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The Triumph TR4 is a sports car produced by the Triumph Motor Company from 1961 to 1965. Successor to the TR3A , the TR4's chassis and drivetrain are closely related to those of its predecessor, but with an updated body designed by Michelotti .
For most of its time under Leyland or BL ownership the Triumph marque belonged in the Specialist Division of the company, which went by the names of Rover Triumph and later Jaguar Rover Triumph, except for a brief period during the mid-1970s when all BL's car marques or brands were grouped together under the name of Leyland Cars. The only all ...
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Triumph TR8. The Triumph TR8 is a sports car built by the British Triumph Motor Company from 1978 until 1981. It is an eight-cylinder version of the "wedge-shaped" Triumph TR7 which was designed by Harris Mann and manufactured by British Leyland (BL), through its Jaguar/Rover/Triumph (JRT) division. The majority of TR8s were sold in the United ...
The front suspension on both cars is a MacPherson strut design, and in the back both use semi-trailing arms. [7] [5] [8] The 2000 was the first Triumph of any kind to use a unitary construction chassis, and the Fury the first Triumph sportscar to use such a platform. [12] Standard-Triumph's first unibody car was the Standard Eight of 1953. [13]
It first appeared in 1934 as a sports car and the name was also used from 1937 on a series of sporting saloons and open cars until 1939 when the company went into receivership. A number were still sold and registered in 1940, though it is uncertain whether the receiver or new owner turned out cars from spare parts, or sold off completed cars.
The Triumph TR3 is a British sports car produced from 1955 to 1962 by the Standard Motor Company of Coventry, England. A traditional open two-seater, the TR3 is an evolution of the company's earlier TR2 model, with greater power and improved braking. Updated variants, popularly but unofficially known as the "TR3A" and "TR3B", entered production ...
The Story of Triumph Sports Cars. Graham Robson. Motor Racing Publications. 1972 ISBN 0-900549-23-8; A-Z of cars of the 1930s. Michael Sedgwick, Mark Gillies. Bay View Books. 1989 ISBN 1-870979-38-9; Pre 1940 Triumph Motor Cars from Family Photograph Albums. Graham Shipman. Pre 40 Triumph Owners Club. 2005 ISBN 0-9550422-1-6