Question of the Day: Can Old TVRs Be Imported to the States Successfully?
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Thanks to the 25-year EPA and NHTSA exemption for imports, a company called TVR Garage is bringing back the British sports car.
The headline above is mildly clickbaity, I suppose, since "successful" here is a definition that needs to be taken in context. TVR Garage isn't likely looking to sell in huge numbers -- TVRs have always been niche -- but the company is working with a British company, Str8six, to import classic and restored TVRs from overseas.
The Tucson-based TVR Garage will have service centers in Arizona, Florida, and California.
It will start with TVRs from 1997, with others becoming available as the 25-year mark passes for certain models.
So, you tell us -- will this small company be able to bring enough TVRs from the '90s across the pond to be able to consider itself a success?
*Editor Note: The initial headline on this post could be interpreted to mean the bran was returning to the States. That was not my intent and the headline has been changed.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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