New TVR still under wraps! (Vol. 2)

[crowfield]

And the TVR Faceache page said there will be a big announcement at the end of March - "watch this space" then went very quite and has remained so. They really are doing themselves no good at all with their "PR".

[Gazzab]

CoolHands said:

Can anyone précis the first volume for me?

Inside of a ping pong ball.

[N7GTX]

CoolHands said:

Can anyone précis the first volume for me?

No car
No news
Some bloody excellent bickering
Some bloody good keyboard warriors
Free helicopter rides for anyone who supports the cause
Biscuit man was banned
No news
New TVR still under wraps

[m4tti]

Bring back Spag!! Come one he was entertaining.

[Englishman]

Some really nice cars at Castle Coombe today, this was the cream that TVR made IMHO:

[m4tti]

Did the new TVR turn up?

[unrepentant]

Englishman said:

Some really nice cars at Castle Coombe today, this was the cream that TVR made IMHO:

I wonder if one of the Cascade Indigo ones was my old car?

[Testarossa]

Tyre Smoke said:

Wow.

You are considerably richer than me. I know my place.

Apology accepted.

[Testarossa]

Speed 3 said:

CoolHands said:

Can anyone précis the first, second and third volumes for me?

Debate about the front end
Debate about what else you could spend £90k on
Debate about whether it'll ever see the light of day
Crap PR from the current incarnation

Rinse/Repeat

[GTRene]

Testarossa said:

essextu.
How was that for a climax to Volume 1?

Perhaps the Nikolay Smolinsky erea wasn't so bad? he had some great ideas to put V8 in the later models etc, wonder what would he think about how its going since he sold it.

wiki said:

On 27 July 2004 Smolensky, claiming Greek/British citizenship, bought British carmaker TVR. He also has connections with Italian motorbike manufacturer Benelli.

In June 2013, it was confirmed that Nikolay Smolensky had sold his entire ownership of TVR to a syndicate of British Businessmen led by Les Edgar, a millionaire British entrepreneur.

[Gameface]

CoolHands said:

Can anyone précis the first volume for me?

Helicopter rides.

[robsco]

unrepentant said:

Englishman said:

Some really nice cars at Castle Coombe today, this was the cream that TVR made IMHO:

I wonder if one of the Cascade Indigo ones was my old car?

One of the Cascade Indigo cars isn’t a Sag so that’s one eliminated. It’s a Tam that’s been messed on with; a real shame that some owners seem to want to chop them up.

[V8 GMS]

I recall the TVR stories being placed (usually drunkenly) into in the lyrics of popular songs...

One christmassy one suggested 'Les would return after 10,000 posts in that forum'.

The mods shut it down at 9,991 posts! Therefore this is all the mods fault

[Daggsy]

GTRene said:

Testarossa said:

essextu.
How was that for a climax to Volume 1?

Perhaps the Nikolay Smolinsky erea wasn't so bad? he had some great ideas to put V8 in the later models etc, wonder what would he think about how its going since he sold it.

wiki said:

On 27 July 2004 Smolensky, claiming Greek/British citizenship, bought British carmaker TVR. He also has connections with Italian motorbike manufacturer Benelli.

In June 2013, it was confirmed that Nikolay Smolensky had sold his entire ownership of TVR to a syndicate of British Businessmen led by Les Edgar, a millionaire British entrepreneur.

So, does that make it certain that Nikolay Smolensky is definitely in no way involved or connected with the new TVR set up or name/brand ?

Sorry to ask again, but this rumour of his 'attachment' still occasionally surfaces.

[PuffsBack]

Daggsy said:

So, does that make it certain that Nikolay Smolensky is definitely in no way involved or connected with the new TVR set up or name/brand ?

Sorry to ask again, but this rumour of his 'attachment' still occasionally surfaces.

Absolutely no involvement at all and not connected in any way

[unrepentant]

PuffsBack said:

Daggsy said:

So, does that make it certain that Nikolay Smolensky is definitely in no way involved or connected with the new TVR set up or name/brand ?

Sorry to ask again, but this rumour of his 'attachment' still occasionally surfaces.

Absolutely no involvement at all and not connected in any way

I'm sure even Smolensky is embarrassed to have his name remotely connected to this shambles.

[Monkeylegend]

unrepentant said:

I'm sure even Smolensky is embarrassed to have his name remotely connected to this shambles.

He was given a lot of bad press at the time but compared to what is happening now you start to see his genuine attempts to take on the what was then an almost bankrupt TVR and turn it around in a different light.

The TVR name should have been gracefully laid to rest then rather than be tarnished by the current debacle.

The current team are not fit to be in ownership of such an iconic brand, IMO

[Daggsy]

Wonder if Lawrence Tomlinson has any spare manufacturing/assembly facility at his Ginetta HQ

[Classic Chim]

Daggsy said:

Wonder if Lawrence Tomlinson has any spare manufacturing/assembly facility at his Ginetta HQ

I’ve been thinking this for a few years. See the G55 multi pile up at Donnington recently, there flipping strong cars with a proper roll cage
Very successful manufacturer,,,,,,,,

[robsco]

Monkeylegend said:

unrepentant said:

I'm sure even Smolensky is embarrassed to have his name remotely connected to this shambles.

He was given a lot of bad press at the time but compared to what is happening now you start to see his genuine attempts to take on the what was then an almost bankrupt TVR and turn it around in a different light.

The TVR name should have been gracefully laid to rest then rather than be tarnished by the current debacle.

The current team are not fit to be in ownership of such an iconic brand, IMO

It wasn't even the brand Les Edgar wanted, that name wasn't available. TVR was plan B.