TVR Electric Vehicles Limited is a British manufacturer of sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles.
Key facts
- Company.name
- TVR Electric Vehicles Limited
- Company.logo
- TVR Logo, black unbordered.png
- Company.former_name
- TVR Manufacturing Limited (2013–2022)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.location_country
- Walliswood, Surrey
- Company.area_served
- Europe
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.products
- Automobiles, Automotive parts
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.tvr.co.uk
- Image
- TVR Griffith LE (2017) (38354185236).jpg
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- TVR
- inception
- 1946-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~55 min read
Article
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Wilkinson era
- Founding
- One-off specials: TVR One, Two, and Three (1949–1953)
- Sports (1953–1955)
- Ray Saidel and the Jomar
- Open Sports and Coupe (1956–1958)
- Introduction of the Grantura
- Layton Sports Cars and Grantura Engineering
- Aitchison, Hopton and TVR Cars Ltd.
- The Griffith and 1965 collapse
- Trident
- Lilley era
- Introduction of the Vixen
- New models, nude models and move to Bristol Avenue
- SM / Zante concept
- M Series
- Tasmin
- Wheeler ownership
- Smolensky ownership
- Current ownership
- Model list
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
TVR Electric Vehicles Limited is a British manufacturer of sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles.
==History== The abbreviation TVR stems from the name of the company's founder Trevor Wilkinson, his first garage sporting the letters T, V, and R. The history of TVR can be divided into several eras, each of which is associated with the company's owner at the start of that period: 1946–1965, founder Trevor Wilkinson, who left in 1962 1965–1981, Martin Lilley 1981–2004, Peter Wheeler 2004–2013, Nikolay Smolensky 2013–2025, syndicate of British businessmen led by Les Edgar 2025— , brand purchased by Charge Holdings