[Tigers] Tiger Magazine Article

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/8/2007 2:20:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
CoolVT at aol.com writes:

I've  always thought, regardless of the styling, if Tigers had been  shipped  
from Rootes to Shelby's plant for just a few touches (could be   
anything)....  
And then stick a Shelby plate under the hood like  other  Shelby cars..... 
then 
it would be considered to be a "Shelby"  and would  make all the difference 
in 
the world in  pricing.



I would agree that a clearer connection with Shelby would increase  value.
 
The other thing holding the Tiger back is the lack of any significant  racing 
success at, say, a FIA type level. The Tiger had a couple of decent  seasons 
in International rallying and one "almost" year in SCCA, but other than  that, 
doesn't have that big competition history which can be very helpful in  
creating a larger following in the collector market.
 
Most people seem to find the styling pleasing, or at least inoffensive, but  
I guess the similarity with the Alpine, as the press at that time pointed out, 
 wasn't helpful for branding the car as something "special".
 
Of course, the positive trade off is that Tigers continue to be relatively  
affordable and, as such, represent great "bang for the  buck"...



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