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12 December 2003, 09:55 PM
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12 December 2003, 10:32 PM
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Surely this has to be a joke. It's so f**king ugly (mind you, Damian McTaggart has left TVR now -- he did the Cerb, Tuscan and T350). Surely exhausts that come out of the back then turn sideways have to be sub-optimal.
Compare to the elegance of this:
Compare to the elegance of this:
12 December 2003, 11:09 PM
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Good call! But as someone pointed out on Pistonheads, if you were to do the "manufacturers' names" thing down the front wing -- those stickers that go:
Veilside
Mugen Power
be improved by Sard
5Zigen
Toyo Tyres
etc.
then on a TVR you'd have to put:
Ford
Vauxhall
Lucas
Halfords
I want to replace the orange front indicators on my Cerb with clear ones. I know the side repeaters are from a Mk3 Fiesta, but I found out today the front ones are from a Scorpion tank!
Veilside
Mugen Power
be improved by Sard
5Zigen
Toyo Tyres
etc.
then on a TVR you'd have to put:
Ford
Vauxhall
Lucas
Halfords
I want to replace the orange front indicators on my Cerb with clear ones. I know the side repeaters are from a Mk3 Fiesta, but I found out today the front ones are from a Scorpion tank!
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12 December 2003, 11:27 PM
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Oh FFS it looks like an explosion in an Airfix factory..
WTF where they thinking about?... somebody took to many drugs whilst watching batman [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
TVR have made some sexy cars but this is dire...
WTF where they thinking about?... somebody took to many drugs whilst watching batman [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
TVR have made some sexy cars but this is dire...
13 December 2003, 01:34 PM
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It's motor show time. TVR have a tradition of creating these sort of beasties. Not such a daft thing to do, when you consider that the more outlandish it looks, the more chance they have of getting £5-6 million worth of free full page advertising in the national & motoring press.
Obviously they've had to go some this year to top that MG monster
Obviously they've had to go some this year to top that MG monster
13 December 2003, 03:24 PM
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I think the TVR range are utter RAW, u have to have ***** to drive one...........no ABS or traction control...............with that trying to hold down 400+bhp in the rain.............mental!!!!
13 December 2003, 03:51 PM
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Thank god atleast 1 car company has the ***** to do something different, theres bits I like and bits I don't like, those wheels are really nice...
13 December 2003, 04:48 PM
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Daz34, Sorry I meant to say SLIGHTLY less likely to leak/breakdown etc
Aren't the wheels the same as those on a Red Rose Tuscan?
Aren't the wheels the same as those on a Red Rose Tuscan?
13 December 2003, 05:01 PM
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Well i think it looks the bizz .....just a done up T350C though...Rear under tray looks like the one from the speed 12
I would have one and I would have another TVR tomorrow. A great car manufacturer and something to be proud of, there aint many UK manufacturers left.
I would have one and I would have another TVR tomorrow. A great car manufacturer and something to be proud of, there aint many UK manufacturers left.
14 December 2003, 09:59 PM
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Its not at all silly, the car had been designed for one purpose only. Its a homologation car, they have designed it primarily to convert easily into a race car. Aerodynamically there's not much you can to a basic road car to improve it for racing, so TVR decided to build a road car with all the splitters, spoilers and vents on the car in the first place. Its looks have come about purely to win on the race track, but even so I think it looks the dogs bollox as a road car.
14 December 2003, 10:32 PM
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I agree with Matt85, does look like a Batmobile. Though it also looks kind of "crashed" too. Hopefully it'll look better in the flesh.
Not sure about the front lights either; look like a cross between the Blobeye and the Smart Roadster...
Not sure about the front lights either; look like a cross between the Blobeye and the Smart Roadster...