High performance car-maker TVR is expected resume production at a converted factory near Rassau, Blaenau Gwent. The news was released today by Welsh Government as a flagship for its £100M ten-year plan to attract investment to the Heads of the Valleys after the Circuit of Wales venture failed to win support earlier this year. The TVR £30M plan to build its new 200mph Griffith sports car in … [Read more...]
£100m Welsh automotive investment begins
The first stage of a promised £100m investment in Blaenau Gwent is being outlined today. Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has approved funding for a new 50,000 sq ft. industrial building in Ebbw Vale to kick start plans for the Welsh Government’s new Automotive Technology Park. The Economy Secretary made the announcement ahead of a visit to Ebbw Vale later today, where he is due to meet local … [Read more...]
TVR Griffith unveiled before Welsh production begins
The new 200mph TVR Griffith was unveiled today, a year before it is due to roll off a new production line in South Wales. TVR chose the Goodwood Revival meeting to show their 5.0V8 prototype two-seater designed by former McLaren engineer Gordon Murray and incorporating F1 type ground effect technology to aid grip and handling. Last year, the new owners of TVR announced they had … [Read more...]
TVR will display new model in September
The Welsh site chosen to build the next 200mph TVR series will be announced in two or three weeks, it was stated yesterday. The un-named car was first announced in 2015 and it soon attracted over 350 deposits from TVR enthusiasts. Originally, it was to be a centre-piece manufacturing site on the Circuit of Wales development but that has hit planning and financial issues, and in March 2016 … [Read more...]
Year of opportunity for auto-suppliers to build on
It has been a momentous year for the automotive sector in Wales and Welsh Government wants to develop growth and opportunities throughout the supply chain, said Economy Secretary, Ken Skates at Autolink 2016 this morning. He told representatives from over 240 businesses meeting at Cardiff Stadium that the UK automotive sector last year saw 1.68M vehicles made in Britain and 2.37M engines were … [Read more...]
Circuit of Wales moves closer to reality
The Circuit of Wales development is moving a step closer to reality. WheelsWithinWales understands promoters of the £370m project at Ebbw Vales have now raised additional private capital for the scheme which should meet Welsh Government requirements. Two previous bids for Welsh Government support to fund part of the project were rejected as falling short of public requirements and the last … [Read more...]
TVR power Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale RFC has followed this year’s championship winning campaign in the Principality Premiership by announcing that British sports car manufacturer TVR will be its main sponsor in the 2016 /17 season. The news reinforces TVR’s commitment to the local community following its announcement earlier this year that it is to manufacture its new vehicle, engineered by Gordon Murray Design … [Read more...]
TVR will build new sports car in Wales
TVR will build its new 170mph sports car in Wales. Around 150 quality assembly and engineering jobs will be created in the £30 Million investment in the Ebbw Vale Enterprise Zone over the next five years. Advance orders for the unnamed new car exceed 350 which will take it to the end of its first year in production by 2018, and four new models are in the pipeline over ten years as it reaches … [Read more...]
Wales considered for new TVR car factory
Another radical new British sports car could be built in South Wales after last week’s announcement of the Aston Martin DBX. Yesterday, legendary TVR confirmed it was looking at future production sites in South Wales for its new range of ground-breaking sports cars which use F1 type lightweight carbon fibre chassis and bodies. They would be built on the patented i-stream system developed … [Read more...]