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Oct 18, 2006 | 02:34 AM

ianl

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Just when you thought they were safe...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6062084.stm

Oct 18, 2006 | 02:38 AM

MarkB

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I think this was as inevitable as it is sad.

Another British car maker falls first to foreign ownership, then to foreign manufacturing.

Oct 18, 2006 | 02:52 AM

Lurking Lawyer

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Sad, but not particularly surprising.

Quote:

While TVR is renowned for offering high performance cars at a competitive price, it is also fair to say that its vehicles have suffered from reliability issues in recent years.

The journo who wrote that article clearly as a gift for understatement

Oct 18, 2006 | 02:55 AM

Lurking Lawyer

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Link to an article on PH which has the full text of Moleskin's press release:

http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr/defau...?storyId=15324

Oct 18, 2006 | 03:24 AM

alex.stanley

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That's progress...

Oct 18, 2006 | 04:01 AM

Gazzer

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trev Wilkinson must be gutted. But then again what do you expect if you sell to a teenager.

Hmm, the end of TVR in the UK. I don't think you will get many Brits buying the cars now.

TVR-ski

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