TVR TVR TVR is an independent British manufacturer of high-end sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles. The abbreviation TVR stems from the name of the company's owner Trevor Wilkinson, his first garage sporting the letters T, V and R. The history of TVR can be divided into several eras, each of which is associated with the company's owner at the start of that period: Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923 – 6 June 2008) was
John Wilkinson (American colonist) son, John Wilkinson Jr. was on the committee that welcomed Reverend Samuel Joseph May, the famous minister and abolitionist to Syracuse in 1843. The pastor's daughter, Charlotte May, later married John Wilkinson Jr.'s son, Alfred Wilkinson. A few years after the family arrived in Skaneateles, New York, about 1802, Wilkinson fell from the roof of a barn and died at age 43. Widow, Elizabeth Wilkinson stayed at the farm and ran the place with the help of her sons. The couple was buried in a small family cemetery, along what later became Route 20. He was buried there in 1802,