How to make a small fortune out of building British sports cars.

[bobspud]

What chance has TVR got when Jaguar have the F Type and Porsche have the 911?

And below those are a load of track day specials from the likes of Radical and Ariel?

Both of the Jag and Porsche are well above £70k for a well specified model. (over 90 for a F-type with a v8) (by the way the v6 turbos is far more fun to drive)

TVR are talking about putting their v8 car in their clients hands for £50k. Yes the cost might rise but the latest "track" version of a Porsche 911 GT nut job is well north of 150k

The track day cars like Ariel are not cheap anymore even the used ones are 50k.



£50k buys an Ariel that is a bit too rough on the road
Not a Jag - f type
Not a Porsche

[bobspud]

Old school tech .. first question I'll ask a smug new owner .. can it beat the Tesla S Electric Car 0-60 ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mia69PdZIX0

Sorry I can't hear you can you speak up a bit???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-wDbvQQji0

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slg6L4gm1aQ

[Hobosapien]

Did a bit of reading ("we've got ourselves a reader" ) over lunch and the new TVR (the T37 due out in 2017) will use the Ford V8 5.0 as in the current Mustang, but as it 'only' delivers ~430 horses in standard form they're getting Cosworth to bump it up to around the 500 mark, still naturally aspirated so room for bolting on a turbo or supercharger.

Prices likely to be north of 50k though and already 2 years worth of pre-order deposits taken.

Guy behind the rebirth is an original founder of Bullfrog video games. If only I'd spent more time creating them than playing them in my youth. Still, a good way to use the wealth if you have the IQ, and rescue the company from that pesky ruskie.

[d000hg]

The roads in the south-east are like 3rd world in the UK now, full of potholes and if there is a 200 metre stretch that is okay, they will put in speed bumps. Couple with near grid lock, eco loons and speed cameras I think the glory days of V8 sports cars is not a mainstream business.

FTFY. The glorious M6 route through the hills, huge amounts of quiet winding lanes in Scotland, etc.

I believe County Durham still have no speed cameras (other than average speed on the unending A1(M) roadworks), certainly they resisted them for many years as a matter of policy.

[AtW]

The middle classes, after having paid Osborne, their mortgage, private school fees and propped up their BTL portfolio will buy the this:

Sandero – Dacia UK

Middle classes can't afford private school.

[DimPrawn]

Middle classes can't afford private school.

True, they just remortgage the house over and over to pay them.

[DimPrawn]

Thing is with this TVR rebirth, if I've got say £40K for a V8 engined car, rather than saving up another 10 or 15 grand for the TVR I can get quite a few nearly new cars that will probably be better all round:

Jaguar XK 5.0 V8 Supercharged R 2dr
BMW M6 4.4 DCT 2dr
Audi RS5 COUPE 4.2 FSI quattro S Tronic 3dr

And if I just want a really fast accelerating car I can buy this:

Nissan Gt-R Coupe [550] Recaro 2dr Auto 3.8

[oracleslave]

Thing is with this TVR rebirth, if I've got say £40K for a V8 engined car, rather than saving up another 10 or 15 grand for the TVR I can get quite a few nearly new cars that will probably be better all round:

Jaguar XK 5.0 V8 Supercharged R 2dr
BMW M6 4.4 DCT 2dr
Audi RS5 COUPE 4.2 FSI quattro S Tronic 3dr

And if I just want a really fast accelerating car I can buy this:

Nissan Gt-R Coupe [550] Recaro 2dr Auto 3.8

What about a Morgan 3 wheeler instead?

[LondonManc]

Thing is with this TVR rebirth, if I've got say £40K for a V8 engined car, rather than saving up another 10 or 15 grand for the TVR I can get quite a few nearly new cars that will probably be better all round:

Jaguar XK 5.0 V8 Supercharged R 2dr
BMW M6 4.4 DCT 2dr
Audi RS5 COUPE 4.2 FSI quattro S Tronic 3dr

And if I just want a really fast accelerating car I can buy this:

Nissan Gt-R Coupe [550] Recaro 2dr Auto 3.8

Or you could pay 40 grand for a 2.0 litre hatchback that will outdrag all of them except the GT-R.

[DimPrawn]

What about a Morgan 3 wheeler instead?

That's a spaz mobile.