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Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923 - 6 June 2008) was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage in his area. In 1946 he purchased a local business and renamed it Trevcar motors. He intended to sell cars and also to fix broken ones, again to sell.

The first TVR appeared in 1949. It was a two seater, low-slung car which today’s TVRs stay true to. The engineering was shotty and the steering was bad, however it enjoyed good local publicity and success.

When the fifties rolled in, TVR began to use the newly advancing technology. Fiber glass bodies were introduced to cut-down on the weight and manufacturing costs of the cars. This new innitietive was applied to models like the Grantura at first but would eventually become boiler plate for all their cars.

They enjoyed the success of being the only british car maker to use big american engines. However because of their huge build cost, they began to sell their cars in Kit-Form to bring down the price and avoide the British TAX on assembled cars. This ‘Kit Option’ remained part of the companies policy untill the 70s oil crisis when the small manufacturer needed all the money it could get.

In the 1980s, under the ownership of Peter Wheeler — TVR began to focus more on their engines. Up untill then, they had been using light V6 engines in most of their cars, However after the new boss was settled in he introduced the Rover V8 to many of their cars.

In the 1990s, they eventually began to develop their own engines for use in their cars rather than simply buying from larger manufacturers. This engine was most famous for its use in the Tuscan which TVR enjoyd massive success with.

Now under Russian leadership, the company is moving all majour production facilities to Turin to cut on cost after they laid off some 300 workers. sales and marketing of the brand

However it has recently been reported that TVR may be up for sale again and this may lead to a turbulent future.