Never say never - Roaring back

[Dominic]

There are too many lines on the "crumbs" line now......

[Lazydonkey]

Refreshingly sh*t free interview.

[thesurfbus]

As long as the values of classic TVRs keep increasing, I will be happy

[rossybee]

There are too many lines on the "crumbs" line now......

Now viewing it on my laptop so it's fine....offshore tomorrow so tablet will show different again

Anyway, TVR

Agree Niz - new owner chappie sounds like a no-nonsense type, not into the fluff of the limelight, perhaps a little like a certain late Mr Wheeler

[ryallm]

I would love to see TVR back, but it is really hard to see how the business could ever stack up given the cost of developing a new car and tooling up to produce it. Lotus hasn't made a penny in the last few years trying to sell low volume sports cars in the 25 to £70k bracket, so what chance an entirely new TVR? Caterham and Aerial manage it by making simple cars that are cheap to manufacture and which don't compete with anything from a major manufacturer. Your potential TVR buyer could always spend his 50 or 60k on a Porsche, M3 or AMG Merc etc. Word has it that Smolensky gave up on TVR when he realised he would have to charge 100k for a Sagaris to make any money. Hope I am wrong though!

Mark

[Shug]

He's keeping it incredibly close to his chest, so let's not rule out a platform share, or some other cost cutting measure. I think it's interesting how he constantly makes reference to the DNA of TVR, then points out that this DNA differs dependant on who you ask. Clever really, as he's left a lot of avenues to head down.

Agree though, this is a different world from the one that TVR left - type approval itself, for anything remotely interesting, will be a challenge - given nothing that TVR previously sold could be sold as a type approved car today. Will be interesting to see what they come up with.

[Doc883]

Brave decision to try and reurrect the TVR brand in todays climate so good luck to them

I beg to differ

I beg to differ on your beg to differ so it will be an interesting few months/years to see how this plays out

[rossybee]

Brave decision to try and reurrect the TVR brand in todays climate so good luck to them

I beg to differ

I beg to differ on your beg to differ so it will be an interesting few months/years to see how this plays out

I beg to di....you get the gist

Maybe my views are based on romantic optimism having run a TVR in their heyday, and loved the twos up attitude that the company stood for. The factory tours were always very interesting

Regardless of the outcome, it'll be an interesting journey to watch, and you know pistonheads will keep a close eye as the website was originated by tvr enthusiasts.

One final thing, I very much doubt there'll be anything in the £25k region, the very cheapest will be upwards of £60k...

[j2 lot]

One final thing, I very much doubt there'll be anything in the £25k region, the very cheapest will be upwards of £60k...

Close £50K-£80k

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-c ... ready-2015