New TVR still under wraps! (Vol. 3)

[The Three D Mucketeer]

Gazzab said:

If I was Les I d sell the name to a Chinese EV producer albeit I can t see that happening. The brand has never been well known outside of the UK and there are no other assets beyond the brand name and its heritage . Surely it s just not worth much to the likes of SAIC. They have made MG into a massive EV mid sized cheapish mainly SUV brand. What would they do with TVR. They aren t going to sell 10 s of thousands for TVR badged EV sports cars.
And no one can make a volume petrol engined sports car business profitable. They can t make the old models. No one s going to pay good money for a singer style restomod TVR.
TVR does live on though, in the old cars that many of us own.

THANK GOD YOU ARE NOT LES

[Gareth9702]

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

[Gazzab]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

Gazzab said:

If I was Les I d sell the name to a Chinese EV producer albeit I can t see that happening. The brand has never been well known outside of the UK and there are no other assets beyond the brand name and its heritage . Surely it s just not worth much to the likes of SAIC. They have made MG into a massive EV mid sized cheapish mainly SUV brand. What would they do with TVR. They aren t going to sell 10 s of thousands for TVR badged EV sports cars.
And no one can make a volume petrol engined sports car business profitable. They can t make the old models. No one s going to pay good money for a singer style restomod TVR.
TVR does live on though, in the old cars that many of us own.

THANK GOD YOU ARE NOT LES

Yeah thank god - id have done something in the last 5 years.

[PAUL.S.]

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

The general public that the Chinese sell boat loads of EVs to could not give a monkies about that dim and distant matter, its a dead selling point to justify the outlay.

[craigjm]

Mikebentley said:

craigjm said:

Mikebentley said:

Chinese buyout is the answer.

What value does it have to them?

The name. It s the one thing Chinese companies generally don t have. History.

But the vast majority of the car buying public don’t give a stuff about TVR and many of them under 40 will not have a great deal of knowledge about them. Not the same as the Lotus name and Volvo etc and the Chinese don’t need old names to sell anymore. They are selling plenty of build your dreams, Jaecoo etc without that. It’s only really on pages like this where TVR has any value at all

[Viper201]

PAUL.S. said:

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

The general public that the Chinese sell boat loads of EVs to could not give a monkies about that dim and distant matter, its a dead selling point to justify the outlay.

TVR won at Le Mans??? Really??? Need to get to Specsavers as I clearly missed that. Rebellion were an already successful racing team but putting a couple of TVR stickers on their car must have made all the difference. Well, if the Chinese or any other nation were interested and did their due diligence they would see how short lived Rebellion then became, folding shortly afterwards and the remains picked up by Peugeot Racing. It was all marketing hype and a big jolly that achieved nothing. 'Nothing' - a word that sums up 'new' TVR.

[Gareth9702]

Viper201 said:

PAUL.S. said:

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

The general public that the Chinese sell boat loads of EVs to could not give a monkies about that dim and distant matter, its a dead selling point to justify the outlay.

TVR won at Le Mans??? Really??? Need to get to Specsavers as I clearly missed that. Rebellion were an already successful racing team but putting a couple of TVR stickers on their car must have made all the difference. Well, if the Chinese or any other nation were interested and did their due diligence they would see how short lived Rebellion then became, folding shortly afterwards and the remains picked up by Peugeot Racing. It was all marketing hype and a big jolly that achieved nothing. 'Nothing' - a word that sums up 'new' TVR.

I thought it was Americans who didn't "get" irony. Have we now imported another unwelcome characteristic from the US?

[brownspeed]

lol

[Viper201]

Gareth9702 said:

Viper201 said:

PAUL.S. said:

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

The general public that the Chinese sell boat loads of EVs to could not give a monkies about that dim and distant matter, its a dead selling point to justify the outlay.

TVR won at Le Mans??? Really??? Need to get to Specsavers as I clearly missed that. Rebellion were an already successful racing team but putting a couple of TVR stickers on their car must have made all the difference. Well, if the Chinese or any other nation were interested and did their due diligence they would see how short lived Rebellion then became, folding shortly afterwards and the remains picked up by Peugeot Racing. It was all marketing hype and a big jolly that achieved nothing. 'Nothing' - a word that sums up 'new' TVR.

I thought it was Americans who didn't "get" irony. Have we now imported another unwelcome characteristic from the US?

Been watching too many US videos on YouTube obviously.

TVR accounts due in a week or so. Not that that will tell us anything new.

[Jon39]

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans, shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

TVR won at Le Mans.

Are you referring to the Rebellion Racing R13, Oreca LMP1 car, with TVR stickers ?

Great irony.

Les believes TVR won.
He also believes the word gullible no longer appears in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Edited by Jon39 on Monday 23 June 12:47

[Gazzab]

Jon39 said:

Gareth9702 said:

The Chinese are sure to see value in the fact that TVR won at Le Mans, shortly after introducing the new Griffith.

TVR won at Le Mans.

Are you referring to the Rebellion Racing R13, Oreca LMP1 car, with TVR stickers ?

Great irony.

Les believes TVR won.
He also believes the word gullible no longer appears in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Edited by Jon39 on Monday 23 June 12:47

It’s written on the ceiling above your head.

[Tazar]

So after a few years of silence Marcos are testing 3 different models at prototype stage. This is out of a motor group just south of Salisbury. They were obviously impressed by the demand for the new TVR.

[Byker28i]

Just a few of the 100-150 chilli plants I have... every seed grew.



I have about 100 more in a hanging basket, which just had seeds thrown on for a fun experiment. Going to leave them to see what happens

[baconsarney]

Byker28i said:

Just a few of the 100-150 chilli plants I have... every seed grew.



I have about 100 more in a hanging basket, which just had seeds thrown on for a fun experiment. Going to leave them to see what happens

Feck me I thought I was over the top with 30….

[Byker28i]

baconsarney said:

Byker28i said:

Just a few of the 100-150 chilli plants I have... every seed grew.



I have about 100 more in a hanging basket, which just had seeds thrown on for a fun experiment. Going to leave them to see what happens

Feck me I thought I was over the top with 30 .

I collected all the seeds from one plant last year and the seeds from one supermarket pepper - which turns out to be a lot, especially when they all grow.

I've plants in the poly jungle, plants in the garden, plants in pots.
Even the hanging basket, where not knowing what to do i threw remaining seeds in, as I'd run out of seed trays by then


I'm just going to leave them.

I've lost track on what's chilli's, what's peppers

Oh and I've given about 20 large pots away

Edited by Byker28i on Monday 30th June 13:13

[craigjm]

What am i not getting about a discussion around chilli plants on a new TVR thread?

[QBee]

craigjm said:

What am i not getting about a discussion around chilli plants on a new TVR thread?

I quite agree - I thought this was a chilli con car thread, not the other way around

[The Three D Mucketeer]

I've sold out to the Homes & Garden Forum .... More action from the snails in my garden than Les Edgar ( I had to GOOGLE his name because I'd forgotten it he is such a non-entity now )

[TA14]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

I've sold out to the Homes & Garden Forum .... More action from the snails in my garden than Les Edgar ( I had to GOOGLE his name because I'd forgotten it he is such a non-entity now )

What will you do when Google forgets?

[Byker28i]

craigjm said:

What am i not getting about a discussion around chilli plants on a new TVR thread?

Started a few years ago due to a lack of action with the new TVR