TVR at Paris Motor Show
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A no show.
No surprises there really.
If TVR are gonna make a comeback looking at the designs on show in Paris a Sag with satnav is really not gonna cut it.
I'm not saying I agree with the designs I'm seeing but you only have to look at the Lotus offerings to see car design has evolved.
NS is gonna have to up his game with a completely new design.
History tells us TVR have made this mistake in the past with the late 'Wedges' when car design had altered and TVR were still punting the wedge on the market. Didn't they bankrupt because of it?
Bottom line is...can NS afford complete redesign or is he gonna punt existing shapes because if that is the case and this was 'dragons den' he wouldn't even finish his pitch.
No surprises there really.
If TVR are gonna make a comeback looking at the designs on show in Paris a Sag with satnav is really not gonna cut it.
I'm not saying I agree with the designs I'm seeing but you only have to look at the Lotus offerings to see car design has evolved.
NS is gonna have to up his game with a completely new design.
History tells us TVR have made this mistake in the past with the late 'Wedges' when car design had altered and TVR were still punting the wedge on the market. Didn't they bankrupt because of it?
Bottom line is...can NS afford complete redesign or is he gonna punt existing shapes because if that is the case and this was 'dragons den' he wouldn't even finish his pitch.
Edited by blackpoolrocket on Friday 1st October 08:24
I think it is appearing that NS has fallen out with the German chaps and so the latest plan looks like it has been binned.
I think you are right that if the brand were to re-emerge it will need a completely new look + mental power.
Trouble is that that market really does look saturated.
I do suspect that nothing much is going to happen while the brand is still in the ownership of NS or NS continues his recent actions of not having any professional advisors to manage things and move them forward.
I think you are right that if the brand were to re-emerge it will need a completely new look + mental power.
Trouble is that that market really does look saturated.
I do suspect that nothing much is going to happen while the brand is still in the ownership of NS or NS continues his recent actions of not having any professional advisors to manage things and move them forward.
I'm not sure I agree with the view that TVR would need a completely new look.
In the 90s, the era of the Chim, Griff and Cerb, those cars had a very classical look about them. They were more in common with something like an E-Type or XK120 than the angular Diablos and 355s of the time. And I believe because of this those TVR models were very popular. These classical body lines then evolved into the T cars of the new century and stayed just as popular, and were still very different to most sportscars we've seen in the last 10 years.
I think there is still a gap in the market for the car that stays in touch with the beauty of the 50s/60s design style, albeit with the modern twist. It's the Wheeler way!
In the 90s, the era of the Chim, Griff and Cerb, those cars had a very classical look about them. They were more in common with something like an E-Type or XK120 than the angular Diablos and 355s of the time. And I believe because of this those TVR models were very popular. These classical body lines then evolved into the T cars of the new century and stayed just as popular, and were still very different to most sportscars we've seen in the last 10 years.
I think there is still a gap in the market for the car that stays in touch with the beauty of the 50s/60s design style, albeit with the modern twist. It's the Wheeler way!
jammy_basturd said:
I'm not sure I agree with the view that TVR would need a completely new look.
In the 90s, the era of the Chim, Griff and Cerb, those cars had a very classical look about them. They were more in common with something like an E-Type or XK120 than the angular Diablos and 355s of the time. And I believe because of this those TVR models were very popular. These classical body lines then evolved into the T cars of the new century and stayed just as popular, and were still very different to most sportscars we've seen in the last 10 years.
I think there is still a gap in the market for the car that stays in touch with the beauty of the 50s/60s design style, albeit with the modern twist. It's the Wheeler way!
I agree. I was thinking of a 'new look' as in not looking like a Tuscan or other T cars. Like the Chimp and Griff were very different from the Wedge and S etc.In the 90s, the era of the Chim, Griff and Cerb, those cars had a very classical look about them. They were more in common with something like an E-Type or XK120 than the angular Diablos and 355s of the time. And I believe because of this those TVR models were very popular. These classical body lines then evolved into the T cars of the new century and stayed just as popular, and were still very different to most sportscars we've seen in the last 10 years.
I think there is still a gap in the market for the car that stays in touch with the beauty of the 50s/60s design style, albeit with the modern twist. It's the Wheeler way!
To arrive with someing akin to the 21st century wedges of Lambo, Ferrari etc wouldn't probably be worth it.
However, there is an arguement that Chimp sales were so big because of the arrival of the massive baby boomer population at a point in their life where the kids had left home and they had money in their pocket and hankered after the 60s cars of their youth. But those were the people who jumped as fast as possible to the mass produced sports cars as they appeared for the ABS and electric roofs etc. IT people who made up another suddenly new market probably wouldn't appear again so that leaves us with the bearded ale drinks.
It's a tough call.
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