THE BUY-OUT OF NORTON BY INDIAN motorcycle giant TVS and the £100-million investment in a state-of-the art HQ in Solihull is a great start to this phoenix. The recruitment drive to get professionals from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin... even pharmaceutical companies, known for their attention to detail and manufacturing experience, have been high-profile. Driving this with the parent company is CEO Dr Robert Hentschel, former director of Lotus Engineering, who we speak to next month.
Production of the Commando 961 is the curtain-opener. Like the V4SV superbike, it was inherited from the old regime by TVS along with myriad problems of poor reliability and poorer customer service. TVS could, rightfully, have announced that any problems
