Inside the Alvis Factory: The Takeover That Ended a British Luxury Car Legend
9.1K views · Sep 10, 2026 · People & Blogs
Comments · 5
@philcole2131 · 11 days ago
I used to shoot in the ranges underneath the Alvis plant, scorpion tanks used to storm around the car park
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@RobertGott-c3f · 12 days ago
Great film 😢 about the history of Alvis cars<br>Thank you 😮😮😮😮😮enjoyed😢😢😢
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@paulzon · 11 days ago
The TD21 was caught between two markets. It was a very high quality car, built like a Bentley, but the engine was too small and not quite powerful enough to compete with top end cars like that. On the other hand it was too good (and expensive) to compete with lesser cars of similar size / performance.
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@John-lu2tk · 5 days ago (edited)
My favourite car was the TF. However this video is your typical YouTube, graphics not synced to the video . Some graphics not related to this manufacturer. Worst of all, the boring repetition of the story line. Guaranteed to keep your finger hovering over the cancel button. It could have been so much better. It never mentions the Alvis fire fighting vehicles at all!
@john1703 · 9 days ago
Surely Alvis should sue the German Government for war reparations.
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