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I disagree that TVR is a 'failed' car company, but the car looks nice.
Financially, I guess.
I disagree that TVR is a 'failed' car company, but the car looks nice.
At present they are nothing short of failed, the cars have been fantastic and the pricing of them was cometetive, but Smolenski has all but killed them off. They currently have no proper work force, no production line, okay they've recently announced a supplyer and are headed on course to get things moving again but there's a hell of a lot of work to be done to get them back to where they were when Wheeler was in charge. I wish Melling was able to buy them when he made his bid though. They'd be back up and running by now probably. The Griffon looks great, not quite as nice as the griffith looked, but it's good enough.I disagree that TVR is a 'failed' car company, but the car looks nice.
I don't understand your point. At least from that angle and resolution, if you put a different front end on it the Melling car would be a dead-ringer for a Griffith.Melling, man, you sure can make an engine.... but bite down on the engineering pride and hire a felt-tip fiddler for the curvy bits.
I disagree that TVR is a 'failed' car company, but the car looks nice.
Not quite, the outtake on the bonnet on the Griffith is all one, it isn't seperated in the middle. Also theres a line down the side of the Griffon that isn't present on the Griffith. The overall shpe is virtually the same, the crease down the side if the biggest change shape wise, the headlights and grille are the biggest change design wise.I don't understand your point. At least from that angle and resolution, if you put a different front end on it the Melling car would be a dead-ringer for a Griffith.
The looks are subjet to personal opinion, I really like the Hellcat, I don't like this as much, and I like the Griffith more than both of them, but I still see a nice looking car here. They certainly don't look kitcar ish to me, though I'm sure we can both agree that it would be nice if Melling could hire some of TVR's designers because I do agree, they could make the difference between a good looking car and a great looking car.My point is not whether it looks like a Griffith or not, it is whether it looks good.
IMO (which is really bloody picky when it comes to cars) this car is not a cohesive design. A cross between a BMW Z4 (again IMO, quite possibly one of the most hideous looking cars you can buy) and a TVR Griffith, it manages to take all that's good about the Griffith and destroy it with all that's bad about the Z4.
Amateur, I guess would be a good description. Whoever penned the TVR shapes and detail, and the team that translated that fine sense of high drama and good proportion (even when 'striking' as opposed to 'beautiful') into fibreglass reality knew how to makes cars look good. This car looks to me like a poor Chinese copy of a TVR. The Hellcat, equally, a very kitcarish attempt.
There are extremes. Good: Jaguar XK180 - Bad: FBS Census. If FBS had designed a bodyshell that looked like the Jaguar, they'd have sold everything they made. As they didn't... well, have you heard of them since? Don't search for images of the Census unless you've got a sick bag handy.
I think Al Melling is a top bloke. I've read a lot of information about him, studied his engine designs, know a few TVR owners as passionate as me about all things automotive and we agree - brilliant, brilliant engine designer. But ultimately, it doesn't matter what makes it go, people (not necessarily people like you or I) buy cars because they look good. This will sell, but it won't stun the world - and there's no reason why it shouldn't have.
Source: Auto Express
Theory Exam changes hit Learner drivers hard
Learner drivers are facing even higher costs. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is set to introduce a longer theory exam, which will set candidates back £28.50 a £7 rise. By adding questions to the test, the DSA aims to broaden drivers knowledge, raise standards and increase safety. The changes take effect from 3 September.
Except now there's a 7 week waiting list for the practical test cause everyone is booking right after they take the theory.Not really news, this was planned aaaages ago.
A £7 rise shouldn't really be too much of a problem either, since if you do it right you only take it once.
That should help help sales in the land of "OMG that SUV is gonna squash me!"
Except now there's a 7 week waiting list for the practical test cause everyone is booking right after they take the theory.
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