Talk:Alvis Car and Engineering Company

Any Alvis collectors here? My father used to have an Alvis when I was a child, I believe it was a TC21. Would love to know if it survived. Reg plate was JGD 411. Is there an Alvis register? Graham 04:40, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Simply wrong
It still exists. See https://thealviscarcompany.co.uk/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.97.111 (talk) 12:41, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Spaces in post war model names
As listed here, the post war models TA14 to TF21 are listed as TA 14 to TF 21. I have recently created pages for some of these models and am now in doubt as to which is correct. I am suspicious that there should not be a space between letters and numbers.

Which is correct? Malcolma (talk) 16:00, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Alvis car model Identity
I took some photos of several Alvis cars, one of which is here I was going to add it to this article but it needs the model number to identify it really. Can any one help as it does not exactly look like any in the linked articles ? its similar to the TE21 or is it a TC 108 Graber ? - BulldozerD11 (talk) 19:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC) It's one of the special-bodied versions made by Hermann Graber. I've seen it claimed as a 1957 car, which would make it a TC108G, though it looks more like one of his TD21s.Khamba Tendal (talk) 15:16, 29 July 2015 (UTC) In the book Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, it just describes the car as an Alvis. there is no mention of model or type. As for the film, they would have been free to choose from or restricted to whathever was available to them.86.159.82.108 (talk) 11:01, 23 September 2017 (UTC) Wayne John

Removed trivia
As follows, referring to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film):
 * ==Alvis in the Movies==
 * An Alvis owned by one of the spies in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy appears in several scenes. At one point, the character is talking to a student and says the Alvis is the "best car in England."

-- Egil (talk) 11:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Is it in the book, or was it just added for the film? If expanded, this might be worth having as it indicates that Alvis has a high status car at the time, although something of a niche taste (c.f. Bristol or A-M) and in contrast to Jags or (&deity; forbid) Rollers.  As it was though, it was not only a trivial topic, it was trivial coverage of it and we're right to lose it. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:33, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * If memory serves me correctly, the book begins with a boy at a boarding school watching Jim Prideaux drive into the school in an Alvis with a caravan behind it. The boy eventually speaks to Prideaux, who says something like "best car in England" when discussing his car.  However, I have not read the book in several years. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 11:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

In the novel, and the 1979 BBC TV series, Prideaux calls his Alvis 'Best car England ever made. Out of production, thanks to socialism.' This implies that Le Carre had in mind one of the final 1960s models, but the car used in the TV series is a 1939 4.3 Litre Vanden Plas tourer (which they borrowed from the then secretary of the Alvis Owner Club, Mike Cummins). Haven't seen the more recent feature film, so don't know what happens there.Khamba Tendal (talk) 15:02, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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Any Alvis "expert" could tell me which model Jim Prideaux owns in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" written by John le Carre ? Please direct your answer to trxtrx@wanadoo.fr  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.67.94 (talk) 15:10, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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