Richard Hammond Visits TVR

[@JesusBehindtheWheel]

I have never seen a sales rep admit their product breaks down and has problems. That is amazing because I still want a TVR.

[@jaypioh]

its part of the TVR charm

[@Docante1]

If it was a Lamborghini people overlook such things

[@jaypioh]

@@Docante1 no kidding. if i were gonna get an unreliable exotic, 9/10 times it'd be a TVR. love lamborghini but TVR makes quirkier, more interesting machines

[@alanjm1234]

And many of their cars are actually pretty reliable. The Chimaera, and Griffith for instance use very well proven running gear, Rover V8 and Borg Warner T5 transmissions, Ford brakes etc. For a hand built exotic at a very fair price they're nowhere near as fussy as the Italians are.

[@xlenau]

That salesmen has interesting body proportions.

[@K22MDL]

Stands like a British Bulldog. Which is ironic.

[@PROcrastiDRIVESVofficial]

When I saw the first salesman in the video my heart went out to him because I just knew that people were going to be saying cruel things about him and he's kind of an easy target. I find it amazing how quickly people jump on the opportunity to personally attack someone based on some tiny quirk or perceived weakness in their personality. Oh so you're all perfect, with the body of Brad Pitt and a few car dealerships of your own are you? What did the guy do wrong to deserve such a harsh criticism? It just baffles me how people race to hurt someone's feelings to make someone else feel better. I am willing to bet you all have insecurities of your own that we could all sit back and pick apart. I think you all see yourselves in him and you hate yourselves, so you must hate him. Pretty sad.

[@jaypioh]

i could never be on TV it would petrify me

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

hey 25 plus years on i’m still very passionate about cars run a very successful business & you know what no one else wanted to do the interview & I had 10 minutes to prepare lol thanks for your kind words Julian Dunley car sales

[@jaypioh]

@@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272 was that you on the vid? man i'd be so stoked to work for TVR, im obsessed with those cars and it's torture because I'm American and there are maybe 4 TVRs in this country lol

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

Yeah great times, fun cars

[@jaypioh]

@@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272 what kind of cars have found their way into your line of sight in regards to passion nowadays?

[@idleprechaun]

This salesman really doesn't know what to do with his hands.

[@xCmOn3yx777]

he's never had to sell a car.... "comedic drums"

[@TheEarepol]

Like prob you are doing right now

[@waytosacramento3843]

He also basically says his cars are crap quality. Quite remarkable.

[@christonamtb4089]

Or his belt line

[@fiveowaf454]

He missed a career as a boxer

[@MrRawnch]

I really miss TVR.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

MrRawnch is back now

[@LarsAgerbk]

lol at the TVR salesman at 02:15, I think his feet are stuck in the cement. lololol and there's another one at 06:05, I think he's stuck too. They must be growing them in there....

[@db7sib7m]

Ahahah, you're right!

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Lots of people are camera shy.

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

Lars Agerbæk when your 19 selling very fast hand built British sports cars and told your on tv today I defo shit myself !!!

[@alexojideagu]

These Salesmen are straight out of the Fast Show and the Office

[@MrHistorian123]

The TVR Chimaera 4.5 is the best car ever made. Incredibly fast, but can carry 2 people and a serious amount of luggage, handles like a maniac, luxurious to sit in and not expensive. Yeah, they can leak a bit but they are very reliable (if you service them properly). I will be buried in mine - my son has just pulled in to the drive - what an incredible noise!

[@ceounicom]

""I will be buried in mine "" I know the brakes are a bit weak but that seems a bit grim.

[@kingcurry6594]

@@ceounicom "I know the brakes are a bit weak" You don't, because they're not.

[@thecremeegg]

Classic TVR at 7:33 - brake light out on one side hah!

[@arebrec]

The salesman was just ultra nervous. He didn't know how to hold himself, and worse still, didn't know what to say. He panicked a bit.

[@alexojideagu]

They are straight out of the Fast Show and the Office

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Ooh men and motors channel, cars during the day, porn at night. Best. Channel. Ever!

