Reborn British car manufacturer TVR is now taking deposits on upcoming V8 Supercar.
A month passed since TVR announced a sports-car revival in conjunction with Cosworth and Gordon Murray and now, the British marque is already accepting deposits for the upcoming automobile. It seems they mean business.
As from July 7th, anyone interested in owning TVR’s future vehicle can make a £5,000 ($7,800) deposit to practically reserve a car from the limited first year of production, believed to be in the “low hundreds”, as Les Edgar, Chairman of TVR stated.
The reason why TVR took this decision is because the revival announcement sparked an unexpected wave of interest from the public, as John Chasey, Operations Director of TVR, said:
“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.”
So, even if it sounds shady, you have to understand that in order for an uprising, small car manufacturer to survive, it needs some sort of commitment from the potential buyer – that’s more substantial than a pinky swear.
Mind you, a £5,000 deposit isn’t much for the person willing to spend a heap amount of cash on the car. Furthermore, TVR is offering a limited quantity of reduced deposits for the TVR Car Club members, during July, as a celebration of the club’s 50th anniversary. Anyone who’s been a member for more than 6 months gets to put only £2,500 ($3,903) on the line.
Don’t forget, the car will be powered by a Cosworth developed, naturally-aspirated, dry-sumped V8, believed to deliver somewhere around 450 horses.
TVR Sagaris pictured.
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