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HAVE A GREAT 2011

Alvise Marco Seno — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:01:00 +0000

Break a leg to all TVR enthusiasts for a great 2011. Hope those who don’t own a TVR yet will be able to realize their dream! And if the traffic and road conditions permit this, be always out of a bend crosswise! With a TVR that’s really easy.

TVRs in white: update

Alvise Marco Seno — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0000

UPDATE July 20 2010: Mr. Marshall Moore, President of TVR Car Club North America, send me some more images of his cars: “My very first TVR, a 1973 2500M was in white, as was my 1987 280i and my current 1984 280i. See attached photos“.

VERSION 1.0

After I published some images of cool TVRs in white paint I received some emails from proud TVR owners who ask for their justice! So here are some more TVRs in white:

The first one is Mr. Darren Smith’s 1998 Chimaera 500, taken at its home at the Factory earlier this year.

The second one is Paul Robilotti‘s 1971 TVR 2500 Vixen with GM 3.4lL 60° V6.

TVRs in white

Alvise Marco Seno — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0000

White isn’t a common color among TVRs at first sight. For example, as far as I know there is only one TVR Sagaris in white (proudly owned by a German enthusiast) and a TVR T350. TVR Tuscans in white are very rare too. But we cannot forget there are awesome examples of TVR cars in white also among famous units: one is certainly the Last TVR Cerbera which was found recently for sale on Pistonheads and ebay.

There’also the famous TVR White Elephant, a prototype of early 80s which was used by Peter Wheeler himself. But looking for the white with patience it’s possible to find that almost all TVRs had some units in black: Vixen, Grantura and Jomar.

Among the rarest white TVRs it’s a due to mention a TVR Cerbera Speed12.

TVR in the Middle East

Alvise Marco Seno — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

How many are TVRs in the world? We don’t know. But it’s sure that everywhere in the world (from Austrial, to Japan, to Canada…) there are people who love this special brand and enjoy a lot at the wheel. A reader of ours sent me some images about cool TVR which lived in the warm climate of Arabian countries.

Among these proud Arabian owners we cannot forget also other images of a stunning black TVR Tuscan MK2 of Dubai and a black TVR Sagaris of Bahrein:

Alphen aan den Rijn: the Dutch Blackpool

Alvise Marco Seno — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

English people know their passion. There’s a reason why only on the British land were born Lotus, Marcos, Ginetta, Radical, Caterham, Westfield, Lynx, Noble, Rossion, Chesil, Ascari, Farbio, Morgan, Ariel, Ultima… and of course TVR, “maybe” the more representative brand among a “certain” way of live the passion for supercars. And that’s the reason why 95% of entire TVR production is in Great Britain, surely the best place where they are considered (and used) at their best. for a certain English people, in sum, marketing laws are rubbish.

But there are somewhere in the world some enclaves where enthusiasts have a British heart, where love for special and “real” sportcars reaches its pure essence, its perfection among too many “weak” cars.

Alphen aan den Rijn can be considered the Dutch Blackpool. Here in “Blackpool aan den Rijn” you can find 40 TVRs in town! These people got everything: TVR Tamora, TVR Sagaris, TVR Tuscan MKI, TVR Tuscan S MKI, TVR Tuscan MKII, TVR Tuscan S MKII, TVR Tuscan MKII Convertible, TVR Cerbera, TVR Griffith, TVR Wedges, TVR Vixen, TVR Tuscan V8 Racer, TVR Griffith 400, TVR 420 SEACs, TVR Tuscan, TVR Tasmin, TVR Chimaera, TVR T350T, TVR T350C, TVR T350 Red Rose, TVR Taimar… Actually a member of this great club is building up the second oldest tvr in the world! a Grantura MKI!

We invite all TVR enthusiast to their trackday which will be held in Belgium next year in June: you will have the day of your life! They’ll have a sprint race one hour, hill climb, slalom, Le Mans race, and… RACE! People will come from everywhere, form Germany, UK, Belgium, France, last year we got one from russia! You’re not about to loose the chance to live such a TVR experience outside UK, are you?

Following, some images about the cars owned by these people.

Photo credit: Mick Kleijwegt

TVR amarcord: when TVRCCNA visited Blackpool facility

Alvise Marco Seno — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

In 2006 TVR Car Club of North America visited TVR Blackpool facility. As you can understand by these images, which were taken by President Marshall Moore, it was exciting. Members on tehir pilgrimage had the chance to visit all departments of the factory: chassis (a grouping of new chassis awaiting the fitting of ancillary components), a batch of new rear suspension uprights, body (you can see the body mold for TVR Tuscan Convertible), painting, engines and other discarded pieces in the backyard of the Blackpool factory .

In the last images some curiosities: two TVR Sagaris with Left Hand Drive under construction (the car probably would have gone to Italy), the last TVR Cerbera and the mighty TVR Cerbera Speed 12.

Images property: Marshall Moore, President of TVRCCNA

TVR oversteerings

Alvise Marco Seno — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

The dance of the tail of a TVR is one of the most exciting moments in the life with her (and with every supercar). Because this offers the most brutal aspect of TVR’s nature: its savageness is completely evident. At present there’s surely a paradox among common supercars: an enormous power (and in most situations an enormous weight) with too many security systems. Security is fundamental but if it ruins the driving pleasure of the car, the essence itself of the car fails. And this means that you cannot know exactely the car’s soul.

TVR embodies the pure essence of a sporcars. Is free, is here for you and you can taste all of its brutal soul. But you surely know that you must have respect because it’s the typical car that doesn’t forgive you: either you can drive it, or… you can drive it!

TVR folies (real or presumed)

Alvise Marco Seno — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0000

>Who would dare creating such a thing? Maybe no one has really transformed a TVR into a Taimar Limo or a TVR Cerbera Shooting Brake (even if this is a common tradition in England as seen on Aston Martins and Jaguars).