[@Menandmotors]

You can find the late night stuff over at mmtv.okast.tv/... available for the very first time since the channel came off air in 2010! :D

[@MRLOLZZZZZZZ]

Why is there a BF109 german fighter plane hanging up in the TVR garage?

[@thevillageidiot70]

Why not

[@Three_Random_Words]

spare parts for the cars.

[@cosmic_drew]

This particular Messerschmitt was used in the movie "Battle of Britain" as "White 5".

[@scottrider8445]

6:31. Who let Boris Johnson work for TVR?

[@bunsenn5064]

The V8 Cerbera is and will always be my favorite sports car. A 2+2 coupe with a strong engine, rear-wheel-drive, not a safety feature in sight, an amazing-looking interior and exterior design.

[@matty6848]

Agreed. The Cerbera was by far the best looking TVR ever produced. If I was going too buy a TVR, it would have too be the Cerbera or nothing.

[@alanjm1234]

IMO the Chimaera is very similar but convertible.

[@solunasunrise]

i think making lefthand drives with metric system would help them quite a lot ! i ve never seen a left hand drive tvr here in germany .. only right hand ones

[@solunasunrise]

***** cause most countrys choose left hand drive in that world !!! it would help the sales pretty mutch for sure ... its very impractical to ride around in lefthand drive traffic with a righthand drive car ... you are always handycaped at an overtake and wehn you want to turn in some where at a crossroad or even at steep bends and curves

[@solunasunrise]

i was having the aspect of tvr in despair in mind .... but well if one does not want to adapt or adjust to the greater picture they will stay small and outside i guess ... or even have to commit bankrupcy one day, anyways deciding on wether wrong or right site is a stupid mindfuck in my eyes , doesn t help to get rid of complications

[@drswaqqinscheckingin7210]

@@solunasunrise 6 years later and there's even less chance of them coming out with anything ever again.

[@smokenmon]

The salesman is high as fuck, what did he took?

[@sethdarvick7007]

The same shit you're on

[@LucavanStraaten]

comunistic as fuck!

[@waytosacramento3843]

Did you ever realize that the worse a brand performs the more banners they show on hier walls. Particularly in the US. You will not find a single German auto maker with a German banner pinned to the wall of their factory or showroom.

[@petrolhead999]

Nice joke

[@surrealtom]

BMW and Porsche could hang up swastikas and Erwin Rommel posters on their walls if you insist. Mercedes could hang up portrays of famous 600 customers on their walls as well.

[@capcapjames]

I live in Europe. I will buy a TVR just because of the most humane salesman I have even seen today . GOD BLESS TVR !!!!

[@billfowler3148]

TVR. The most beautiful cars ever made. Too bad they never really made it to the states. I’d have probably had one.

[@alanjm1234]

Most are over 25 years old now, so you can...

[@MrStorageheater]

Could julian from sales get those chinos any higher?

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

TVR has some unique color which other manufacter don't have Especially,when they introduce Tuscan,the color went insanely unique and rare,and then T350C,Tamora,and then Tuscan Full Spec,otherwise call "Sagaris"

[@peachrocket]

When will they come back again ? at that same place ?

[@davidlyon6394]

Fuck me, the sales man, what has he been snorting??? Hands everywhere and Simon Cowell waistline trousers...............

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

wow that shirt trouser combo is more wild than the speed12

[@jaypioh]

that intro is hilarious

[@darren1naudi]

Thats keeping well within the 2 metres distance precaution at around 2.30 ....☺

[@henryshu6265]

The Cerbera actually is everything I wanted the Evora to be!

[@markm-ci6rj]

Are TVR not dead, did production not stop 10 years ago?

[@dinmamma7810]

this video is probarly 15 years old

[@spinaway]

TVR is back in British hands 2016

[@EnzoTestarossa740]

Yep Gordon Murray( Who designed the legendary McLaren F1)and Cosworth are collaborating.

