TVR TO TAKE DEPOSITS FOR ITS NEW CAR

• TVR Cars is to start taking deposits on its recently announced new sports car, effective from July 7^th2015
• Decision taken as a direct reaction to the incredible public response generated by the recent announcement of the new car  
• Priority scheme and reduced deposit offered to established TVR Car Club members in celebration of its 50 year anniversary

1^st July 2015: Hot on the heels of the news that TVR is to launch an all-new car in 2017, the company has decided that it will start taking deposits for the car from July 7^th, 2015. The decision, which has come sooner than originally anticipated, has been made as a direct result of the huge, positive, public reaction generated by announcement that the company will launch the incredible new car. Designed in conjunction with Gordon Murray Design and featuring a Cosworth V8 engine, sports car enthusiasts the world over are lining up to buy what promises to be one of the most exciting new sports cars of the decade.

John Chasey, Operations Director of TVR, says: “We’ve been totally blown away by the reaction to the new car. Our phone lines and online enquiry system went into meltdown when the news was announced, and we decided that we must begin to bring a structure to the enquiries and build a delivery pipeline well in advance of production. Volumes in year one will be limited as we ramp up production,  so this allows us to reward those individuals prepared to make a financial commitment at this early stage.”

TVR will take a £5,000 deposit from all interested parties, with detailed specifications to be established at a later stage. However, the company has also announced that it will offer a limited quantity of reduced deposits to TVR Car Club members during July as a celebration of the 50^th anniversary of the Car Club and as a thank you to the established individuals who have demonstrated continued enthusiasm and loyalty to the brand. Anyone who has been a member of the club for more than 6 months will be offered the opportunity to pay a £2,500 deposit, and TVR will also make a financial donation to the TVR Car Club for each deposit taken from a member.

Les Edgar, Chairman of TVR, says: “We feel it is important to reward those people who have been such enthusiastic ambassadors for the TVR brand. The club is a wonderfully active and loyal community of people who simply love the cars, so it seems fitting that they should be offered a reduced deposit and a promise of some of the early production units. With initial production in 2017 to be in the low hundreds, the early units are likely to be much coveted.”

The company is currently working on building and establishing its UK network of TVR Heritage and TVR Performance partners, many of which will have previously been TVR main dealers, whilst suitable new partners are also being sought. Most of the early cars will be delivered direct from the factory, although a referral scheme will be put in place to reward the network partners for their loyalty to the brand and to assist them in establishing relationships with the new customers in their locality.

 

 

1.  TVR is an independent British sports car manufacturer established in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson. The business established itself as a leading light in the British low-volume sports car market, building an international reputation for high-performance vehicles and innovative design. The current management team acquired the brand in 2013.

