TVR Tuscan car review pt 2 - Top Gear - BBC
Part two of two. Is the TVR Tuscan an easy car to live with? Jeremy Clarkson offers twenty pounds to anyone who can open and start the Tuscan in less than one minute. With his twenty pounds safely intact, the Stig powers the Tuscan and Weissman around the Top Gear track. But which one triumphs? Go to www.youtube.com to see a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don’t forget to visit www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews….
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
what is the name of the song that stig is listening to?
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I’ve got the tvr is this is bullshit… its a great car
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I wanna know how to start the TVR
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
the stop/start button is in a fairly normal place(tho i can’t remember what it is you do with the keys) and the completely unmarked button to open the door from the inside is on the radio console for some reason.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
i personally would have the TVR.. i think the weismann is just ugly.. but maybe im being biased cus i love TVRs so much =D
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
top gear has the best car reviews =D
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
i just like it more.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
And why do you prefer the Weismann? Because it’s German? Or because you can start it?!
I just think the Weismann it’s the better car =)
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
….how do you start that tvr? haha
both cars look…. pretty good… but i think i would prefer the weismann
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Talk about a biased review..
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Best car for this type: Mazda Miata.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
To me the Weissman looks like the El Nino from Need For Speed Hot Persuit 3.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
tvr
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Weeeelll. Compared to any other vehicle in its performance class I’d argue the Tuscan is rather economical.
Also the ready supply of spare parts, bolstered each winter by the write-offs, helps a bit.
Still, I’d probably swap the Tuscan for an MF3 if I could…
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Lol “my wife loves the vibrations”.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
simplelife88393 old son..to start a TVR you take a large stick and beat the damn thing to with in an inch of it’s life..
.just ask John Clease….lol
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
@warikplaya
Price of ownership.
A TVR is cheap to buy but very expensive to run. (Wiesmann has the advantage of using BMW engines. BMW probably spent more money on developing that engine than TVR did on the whole car)
TVRs also have a low resale value because they are so unreliable and expensive to run.
I can find several TVR Tuscans from 2000/2001 with 30-50000km on the clock for about 22.000euro.
The cheapest MF3 I can find is the same age but with 90.000 on the clock. It’s 56.000Euro.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I just love the TVR cause of their exhaust pipes. They just look so good. Id prefer the older version of the Tuscan though.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
if I had that Weismann I would lick it clean every weekend and park it in an airtight air conditioned garage.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Figures that wimps would like the wimp car over the TVR.
All joking aside, they both look fantastic, but I prefer the TVR. There’s just something about them and it has nothing to do with the “thrill” or the “danger”. I suppose it’s because they are so crude, because they lack any sort of driver aids and the fact they’re made of fiber glass.
Much like a Lamborghini or a Viper or a muscle car of some sort, TVRs just have so much personality.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I’d prefer the TVR Sagaris, but you take what you can get I suppose.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
i’d have the weissman
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
how do they compare those cars when the price is sooooo different?
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
top gear won best show of the decade lol
January 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I’d have the Tuscan