[@datsie14]

tvr nicest interior hands down

[@RRR_Motorsports]

That salesman's pants are so high... maybe he's pulling that face and acting weird because he's got the worlds worst wedgie on camera

[@michaelinfante587]

is the salesman really working for TVR or the competition - Benny Hill comes to mind - Love TVR though!

[@colj001]

atleast he was being honest. i would own a TVR.

[@Th3shootist]

+colj001 speed six + engine swap with an aluminum ls engine = die happy

[@colj001]

Th3shootist ls swap this... ls swap that... why not just keep the original engine!! they sound way better in my opinion

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

Michael Infante ....yep Michael 1996-99 then 12 Nissan dealerships this was my 1st job & very proud, what do you do?

[@jaypioh]

idk he made me want a TVR even more because it seems like theyre really honest people

[@stevesevenl]

Interesting but a great shame that the original inventor/designer, a lovely man called Trevor Wilkinson didnt get a mention. He made them up in his workshop in Blackpool in the 60's and 70's. As well as TVRs he also made street sweepers barrows!!!! Not a lot of people know that.....

[@bunsenn5064]

Even the company is named after him too! TVR is quite literally short for “Trevor”

[@jblack5323]

That salesman lol

[@SheldonBeldon]

I've learned as an american ex-pat living in england that most english people have achieved their amazing body structure through centuries of selective in-breeding.

[@ridanann]

No it's just cold not being a fat greedy bastard see what you do is you stop eating when you're full instead of eating as much as you can because just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Unless it's alcohol in which case you should consume as much as you physically can and then when you can't think about stopping but carry on because it's alcohol not food you can't be greedy fat bastard with alcohol just really really drunk

[@gemspotting6252]

Hammond is nailing the 90’s look - massive single colour heavy shirt? Check. White/cream jeans? Check. Short back and side with plenty of dax wax? Check.

[@beast0339]

Pride of the town TVR was. Shame they went out of business and dropped off the map as if no-one ever heard of them. I'd love for the freshly-revived TVR to open a factory back up in Blackpool again. I mean, who wouldn't want to build cars for a living? Sounds like fun

[@nmg997]

“This is the new speed six engine” ha if only they knew what they were in for

[@MrHistorian123]

It's a brilliantly designed engine. The only flaw was some cheap Malaysian components on the early models, But after a rebuild it's a very powerful, reliable and economical engine.

[@dragospahontu]

They knew but didn't want to say it.

[@Vladpryde]

What year was this?

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

Vladpryde 1997

[@newparadigm907]

The Main showroom looks like my old Scout Hut!

[@roadwarrior144]

If only TVR were sold in the US 😢.

[@steviebrochdale]

Richard's hair looked a lot better back then

[@ianfrench1577]

Why is Julian from TVR clenching his fists?

[@smorg12]

Not to mention the trousers!

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

smorg12 what were you wearing 20 yrs ago

[@stoat2]

@@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272 anything but those trousers...

[@scottjoplin.1429]

I want the Cerbera 4.5 to be the hearse that carries my coffin to my funeral.

[@tibfulv]

I did wonder where Hammond started. So it was Men and Motors. Cool.

[@themadplotter]

These other comments do not remember 20 years ago...

[@sherrydeal5070]

Love little Richard as a short chick myself

[@paulrose6359]

Only the British can love these Every one I have ever seen had something broken or had some major problem or did not run at all.

[@scousepie2]

Peter BIG PANTS !!

[@jamesgerard5157]

That first salesman looked like he wanted to box

[@Danny-zi6xw]

3:39 wait hold up they got the flag the wrong way around

[@coltsuperocean10]

LOL at the salesman "Our customers will come in here and have a coffee, they come here with niggles, but they enjoy the atmosphere, they enjoy the whole thing, its really good, non of that puts them off" Not sure many other car manufacturers would have such a care free attitude to after care. No wonder TVR have such a bad rep. Still great looking cars, I wish they would have made them reliable, might still be in business.

[@Nemesis007]

What does TVR stand for…

[@Menandmotors]

In the case of the fantastic car manufacturer, it is an abbreviation of the name of the company's owner Trevor Wilkinson😎

[@alexojideagu]

These Salesmen are straight out of the Fast Show and the Office

[@enquire422]

That sales man is stuck to the ground with super glue!

