The history of TVR in 4 cars

David Green invites us to take a ride in classic TVR cars of the past as he gets ready for the reveal of the company's relaunch in 2018. #gwoverdrive
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[@lucamaini4492]

I’m italian, i live 1/2 hour far from Ferrari Factory, but i love TVR’s. Magnificent phylosophy Cheers from Modena.

[@daos3300]

there is no philosophy. bare survival, maybe.

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[@keanulance9566]

@Jerry Mekhi instablaster ;)

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[@Renzsu]

Good luck to them, nice to see TVR coming back!

[@absinthe_nishi]

Not even a single wedge!? Without a doubt the 420SEAC should have been in there. Until recently I owned a 420SE, one of the development cars for the 420SEAC, it'd been in our family for over 20yrs, incredible car and a perfect example of what TVR is/was.

[@stuartsmith5308]

420 and 450 wedges are the ultimate open air power, style and noise

[@Haziqevo]

Until today I remember when I was 13 I made my dad to stop by a TVR dealership in the UK just so I could sit in one. I only knew TVR from Gran turismo at that time. Sat in a 350c. The sales lady made me guess where the door handle was and she was so friendly in explaining the stats. Until now I still remember that day. As a huge fan, TVR I wish you the best.

[@silviotorres8829]

TVR..... i am from México, my favorite car brand.

[@hectormusic111]

Griffith 500, Tuscan, Sagaris and the ridiculous Speed 12.. TVR was amazing.

[@300ZCorradoVR6Z]

I love TVR, glad to hear they're coming back.

[@ollie2244]

Cerbera, my favourite! But I also really like the S series.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Not the history of TVR but a glance at it. Half the cars weren't even mentioned?

[@ReplicantBattyman]

that's why the video is called 'the history of tvr in 4 cars' you muppet

[@frufru0071]

@@ReplicantBattyman thanks for pointing that out, and for not getting nasty. I’m sure we’d ALL rather be called, "Muppets" than the many other descriptive names you could’ve used. Thanks Replicant Battyman! I can’t stand the "brave" folks who have nothing better to do than type tough and fling insults...feeling protected behind their fake 'n bake user names. I’m happy that all we see is the Muppet metaphor...and it’s funnier than calling a stranger something...anatomical, et cetera.

[@AsinineComment]

What? Go have a nice cup of tea, or go for a walk, @@frufru0071.

[@quirinobrescia6113]

Hoping the new griffith is wildly successful, hopefully they will release another model in the near future. A modern Cerbera would be astounding

[@EvryTime]

I would love a modern Cerbera, I just fear that they will muck up the styling. I want an old Cerbera to this day. With the round headlamps, not the individualized ones.

[@kierenboimufc5940]

I’m so lucky I got to see the TVR speed 12 race it was a beast with its v12

[@LOOKINGATTOYS]

Was thinking 4 cars can’t be enough to do the history of Tvr Tvr has been around since the 1940s full lineup video needed 👍👍👍👍

[@Harvy500]

I grew up living near a TVR and Scimitar dealer from 1970-1985. I saw the evolution of TVR cars. Sometimes at the dealer they were moving them around. A sight and sound I'd never forget. Over the years, nag nag nag went my mind. Now, my heart, memory and brain nag can relax. I own a TVR Griffith 500HC. Just the sound of it takes me back.

[@charlesflint9048]

I bought my first TVR in 1979; it was a 1968 mk1 Vixen which had previously featured in the UK TV adventure show ‘The Saint’, starring Roger Moore. In this episode it was racing against a Marcos, another UK independent manufacturer although neither were identified by their real names in this episode. The car was a real pleasure to drive, it only had a 1600cc Ford Xflow engine, but was highly tuned, so in a light weight chassis was also responsive and nimble.

[@TractorBots]

I had a Vixen S1 too with a Escort Mexico Xflow...slightly modified for occasional track days,mine was Red with wide racing wires. Amazing grip in the dry, but prone to spin in heavy downpours...a lot of fun

[@Twisted_RC]

So excited!!!, TVR are my favourite car company!!

[@Deftonesdsm]

COSWORTH V8 TREMIC MANUAL SHIFT RWD ...YESSSSS TVR!!!!

[@RedRideRVT1R]

long live 3 pedals! keeps all our limbs engaged and active

[@Parasite743]

T350c was and is one of the most sexy cars out there, as well as being an utter beast on the road

[@arebrec]

So the biggest selling model in terms of numbers and the car that put TVR on the map, the Chimaera, you didn't include?

[@joelpicsel]

Les Edgar listens to Pink Floyd. Legend.

