TVR

TVR is a manufacturer of sports cars, located in Blackpool, North West England. TVR is unique in having survived not just as a marque, but as a thriving independent manufacturer.

TVR was founded in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson, who simply used his first name as a model for the company name. The first car was built in 1949, and in 1953 the concept of a GRP bodywork over a tubular steel backbone chassis was born, which is continued to this day. In the early years, a wide range of engines was used.

Currently, TVR is the 3rd largest specialized sports car manufacturer of the world. A surprisingly diverse range of coupes and convertibles are offered, some using an inhouse inline-6 cylinder engine design, others an inhouse V-8. These cars are built from sturdy steel frames, cloaked in aggressive (and sometimes bizarre) body designs.

Model list

• 1800S
• Cerbera
• Chimaera
• Grantura
• Griffith
• Jomar
• Speed 12 (never made it into production)
• T 440 R
• T 350
• Tamora
• Tuscan
• Vixen

External Links

• http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/index2.htm or http://www.tvr.co.uk
• http://homepage.mac.com/tvr43/history.html
• http://www.quicklink.ms/tvr.html
• http://homepages.enterprise.net/roadrunner/tvr2.shtml
• http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr

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TVR is also the acronym for Televiziunea Romānă, Romanian Television, which operates four channels, Romania1, TVR2, TVR Cultural and TVR international.

External link

• TVR Online (in Romanian) (http://www.tvr.ro/)