FUTURE MODELS
TVR back on track with new model
UK sports car brand is enjoying a revival and the 2018 Griffith will mark its first instalment, writes Lerato Matebese
The town of Blackpool is arguably most famous for being one of Britain’s tourist attractions, having risen to prominence in 1870 as a holiday resort, thanks to its 11km beachfront and theme parks. However, Blackpool is also known, perhaps to a lesser degree, as the home of the TVR sports car company that always prided itself on building cars for purists and enthusiastic drivers. Founded in 1946 by 23-year-old Trevor Wilkinson, the company started out as a car repair and engineering business known as Trevcar Motors. The company changed its name a year later to TVR and built its first original chassis — the TVR One — three years after the company’s establishment. It was powered by a 1,172cc engine. It’s been 10 years since TVR shut its doors, but now the company has been resurrected and its first new product in a decade, the new Griffith, was unveiled at the Goodwood Revival in the UK recently. Penned by arguably the most decorated and revered South African car designer, Gordon Murray...
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