"TVRs have always been love-or-hate cars and the lack of safety features such as ABS or traction control will immediately deter some, as will stories of endless breakdowns."
I recall from Evo Magazine where they did a European press tour with AMG and TVR and the AMG technicians at one factory stop had a look under the hood of the TVR - they just laughed at how badly it was put together and see if they could help fix it when it inevitably something on it broke.
I reckon most owners considered it a quirk of owning one and besides they always had the Aston Martin on those off days.
All the articles on british motoring sites make specific reference to reliability problems:
https://www.evo.co.uk/tvr/tuscan/22788/tvr-tuscan-1999-2006-...
"TVRs have always been love-or-hate cars and the lack of safety features such as ABS or traction control will immediately deter some, as will stories of endless breakdowns."
https://archive.is/VylZ5
That whole article, lol.