Should you buy a TVR Griffith? 

I owned a pre-cat 4ltr for 18 years. Extremely reliable, reasonably quick and fun. The noise from the V8 is amazing. One of the best cars l have had the privilege to own and drive

We've had our Chim for 19 years and have travelled all across Europe with it. Never experienced any of the "terrible reliability" that is reported (mainly by people who have never owned or driven one). These are small volume hand-built cars but ironically mine has been more reliable than my mainstream company cars - my Hyundai i40 needed its rear suspension replacing twice in 3 years! If you look after a TVR (they aren't complicated to own) it will reward you with the TVR Grin every time you take it out.......I will NEVER sell mine.

Ive had 2 Griffs, never broken down, done heaps of miles, changed a cam tatsall service them and reap the rewards !

Had three TVR’s, an S, a V8S and a Griffith 500. All were great fun to drive and reliable, had to sell the Griffith when I divorced and still regret it to this day.

My Favourite car of all time and I don't drive. But I had a fleet of them on Grand Turismo!

I knew Jack Griffith when he and his wife, Marge, lived in Jacksonville, Florida.

The sexiest thing to come out of Blackpool.

To make it colder you can open the window. That's the best way.

One of my dreams cars hope to own one some day. Greetings from Palm Beach Florida

Good video, informative and to the point.

Great show. Thanks for posting, what an exhaust sound! Liked and sub’d.

dont forget the pick of the bunch, the 4.3 which has all the pre-cat burble with similar acceleration and an exhilarating top end wail that will alarm you every time you go under a bridge! Your 500 appears to have after market suspension, harder than std - certainly harder than 4.3

Yes! That's the only obvious answer! Fun, reasonably practical, quick, and beautiful sounding and looking. Also pretty reliable. I'm on my second Chimaera as a daily car. Great video btw

I loved my Griffith 500. Has the driving position including the position of the pedals been changed on that one? it seems your legs are very bent and the steering wheel is up a long way. I am pretty big chap and I can't remember beng seated like that. Power steering is certainly worth having, it makes the steering much easier to get along with without robbing too much feel.

what a brilliant car!

I have a ‘95 Griffith 500 but not with the odd setup you mention about the speedo/tacho offset positioning. Is that original on yours?

I think the sensible choice would be the chimaera. Pretty much the same car, considerabley cheaper but not as nice to look at (subjective of course). I think another alternative to this in the 20 - 30k would be an Aston DB7 or DB9 (albeit auto) if you're looking for British muscle. Not sure if a low mileage TVR is comparable to a high mileage 911 though? especially with the chassis rot worries you have with this period of TVR.

Yes

I had one for 13 years, apart from a new cam at 55k it was pretty reliable.

FAR BETTER THAN A 911OR BMW. IRACED A 911 WITH 300ZX BUT WAS OUT MENUARED NEXT TIME I RACED A 6.5 CHEVEY TAHO THAT ONE WAS OUT MANUVERED AND I WON FAIR -SQUARE

2017 ones never arrived despite people putting down deposits.... I have zero hope that it will ever arrive

yes.

That's a very beige trim.

heart: YES brain: no, but actually yes

The dullest test of a Griff by the dullest tester. It’s not about how fast it goes it’s about how they go fast. This test shows non of its true performance being driven by Miss Daisy.

No

Nodded off while watching zzzzzzz

He could do with lowering the steering wheel it's up in the air, and never drive resting your hand on the gear stick this over time can actually damage the gear box linkage.

The steering rack looks a little high and upright. Is it adjustable?

The original Griffith was scary. It would do a wheelie with the right surface traction.