[@Liam1H]

TVRs are like the cool cars only the well informed know about. And what a reward knowing about them is! My personal favorite is the 90's Griffith. Nothing less than sculpture and now that they are as old as they are, they can finally be imported to the US. There's just that issue about the steering wheel being on the right. Still, small price to pay to drive that piece of rolling art and testosterone.

[@mugensamurai]

Welcome back TVR, the company that inspired generations.

[@shiftintohigh5564]

Very awesome! Kudos good sirs!

[@stuartsmith5308]

I love the 420 and 450 wedges

[@bbuny10]

Great video

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

The Chimaera is beautiful, and Cerbera and Griffith all from the 90s really put TVR on the world map.

[@allensaunders449]

I am curious to see what the new ones are like engineering in cars has skyrocketed in quality and so has build good luck

[@Suprasumo93]

Where is the best one?? The Cerbera Speed 12!

[@Debergaizen]

Suprasumo93 I patiently waited during the whole video to see this savage and brutal piece of machinery. Gran Turismo has made me discover the speed 12, as a rear wheel drive monster, which by its own brute force could often outperform many more "refined" sport cars. Too sad even it's creator judged the beast to be too ferocious to even be tamed

[@SmallBlogV8]

Lakeland Motor Museum.

[@Adry53customs]

i prefer the concept version the 7/12

[@richboy900]

My favourite would be the sagaris. The speed 12 is a monster though. It has something like 917bhp per ton, just ridiculous

[@EvryTime]

@@Debergaizen The Speed 12 could have been epic! But rule changes and the fact that, as a road car it was undrivable, just killed it off. Still one of the most beautiful cars ever made.

[@almelling6699]

Just to put the record straight ... the AJP8 IN ALL ITS FORMS AND THE SPEED 6 where desighned by MCD in Rochdale the Speed 12 engine has 2 Speed 6 cylinder heads with a TVR desighned cylinder block

[@yvindHvaal]

I've driven the Tuscan. Wow, what a CAR!

[@alidaraie]

The hype is real!

[@tomtalk24]

TVR Cerbera, dream car! 25k atm, only going up.

[@tollyt7465]

You can get a good one cheaper than 25K.. There was a genuine 23k miler from new, in stunning condition, with full history and owned by a TVR devotee who owns 4 others for sale at £22.500 last month.. And that was at a dealers. I know of at least 3 others with under 45k that are in great condition for under 22k at the minute.. Unfortunately the Cerb isn't on my bucket list.. I want a Tuscan and looking at a red rose next week😁

[@edtilsley]

Surely Griffith 500 should have been in this line up?

[@arebrec]

Absolutely agree. That or the Chimaera. The Griff & Chim were the cars that defined TVR in the 90's. The best cars ever to carry a Rover V8.

[@MIKE-ej6ud]

it's always funny when people put "?" at the end of a statement???

[@tollyt7465]

@@MIKE-ej6ud is it?

[@MIKE-ej6ud]

@@tollyt7465 yep. Pretty damn sure. I was mocking those who do that. Additionally, I mock those who say----yeah yeah yeah, no.

[@Harvy500]

As a Griffith 500HC owner yes, it should have been there. Also, what else was missing was a 420 SEAC.

[@branon6565]

Which model TVR had the Ford V6 under the hood? Wheeler Dealers worked on and sold one, I can't find any clips of that episode on KZbin though....

[@asavage97]

Tamsin

[@TheXeroid]

It was the S.

[@hendawg3048]

Love TVR…

[@paulussticks8574]

Excellent news

[@andrewfreeman9437]

4:17 Is this the first time a car show hasn't just filmed the car sailing past the camera?

[@englishmaninfrance661]

And what happened to Les Edgar's TVR ?????

[@classiccarfinder]

Where is it then ??

[@Maurice_Moss]

Wow he wants to compete at le mans! That's be awesome

[@maxmixer]

No Tasmin ? :o

[@nelsonclub7722]

Among other cherished and rare classics I owned a Cerbera for a while; well I say owned it was my Girlfriends - scariest drive ever - any car can kill you but ours actually wanted to. "Ahh yes we appear to have arrived at the gates of hell and not only are we already on fire but going backwards at 150+..... "We sold it and she now drives a Lotus Elise....

[@paulshepherd8295]

It's odd that this video omits what was by far the biggest selling car TVR ever produced - the Chimaera.

[@dalton-at-work]

i love how small old cars are. why make cars bigger than they need to be?

[@Skumtomten1]

Regulations.....

[@wilcaroll1410]

Wedge?

[@esaedvik]

TVR representative who says the word "test". Now I've seen everything :D

[@jasondownard7623]

No mention of the Speed 12?!

[@glennoropeza3545]

My suggestion for TVR, For their flagship car should be mid-engine, lightweight rear wheel drive only for weight savings and 7.7 liter V12 and left hand drive so it can be sold to the U.S. market!