For more information on TVR, visit: www.tvr.co.uk

Model list

Model	Production Years	Engine	Displacement	Production figures[30]
Trevor Wilkinson Era[7]
Jomar1	1956–1959	Coventry Climax Ford 100E Sidevalve	1098 cc 1172 cc
TVR Open Sports / Coupe	1956–1957	Coventry Climax Ford 100E Sidevalve BMC B-Series	1098 cc 1172 cc 1489 cc
TVR Grantura I	1958–1960	Coventry Climax FWA Coventry Climax FWE Ford 100E Sidevalve BMC B-Series	1098 cc 1216 cc 1172 cc 1489 cc	100
TVR Grantura II	1960–1961	Coventry Climax FWE Ford Kent 105E BMC B-Series BMC B-Series	1216 cc 997 cc 1489 cc 1588 cc	400
TVR Grantura IIa	1961–1962	Coventry Climax FWE Ford Kent 105E Ford Kent 109E BMC B-Series BMC B-Series	1216 cc 997 cc 1340 cc 1588 cc 1622 cc
TVR Grantura III	1962–1963	BMC B-Series	1622 cc	90
TVR Grantura III 1800	1963–1965	BMC B-Series	1798 cc
TVR Grantura 1800S	1964–1966	BMC B-Series	1798 cc	90
TVR Trident	1965	Ford Windsor V8	4727 cc
TVR Griffith 2001	1963–1964	Ford Windsor V8	4727 cc	300
TVR Griffith 4001	1964–1967	Ford Windsor V8	4727 cc
Martin Lilley Era
TVR Grantura IV 1800S	1966–1967	BMC B-Series	1798 cc	90
TVR Tuscan V8	1967–1970	Ford Windsor V8	4727 cc	28 V8 and 27 V8SE
TVR Tuscan V6	1969–1971	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc	101
TVR Vixen S2	1968–1969	Ford Kent	1599 cc	438
TVR Vixen S3	1970–1972	Ford Kent	1599 cc	168
TVR Vixen 1300	1971–1972	Triumph I4	1296 cc	15
TVR Vixen 2500	1971–1972	Triumph I6	2498 cc	385
TVR Vixen S4	1972	Ford Kent	1599 cc	23
TVR 1600M	1972–1973 1975–1977	Ford Kent I4	1599 cc	148
TVR 2500M	1972–1977	Triumph I6	2498 cc	947
TVR 3000M	1971–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc	654
TVR 3000M Turbo	1975–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc	20
TVR Taimar	1976–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc	395 and 258 convertible
TVR Taimar Turbo	1976–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc	30 and 13 convertible
TVR 3000S	1978–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc
TVR 3000S Turbo	1978–1979	Ford Essex V6	2994 cc
TVR Tasmin 200	1981–1984	Ford Pinto I4	1993 cc	16 and 45 convertible
TVR Tasmin 280i	1980–1984	Ford Cologne V6	2792 cc	118 and 862 convertible
Peter Wheeler Era
TVR 280i	1984–1987	Ford Cologne V6	2792 cc
TVR 350i	1983–1989	TVR/Rover V8	3528 cc	52 and 897 convertible
TVR 350SX	1985–1989	TVR/Rover V8 + Sprintex Supercharger	3528 cc
TVR 400SX	1989	TVR/Rover V8 + Sprintex Supercharger	3948 cc
TVR 350SE	1990–1991	TVR/Rover V8	3947 cc	25
TVR 390SE	1984–1988	TVR/Rover V8	3905 cc	about 93 convertible
TVR 400SE	1988–1991	TVR/Rover V8	3948 cc	242 convertible
TVR 420SE	1986–1987	TVR/Rover V8	4228 cc	about 10 convertible
TVR 450SE	1989–1990	TVR/Rover V8	4441 cc	45 convertible
TVR 420SEAC	1986–1988	TVR/Rover V8	4228 cc	37
TVR 450SEAC	1988–1989	TVR/Rover V8	4441 cc	18
TVR S	1986–1988	Ford Cologne V6	2792 cc	605
TVR S2	1989–1990	Ford Cologne V6	2933 cc	668
TVR S3(C)	1991–1992	Ford Cologne V6	2933 cc	887
TVR S4C	1993–1993	Ford Cologne V6	2933 cc	34
TVR V8S	1991–1993	TVR/Rover V8	3948 cc	410
TVR Griffith	1991–2002	TVR/Rover V8	3948 cc 4280 cc 4988 cc	2304
TVR Chimaera	1992–2001	TVR/Rover V8	3948 cc 4280 cc 4495 cc 4988 cc	5256
TVR Cerbera	1996–2003	AJP8 / Speed Eight	4185 cc 4475 cc	1490
	1996–2003	Speed Six	3996 cc
TVR T440R	2002–2003	Speed Six	4200 cc	1
TVR Tamora	2002–2006	Speed Six	3605 cc	356
TVR T350 (Targa & Coupe)	2002–2006	Speed Six	3605 cc	460
TVR Tuscan	1999–2006	Speed Six	3605 cc 3996 cc	1677
TVR Sagaris	2004–2006	Speed Six	3996 cc	211
TVR Typhon	2004–2006	Speed Six	3996 cc	3
Nikolai Smolenski Era
TVR Sagaris	2004–2006	Speed Six	3996 cc
Speciality/Racing Cars
TVR Cerbera Speed 122/3	1997	Speed Twelve	7730 cc
TVR Tuscan Speed 122/3		TVR Speed Twelve	7730 cc
TVR Tuscan Challenge3	1989–	Rover V8/Speed Eight	4500 cc	around 100
TVR T400R/TuscanR GT3	2001–2005	Speed Six	?	7

¹ – Not technically a TVR model; a TVR chassis bodied by Ray Saidel.
² – Never went into production.
³ – Built exclusively for racing.