TVR, once the rowdy, unpredictable darling of British sports car culture, has all but vanished. The marque’s last serious resurrection attempt came in 2017, when businessman Les Edgar unveiled the stunning Griffith concept and promised a rebirth of the brand. But by 2023, those dreams had stalled. The rights to TVR’s planned factory in Ebbw Vale, Wales, had slipped away, and the company went radio silent. For all intents and purposes, TVR was dead—again.
But not quite.
Against all odds, a pair of diehard enthusiasts are keeping the flame alive—and they’re doing it not in the U.K., but in the heart of the American desert. TVR Garage, a new venture based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is opening a 15,000-square-foot showroom dedicated entirely to the eccentric British brand. Its mission: to import, preserve, and celebrate the cars that made TVR legend.
The company is the brainchild of Andi Hughes and Gavin Bristow, lifelong TVR fans who decided that if the factory wouldn’t bring cars to the world, they would. The duo started small, importing and maintaining a few cars for collectors. But now, with the backing of auto broker CarWiz, they’ve expanded into a proper retail and display space—a mecca for anyone curious enough to see what “handbuilt lunacy” looks like up close.
In an interview with Road & Track, Hughes explained that TVR Garage focuses on original, low-mileage examples rather than wild resto-mods. “We can restore cars,” he said, “but we prefer ones that are already close to road-ready.” U.S. import laws limit what they can bring in anyway—under the 25-year rule, only cars built before 2000 are eligible. That means the golden-era models—the Cerbera, Chimaera, and Griffith—are fair game.
Hughes once floated the idea of importing LS-swapped TVRs for better reliability, but federal law quickly shut that down. Every TVR that arrives through the Garage must remain as it left Blackpool: unfiltered, unhinged, and wonderfully analog.
The operation is intentionally boutique. “Having ten customers a year would be cool,” Hughes admitted, “but we’d rather stick to a few at a time.” That means owning one of these rare British beasts isn’t just a matter of money—it’s a matter of timing and luck.
Currently, the TVR Garage inventory includes a handful of Tuscans, several Cerberas, and a single Olympic Blue Griffith convertible. All have fewer than 60,000 miles and are described as “near-perfect.” Prices vary: some Tuscans and Cerberas climb past $90,000 to $100,000, while that bright-blue Griffith—with its 5.0-liter V-8 pumping out 335 horsepower through a six-speed manual—lists for just under $40,000.
For those who remember TVR’s glory days, these cars represent more than collectible curios—they’re artifacts from a time when sports cars were built with gut instinct, not software updates.
TVR itself may be dormant, but in a Las Vegas warehouse filled with fiberglass curves and V-8 growls, its spirit is very much alive.
Source: Motor1
