Diesel TVR

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Just back from Germany where i was pounding up and down autobahns in an Audi A5 TDi Quattro,seriously impressive car.3 litre diesel,245 bhp,369LB torque,0-60, 5.7sec and 155mph and 50mpg.Little wonder one gets the odd shock from an oil burner these days whilst out in the TVR.got me thinking though,is there a place in the future line up for a diesel TVR ?
Thoughts......

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dvs_dave said:

An electric TVR is more likely I'd say. In fact there was a rather curious electric Tuscan that was up for sale in Germany a little while back that looked to possibly some sort of prototype.

Any links ?

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V8 Fettler said:

If a driver is not sufficiently competent to select the correct gear for maximum acceleration then a modern common rail diesel is perhaps the best compromise.

TVR diesel? Where is the anticipation in even starting the thing? Sense of occasion etc.

I would hope that a TVR engineer would be able to breath some TVRness into the exhaust,the Audi had quite an interesting note for a non sporting production saloon,the days of oil burning clatter is long gone..

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julianc said:

You are kidding, aren't you? TVRs are not just about speed and certainly not about mpg.......

You have the luxury of living in a low road tax economy(which could change very quickly due to the incompetence of the modern TD/MP),i pay over 2K in road tax alone so have to consider the overall cost of toys,quite frankly a tarmac wripping monster doing 50mph appeals to me regardless