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MattW

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1,076 posts

291 months

Thursday 6th September 2001
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Just got my copy of Top Gear, the TV side of things has not been dropped and will be back in the spring under an ''all new format'', maybe they''ll bring back JC?! There is also a very interesting test between the Tamora, SLK, Boxster and M Roadster, in which the TVR performs very well; excluding small techincal problems such as a faulty brake caliper...some things never change! Matt

trefor

14,661 posts

290 months

Thursday 6th September 2001
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It does better than perform well - they say it is the best sports car of the bunch, handling better than the Porkster and of course being blindingly fast. However, the tester says he would choose a Porkster for every-day use. Quelle surprise. Trefor/. P.S. The particular hue of yellow is a crap colour for the Tamora - the same car (TVR 100) was at Thruxton last weekend if anyone saw it.

MattW

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1,076 posts

291 months

Thursday 6th September 2001
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Yeah, I forgot to mention the colour, ugh!! Apparently it also had some sort of green tinge to the paint that the camera could not pick up, the tester said this did not flatter the car at all! Now green with a yellow tinge, that could be interesting…. From what little of it I could see (why do they insist on taking pokey little photos of the place where you will be spending most of you time!?) I thought the interior was typically TVR, i.e. fantastic!! Matt

manek

2,977 posts

291 months

Friday 7th September 2001
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It does better than perform well - they say it is the best sports car of the bunch, handling better than the Porkster and of course being blindingly fast. However, the tester says he would choose a Porkster for every-day use. Quelle surprise. Trefor/. P.S. The particular hue of yellow is a crap colour for the Tamora - the same car (TVR 100) was at Thruxton last weekend if anyone saw it.
Yes, it was a horrific acid yellow. Red would look better and black would hide that ugly back end... PS: Trefor, were you at Thrux too? Sorry I missed you. -Manek-

RichB

52,751 posts

291 months

Friday 7th September 2001
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I look forward to seeing one in that deep metalic blue or even the flip/flop metallic black/green that the Tuscan was shown in a few years ago. It's got to be the classic dark colours for the design to work I think. (Even dare I say it BRG)... Rich.