TVR is to go back on its word and stop making cars in the UK. A short press release this morning confirmed that the Blackpool-based sports car firm had decided to 'outsource all production'.
There has been speculation that TVR would stop building cars in the UK since it was bought by Russian Nikolai Smolenski in 2004. The company shed between 70 and 150 staff in April, but it claimed the move was temporary and that it was still planning to move into new premises at a business park in Lancashire.
However, it has now stated that while fully-built powertrains will still be produced in the UK, the 2007 Tuscan, Tuscan Convertible and Sagaris will be made elsewhere in Europe. Smolenski said, "We are extremely sorry that, after a period of uncertainty and raised hopes that we could continue production ourselves in Blackpool, we have had to make this decision. We need to secure the future of the company and move it forward. I am afraid we see no other way to do so."
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