[@DailyDrivenBikes_1]

To me tvrs are the coolest exotic cars. And to me the one to buy is a sagaris or a Tuscan 2.

[@westerjapmann6737]

i saw this video i felt pretty cool

[@charleseverett288]

What a SACRILEGE ! A bloody new beetle VW next to a racing TVR.... !

[@michaelbonade4667]

I wish the Cerbera was shorter...it’s beautiful from the front and rear, but that side profile is too much..the hood line and the enormous doors detract from a mythical machine....that straight six sounds incredible

[@VimyScout]

Jazz hands n funky pants !

[@swampweasel]

if i ever win the lottery i will have a TVR ... I'm a crazy person...it shall be a 65 Griffith

[@IHATEYANKS41]

Cracking NA engines that speed 6 is the greatest i6 of all time

[@FPilotBierce]

When I was in College in Florida in the late Eighties there was a dealer selling TVRs not far from the campus. I almost got to test drive one. I guess if I'd won the lottery back in those days I would have bought a Tasmin--but then I would have ruined it by getting a coupe with automatic transmission. Since the things basically had the same engine as a Ford Ranger pickup the upkeep would have been straightforward. But handling on those flat, slick and frequently wet streets might have been tricky for a young driver like me. The dealer in Florida was long gone when the Griffith debuted.

[@jacobbahr9316]

TVR is the Chad of the car world Airbags? ABS? Sophisticated suspension? No need for that nerd shit. Big engine go vroom And that madness is what makes TVR who they are

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

double wishbone coilovers are quite sophistcated...

[@ViewYork]

How can people with such bad suits design such awesome cars? :)

[@dunleycarsalesstourportons8272]

1996 22 years old best days of my life

[@systemanic]

I wish these presenters would leave out the snide remarks like "there's none of the switchgear that came from out of a family hatchback", which is basically saying it's not taken from a Ford donor car and isn't some shoddy kit car. There's nothing wrong with parts from other cars fitted to a kit car, and with a kit car you can always customised it to your liking, over a period of time if you're buget isn't alot. Contrary to the myth these shows have us beleive, very few of us can afford any thing other than a kit car. There are some really good kits from old Ford donors and running gears. Hammand makes 28 grand for a TVR sound cheap when in fact it certainly isn't and not to many many people. I've probably only ever seen half a dozen TVR's on the road, which isn't surprising with a petrol gussling 4 or 5 litre engine, not to mention availability of parts will be very hard to come by with the company now gone. I think the latter will likely put most people off from owning one, which is ashame as they are a great sportscar.

[@yangzixiang6605]

i like richard hammond on top gear a lot more....

[@tibfulv]

This is what he did before that.

[@shauntvr]

GRATE CARS

[@gjmob]

Richard Hammond visits TVR, BTW (Before Teeth Whitener).

[@stephenphillips6212]

Salesman obviously took lessons from his tailor. Magnificent Sir! Never mind the quality, feel the ... actually don’t. I take it Sir is paying cash?

[@jeniferdiamond7723]

TVR the High Point of cars

[@petyrkowalski9887]

But, but...those massive pants...

[@MrWayne__]

@2:40 ight, who stole his lunch money cuz reazy to scrap..

[@joesmoe8983]

He moves like a puppet.

[@wendellworth353]

Adding hand-stitched leather in a TVR is like putting a pig in a tuxedo.

[@heidigocking6634]

Gu

[@peteharman5478]

Awesome car, the first salesman seemed stressed being interviewed by a idiot hamster. He absolutely hated the lexus sc430. Fine, the tosser has no idea that different cars are loved by different people. I believe he thinks too much about putting things down before really looking into them.

[@blahblah55555666666]

Richard Hammond is such a Bellend.

[@pritamsahakeerthi]

Why that sales man look funny?

[@tibfulv]

Nerves.

[@milwaukeegregg]

Absolute garbage at any price......................................