RE: New TVR for Goodwood!

[andy43]

Good stuff

[redroadster]

Jag f type does and sounds the biz will the tvr be better ? Doubt it TBH

[RichB]

swisstoni said:

In the early 90's the top end Griffith and Chimaera were over £60k in today's money..

Not quite. I purchased a new Griff 500 (full leather, metallic paint etc.) in March 1999 and paid a tad under £40k for it. According to the website I just visited in today's money that would be £48.5k


Year Amount Value Today
1999 £ 40000 £ 48465.90

[V8RX7]

redroadster said:

Jag f type does and sounds the biz will the tvr be better ? Doubt it TBH

I didn't think you could still buy a RWD, manual, V8

It also weighs over 1500kg

[vz-r_dave]

V8RX7 said:

redroadster said:

Jag f type does and sounds the biz will the tvr be better ? Doubt it TBH

I didn't think you could still buy a RWD, manual, V8

It also weighs over 1500kg

But the Jag has fake exhaust noises where as the TVR will do it on its own...... much prefer fake crackling noises than real ones.....

[anonymous-user]

Clivey said:

I also hope they hit it out of the park.

I do too, but doing that with just a table tennis bat is going to be hard, very, very, very hard.........

[Addymk2]

Max_Torque said:

I do too, but doing that with just a table tennis bat is going to be hard, very, very, very hard.........

'Watch this'

I'm excited for this. It's out of my price range at the moment but I'm a patriotic schmuck.

[CanoeSniffer]

redroadster said:

Jag f type does and sounds the biz will the tvr be better ? Doubt it TBH

Lardy, forgiving, a bit superficial with all that exhaust fakery...

From what LE has said (and rightly so) new TVR will be none of these things

[TR4man]

Can't wait, I'm really looking forward to it - and I can't afford one, but I'm excited to finally see it.

[em177]

There are precious few new cars that interest me.

Please let this be exciting.

[smilo996]

This is great news. IStream is a very clever system and provides the opportunity to offer different levels and materials for construction and I would guess options galore.

No doubt team Porsche will be out in force talking this news down and predicting failire.

Looking forward to seeing it.

[SMB]

RichB said:

swisstoni said:

In the early 90's the top end Griffith and Chimaera were over £60k in today's money..

Not quite. I purchased a new Griff 500 (full leather, metallic paint etc.) in March 1999 and paid a tad under £40k for it. According to the website I just visited in today's money that would be £48.5k


Year Amount Value Today
1999 £ 40000 £ 48465.90

Price inflation since 1999 is 61%, so 40k is much more than 48 in today's money. More like 65k, . You didn't look up interest rates did you?

[RichB]

SMB said:

Price inflation since 1999 is 61%, so 40k is much more than 48 in today's money. More like 65k, . You didn't look up interest rates did you?

Nah just a crap website promoted by Steve Wright!
http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation2...

Here's another take on it £65,300 more like it!
http://www.in2013dollars.com/1999-GBP-in-2017?amou...

[MDL111]

Quite excited about this car
Remember test driving a Sagaris when they were launched and loved it ... couldn't afford it though. If this comes close in terms of 'feeling and sounding special' it will be very exciting.
I do hope it works out for the company ... would love to be able to pick one up sometime in the next few years

[DPSFleet]

I hope this has this actually got anything to do with the TVR's I knew in the old days. In my foolish youth late 70's) I had 2 x M cars which at the time were almost new. They were complete and utter rubbish, overheating, chassis fractures, crazing bodywork, exhaust grounding - drum brakes at the rear!. Lots of Triumph and Ford bits and bobs - lumps of wood in the door frames. The scariest thing? The windscreen separated from the roof at about 120 mph, bloody terrifying. - When I spoke to teh Factory they said "Yes that can happen" - British Engineering at its best ......

[AMG Merc]

Another article here: New TVR confirmed for September reveal

http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/news/158683/new-tvr-conf...

[Robert-nszl1]

DPSFleet said:

I hope this has this actually got anything to do with the TVR's I knew in the old days. In my foolish youth late 70's) I had 2 x M cars which at the time were almost new. They were complete and utter rubbish, overheating, chassis fractures, crazing bodywork, exhaust grounding - drum brakes at the rear!. Lots of Triumph and Ford bits and bobs - lumps of wood in the door frames. The scariest thing? The windscreen separated from the roof at about 120 mph, bloody terrifying. - When I spoke to teh Factory they said "Yes that can happen" - British Engineering at its best ......

Having owned an S3 and then a Chimaera in the 80's/90's while they needed a bit of sorting I had huge driving pleasure with both. The S3 took me on my (first!) honeymoon down in the bay of Naples and I drove it over 800 miles in one day on the way home. It had many admiring glances in Italy, few knowing what it was I suspect. Not perfectly built but great cars, and I'm delighted to see the name returning.

[PhantomPH]

kambites said:

PhantomPH said:

kambites said:

Very much looking forward to seeing what they come up with, although it'll be well beyond my means.

Do we think it's going to be big bucks? Something in my head told me this might be priced in a similar bracket to a good spec Cayman or F-Type. I could br bloody miles off, tho!

Well the article above says about £100k.

Yeah, but that's as speculative as anything - unless they know from a nudge and a wink. As the other poster said, I have not heard a few different figures.

Whilst I would never have been brave enough to 'buy off plan', it's a car I will take a long, hard look at the next time I change.

[Guvernator]

RichB said:

Nah just a crap website promoted by Steve Wright!
http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation2...

Here's another take on it £65,300 more like it!
http://www.in2013dollars.com/1999-GBP-in-2017?amou...

£65k I could just about live with. Still fairly expensive but we can't really expect it to be much cheaper in this day and age, however if it's close to 6 figures as some are suggesting, it'll be too expensive. Once again TVR were about delivering supercar thrills at a budget price, £100k is not budget.

[kambites]

Guvernator said:

£65k I could just about live with. Still fairly expensive but we can't really expect it to be much cheaper in this day and age, however if it's close to 6 figures as some are suggesting, it'll be too expensive. Once again TVR were about delivering supercar thrills at a budget price, £100k is not budget.

For 400bhp/tonne in a genuinely usable coupe type package (rather than a super-light), £90k is decidedly "budget" isn't it?

ETA: I suppose the closest "mainstream" competition would be something like the Mclaren 570GT which is approaching twice that price.

Edited by kambites on Tuesday 6th June 14:37