RE: 250 orders for new TVR

[GTRene]

Kolbenkopp said:

Nobody thinks the wheels are way oversized on the Wiesmann? That just looks massively out of proportion to me, and the little suspension travel left won't help dynamics. It's not like this was supposed to be a track car, right?

You can get bigger or smaller wheels, but when you see them for real they mostly look very good with the car.

Also the very short suspension seems to be very good, it works very good, even better then a lot other sport cars, look up some videos were some testers at first also had some doubts

They also made a track version, the MF4-CS

They are driving fun cars, not specially for track, but they seem to be very good also on track, there is a video were they test a MF5 against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS on a small track, let me see if I can find that...

ah, it was not against but to see if it could go faster around that track then the Porsche GT3 RS at that time.
@ 7.30 you can see the score.
But it was not that easy, hard work he said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt2IbU-Es5w&li...

[dubloon]

The big question remains how much demand is there for a costly sports car with none of the benefits of mass production. Jag, Porsche, Ferrari and others are all churning out excellent product these days. It's no good selling the first few in flurry of excitement unless the customers will keep on coming. Spyker and others have shown just how tough that can be.

[soad]

GTRene said:

http://www.autogespot.com/wiesmann-roadster-mf5/20...

Love that rear end!





These looked great too.

[Kolbenkopp]

GTRene said:

They are driving fun cars, not specially for track, but they seem to be very good also on track, there is a video were they test a MF5 against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS on a small track, let me see if I can find that...

A lot better fitting on that MF5 IMO, thanks for the link. The basic shape is ace IMO, and what a nice noise! But still think (much) smaller wheels would work and look better on the road focused versions. Ieder zijn ding and all that .

[Kolbenkopp]

DonkeyApple said:

They shot all their properly posh chaps about 70 years ago.

True sadly, and where the big three decide to stick bits of fake trim is the least of the problems. It does lead to some creative auto critic (no pun intended) songs at least, so not all is lost ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2E30CqEodg ) .

[KTF]

soad said:

Love that rear end!





These looked great too.

Each to their own but I hope that neither are used as inspiration for the new TVR.

[Jasandjules]

KTF said:

Each to their own but I hope that neither are used as inspiration for the new TVR.

You be the judge

[joncon]

lets say they use the tamora t350 chassis as a base, fit that with a cosworth 4 litre v8 engine producing 400 bhp, 2 seater , coupe, aluminium and leather cockpit .
same suspension geometry set up....

similar design maybe to this for body shape..




they could go down the route taken by noble back in the mid 2000's and have most of the car made in by outsourcing the work and noble just did final installation of engine etc .

Edited by joncon on Monday 7th September 20:47

[HarryW]

joncon said:

lets say they use the tamora t350 chassis as a base, fit that with a cosworth 4 litre v8 engine producing 400 bhp, 2 seater , coupe, aluminium and leather cockpit .
same suspension geometry set up....

similar design maybe to this for body shape..




they could go down the route taken by noble back in the mid 2000's and have most of the car made in by outsourcing the work and noble just did final installation of engine etc .

Edited by joncon on Monday 7th September 20:47

Is that that Zagato AC thingy?

[joncon]

yes zagato ...
ac then took on the project.
just using it as an example...it just seems modern coupes are following similar lines

[smithyithy]

Do we know where they're based? As in do they actually have a factory at this point?

[coppice]

KTF said:

soad said:

Love that rear end!





These looked great too.

Each to their own but I hope that neither are used as inspiration for the new TVR.

You're joking of course? The original Marcos shape was stunning but these pumped up steroidal parodies just look ridiculous .

[KTF]

coppice said:

You're joking of course? The original Marcos shape was stunning but these pumped up steroidal parodies just look ridiculous .

Exactly. Which is why I said that I hope it's not used as inspiration.

[Zippee]

KTF said:

soad said:

Love that rear end!





These looked great too.

Each to their own but I hope that neither are used as inspiration for the new TVR.

Agreed - they're rank....

[DonkeyApple]

I must admit, I never liked the look of the Marcos and found the interior to be extremely dated with a flat plank dash more akin with 70s/80s cars like the Wedges. In the 90s the Marcos interior really highlighted what an immense step forward the Griff and Chim interiors were and why they were much more appealing.

[HarryW]

I'll add my name to those that don't get the Marcos styling, being polite it's awful.

[900T-R]

I think the Marcos looks ruddy great as a racer, not so much as a road car and the convertible is plain daft - you can just imagine the chest hair & medaillon, sunglasses and worrying dress sense of the original owner.

[Zippee]

900T-R said:

I think the Marcos looks ruddy great as a racer, not so much as a road car and the convertible is plain daft - you can just imagine the chest hair & medaillon, sunglasses and worrying dress sense of the original owner.

Thought you were talking about the Griffith for a moment there

[900T-R]

Zippee said:

Thought you were talking about the Griffith for a moment there

Think of your average Griff driver, but ten times worse...

[Grey Ghost]

smithyithy said:

Do we know where they're based? As in do they actually have a factory at this point?

Officially no and no is the answer. However, I doubt that is the case in reality and more will be revealed soon given the short timeframe between now and planned first deliveries.