[@autoroom21]

This guys driving makes me nervous and I’m not even in the car with him. Twitching, rushing steering and gear change movements..

[@龘龘龘龘]

大好きな車のひとつ

[@LOOKINGATTOYS]

No Tuscan you missed the best car and at the time the saviour of Tvr and last car sagaris

[@tblscene]

a old 60´grifith never goes 0-100 under 4 secounds. more around 6 i guess

[@alanwayte432]

October 2019....deposit paid...progress very very slow...worried

[@sylentxtinction2097]

Cerbera 5.0.... possibly my favorite premium sports car of all time.

[@marlonandrade562]

No Sagaris, best TVR ever

[@RaceJam]

I like the tuscan

[@robertbaldwin177]

"The Griffith 50 years on has agility, performance and crucially..." brakes? Brakes?! BRAKES?!!! ..."noise!"

[@Deftonesdsm]

tvr needs to be saved before electric takes over. a raw viceral sports car..... god one day maybe one day...

[@QuantumCat76]

4:54 is that "noughties" or "naughties"?

[@RandomUsername1995blah]

This aged well 😂

[@Jonky98]

No Tuscan?

[@kentonian]

Please tell me it’s not an antiquated box steal welded chassis with fibreglass panels.

[@bellachou8513]

You missed these TVR’s: TVR Sargaris TVR Tuscan TVR Raftac TVR Tuscan K TVR T350-K TVR T350-S TVR Ferahkix TVR Tuscan S TVR Sargaris S TVR Sargaris K TVR Xi14-XTE TVR Cerbera FM TVR Cerbera SC TVR Ferahkix SuperVeloceJota (SVJ) TVR Ferahkix SuperVeloce (SV) TVR Ferahkix Super (S) TVR Ferahkix Jota (J)

[@ldnwholesale8552]

yeah, 62 components,,,HP Holley modern rocker covers and the like.

[@smartiecooper4702]

Where is the game changing 1992 4.2 Litre Rover engine TVR Griffith. For me still the best looking TVR ever produced.

[@Whitney764]

My word i want a Sagaris

[@keithwhittygmail]

So where is the Tuscan?? Sagris? Speed 6 & Speed12 in the history. You left out the best.

[@stevesas632]

The T350 has the speed 6

[@shauntvr4312]

Weres the chimaera

[@grahamjones4888]

I won a contract with TVR to pick up the bent ones and take them to Blackpool to have new chassis fitted. My first pick up was a chimaera, I was in it on my trailer for over an hour trying to find the door handle! Lol

[@joshbacon8241]

If TVR built a roller coaster, what would it have been like?

[@jaypioh]

no harneses or restraints

[@stephenharfield781]

The T350 has a 3.6, not a 4ltr or a 4.3. Some would have been modified though.

[@LawrenceTimme]

A red rose spec cars was 4l from the factory. Probably not many of them though.

[@stephenharfield781]

@@LawrenceTimme Didn’t realise that, interesting.

[@buggs9950]

1:20 Does that sound like a 2CV to anyone else?

[@ryanjones5594]

By today's standards, the 400bhp range doesn't sound like an awful lot. Factor in that these weight barely over a ton and have no driving aids, the picture is very different!

[@raytobing6944]

Where is the speed 12?

[@bagelitsandila4611]

Never made it into production

[@ellissanderson-mcilmoyle2823]

T350 forgot existed I thought it was a Sagaris without all the mad panels

[@drunkonkerosene]

A large hole in that history line, or perhaps the design had too few curves on some models 😉

[@kens8903]

They should resale the late 90's/early 00's as kit cars in America..the 25yr import rules blows

[@tubeengineer]

Missed a LOT of good stuff in between these four.

[@racketman2u]

agree, whenever I hear "TVR" I think of the TVR 3000; was that the longest-lived version?

[@undisturbednaturalworldd3102]

where is mine

[@Dunstire]

Just make a TVR that is reliable, not a rust-bucket underneath,and you have it made.Nothing can beat them for looks,sound or value for money.Proper British sports-car.I would (almost) kill for a good Griffith 500

[@leegrant1800]

The Blackpool rocket

[@sxthomson]

I detest people who sit on cars like that with jeans with studs in them. Grinds my gears.

[@sqd8r]

agreed,

[@svs8909]

its just a fucking car

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

A car that is worth quite a lot of money

[@jesusserrano8769]

its a TVR it doesnt

[@musguelha14]

Dude, upholstering a seat is easy, just drive the cars and be happy.

[@rocketn8]

This presenter needs to gets his facts right.

[@baylessnow]

Should be made in Blackpool again not Wales. Nothing against Wales but it's not the home of TVR.

