Breaking news: TVR is back! Again! And it’ll go electric in the future!

TVR is back! Sort of! Again! The brand with as many comebacks as a comedy night has now become a subsidiary of Charge Holdings and fully intends on building and delivering the long-promised V8 Griffith.

What’s a ‘Charge Holdings’? It’s a company that owns Charge Cars, which itself went into administration last year but has now been revived. Before that, CC unveiled that rather delightful electrified 1967 Mustang with a body officially licenced by Ford.

Now under Charge Holdings’ care, TVR will first build and deliver the new Griffith, a sports car that was supposed to herald the return of TVR all the way back in 2017. It was fitted with a 5.0-litre quad-cam V8 from – in a neat bit of narrative – a Ford Mustang, offering a meaty 500bhp.

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Neither party has yet specified whether it’ll stick to this recipe, only saying that “TVR will remain focused on delivering the new Griffith to customers, continuing its legacy of high-performance, internal combustion sports cars”.

However, after this, TVR will expand “into electrified platforms in the future”. Woah. Anyone who’s ever driven a TVR will attest to their ‘electric’ feel, but actual electricity is coming.

Charge Holdings will now begin a “multi-phased restructuring of TVR”, to create a “multi-brand, low-volume integrated automotive group” that includes Charge Cars, TVR and also LAB.364 – that latter company is a specialist paint and finishing outfit. So you can see where this is going.

CEO Paul Abercrombie said: “Charge Holdings’ mission is to bring together iconic performance brands and world-class manufacturing expertise. This strategic merger with TVR is set to unite heritage with innovation, creating a new leader in the low-volume luxury automotive sector.

“More details will be announced in early 2026.”