To clarify, this is the forerunner of the first series-produced TVR.
The first car produced under the TVR name (derived from the creator's first name TreVoR) was a hand-built special designed and built by Trevor Wilkinson in 1947, heralding the creation of a company that would go on the become the 3rd largest sports car manufacturer in the world. During the first years, all TVRs were considered specials and only a very few were built, and amazingly the second TVR ever built is still in existence. The first true production run began in 1957 with the assistance of Ray Saidel, an American who became the first TVR dealer. He helped to design and test a car that was dubbed the Jomar, taken from the names of Saidel's two children (JOanna and MARc). The car proved to be very popular, and so many orders were received that production demands could not be met. TVR Engineering had to seek financial backing elsewhere.
