10 times over for you.

Your compatriot, the effervescent Spagbogdog, seems to have gone missing in action now.......

Edited by N7GTX on Monday 21st January 00:59

[N7GTX]

bullittmcqueen said:

Think this was announced in the Dec-Update:


16 Jan 2019 Appointment of Mr Martin Overington as a director on 20 December 2018

From: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/0848631...


Guess it's this guy:

https://www.classicgt.co.uk/about-us/our-team/mart...

Once you have your new car, you will be able to go touring with him
Undoubtedly a petrolhead from your link and definitely a very busy chap with 11 active directorships:

https://companycheck.co.uk/director/907514160/MR-M...

Oh and TVR Automotive is listed as a dormant company at Companies House

[bullittmcqueen]

N7GTX said:

Once you have your new car, you will be able to go touring with him
Undoubtedly a petrolhead from your link and definitely a very busy chap with 11 active directorships:

https://companycheck.co.uk/director/907514160/MR-M...

Oh and TVR Automotive is listed as a dormant company at Companies House

You're right, but seems to be a technical issue:

...
The definition of importance is the Companies House one:

A company is dormant if it has had no ‘significant accounting transactions’ during the accounting period. A significant accounting transaction is one which the company should enter in its accounting records.
...

As they have no real operation yet and probably aren't paying much in terms of salaries, in accounting terms that still qualifies as "dormant".

[m4tti]

bullittmcqueen said:

You're right, but seems to be a technical issue:

...
The definition of importance is the Companies House one:

A company is dormant if it has had no ‘significant accounting transactions’ during the accounting period. A significant accounting transaction is one which the company should enter in its accounting records.
...

As they have no real operation yet and probably aren't paying much in terms of salaries, in accounting terms that still qualifies as "dormant".

I wonder how they’re paying the marketing chaps