Trevor Wilkinson, the man who founded British sports car brand TVR in 1947, passed away today. Wilkinson, whose first name was abridged to name the car brand, died due to illness in his Minorca, Spain home, where he spent his retirement.
At 24, Wilkinson built his first car, and soon thereafter founded TVR Engineering in his home town of Blackpool, England. The cars’ signature design, comprising a tubular backbone chassis covered in lightweight fibreglass body work, made for some powerful and potent sports cars. In 1962, Wilkinson and business partner Jack Pickard left the company to start a fiberglass engineering business, according to Autocar.
Despite reports that the cars would be sold Stateside, TVRs were never officially sold in North America. With the last TVRs rolling off the production line back in 2006 under recent Russian owner Nikolai Smolensky, the brand itself may follow in the footsteps of its founder.



06/09, 8:54 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
RIP old man. Nice cars.
06/09, 8:57 AM
posted by:
peter g
R.I.P…Awesome cars!
06/09, 9:46 AM
posted by:
MugenSentraKen
================>>R.I.P….SMOKIN’ cars!
06/09, 11:09 AM
posted by:
F451
The ass-whomping mutt of automobiles that every enthusiast yearns to own or at least test drive. Here’s to great ideas Trevor! Cheers, and many thanks for adding to the world.
06/09, 11:21 AM
posted by:
Shismo
Sad to hear that.
TVR doesn’t even mention it on their website…
06/09, 12:37 PM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
R.I.P
You brought us some unreliable cars, but what passion and flair!
Excellent stuff – the burbling V8s of dreams…
06/09, 5:31 PM
posted by:
Bimmer
Always liked TVR, RIP Trev, RIP TVR.
06/09, 8:27 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
TVRs were great cars, too bad they were basically killed recently.
06/09, 9:30 PM
posted by:
Kaizen
Wow, I’m 24 right now. That’s an incredible feat. Need to step up my game considerably.
06/10, 4:08 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
I dunno Kaizen, with medical tech advancing the way it is, would not be shocked if you reach 100.
06/10, 7:11 AM
posted by:
Got Handling?
That’s because to all intents and purposes the company is as dead as its founder Shismo. Thanks to an adolescent Russian arsehole.
06/10, 7:24 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
It’s on TVR’s website as of 6 June :/
See Press Release section