[@hmm2928]

baylessnow the welsh govt has 3% stake in TVR I guess.

[@frufru0071]

My neighbour had a TVR Griffith, (with the 289 V8, car #1), and it was truly amazing. The newer TVRs are ugly and overpriced...but that’s just my opinion. I’d love to have an OLD one, to join the family of British sports-cars I’ve owned, (2 TR6s, & a 1967 MGbgt w/OD in 3rd & 4th). I love most old British sports cars.

[@Deathlyill666]

Aye my last name is Griffith

[@eedesign878]

No speed 12? Blasphemy!

[@bayboss510Nugguh]

Viper's little brother.

[@leehighland5435]

No wedge, that's nonsense, you can't tell TVR history without the wedge, they are what made TVR big.

[@chazshier]

TVR never did a 4.7 cerbera like he claims. A 4, 4.2 and 4.5; s6, v8 and v8 respectively. It's a shame that for this video they chose someone who doesn't know about cars.

[@rutger208]

Why would you lean against the car?! Never understood why people who have a passion for cars would do that

[@sefikempowermentcoachvilla7843]

No wedges ? Poor show

[@daos3300]

tuscan is the tvr design highlight (excluding the 60's cars) yet nowhere to be seen. and the new tvr is.. far from outrageous.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

As long as they don't mess it up, that new Cossworth V8 engined Griffith 2019 could be exactly what the motoring world needs. So many boring cars around these days.

[@waynep4256]

T350 has a 4.3ltr built at powers performance not a 4ltr as stated.

[@pauldeverill926]

You mean that particular car? T350 came out of the factory with a 3.6 or a 4.0 for the Red Rose.

[@waynep4256]

Paul Deverill thats correct. Then upgraded to the larger engine that it has in the video clip. .

[@pauldeverill926]

I've been tempted to go to Power for an upgrade, but having driven a good few 4.0s, I think I prefer the 3.6 for it's response. Maybe I'm getting old but what I've got seems to be plenty fun enough.

[@waynep4256]

3.6 ! You think thats responsive... it would be good to get you in a car with a 4.3 or 4.5. Its night and day difference. Give dom a call at tvr. Im sure he could get you out in one just for the experience of it.

[@pauldeverill926]

Responsive in the sense that it seems more blippy and free revving compared to the standard 4.0 without losing too much power. I've been tempted by upgrades from RG, Str8Six and Power, but could only justify that if mine went pop. Maybe I should be less careful warming it up >;)

[@pookieluvva]

They're only using 4 cars because all the other models of TVR broke down on the way lol

[@achilleconte4385]

It's August 2019 and still no official communication from Tvr, the last one was some 9 months ago, the new Griffith is awful, the style of the back looks like the new Supra and the front is weird, the new owner Les Edgar is revealing a letdown, shame because Tvr doesn't deserve it. From a disappointed Italian fan.

[@vicjones3992]

So many factual errors

[@toycorpukebayworldwideship5761]

Tvr need a Mercedes amg engine. V8 and V12 and highlight it how Paganini did with the Zonda. Sure Mercedes won't mind for a price and that it represents them well. So there for I'd suggest using their name in order to show that the car is strong and it's serious. Then let tvr deal with the sound situation. Carbon is fairly cheap these days, sure use Brexit with the Chinese, they'll do everything you want and ship it door your door. All they need is measurement design a they'll make it. This the only way I see tvr being saved. It's not iconic as lotus, so it can be scavenged for parts else where. But it does have a name like lotus which doesn't seem to burn out. These cars have a name. It needs an audience. Bet you could build something similar to what I've discredit and on the market for less that 100k utilizing British ideas, Chinese manufacturing and German engineering. Ten years I can see people having these on finance just like Aston martins. Need direction. Not to follow the direction where it crashed last time. Beautiful, elegant sleek. Yet sound totally devilish. I have a few ideas for this company. Be cool to talk to someone from the company. Share ideas Won't never happen though. Sadly P.s I would use a damaged t305 chassis and body as the prototype

[@toycorpukebayworldwideship5761]

Smart sleek, quiet. But is capable of ripping a lions heart out at any moment and someone attainable to a large group of people. Plus how good would a tvr be that's very reliable that's your able to live with day to day. The Germans provide that pretty well and those engines can sound utterly monstrous or timid like a mouse. Perfect mixture!

[@marinman3551]

Jees that's a jump from the Griff to the Cerbera....lots of influential cars you've missed

[@leonb5646]

No Tuscan? 👎🏻

[@almelling6699]

Normally i dont make comments but for goodness sake this is so much BS, a 4.7 rubbish please when you film get your reseach correct.

[@robroyce6845]

TVR Griffith 500>>>>Triumph TR8....