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In 1954 the company obtained Standard's permission to develop a coupé version of the TR2. The new model was designed by Impéria's Frans Pardon. The car, named for the Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, debuted at the 1955 Brussels Motor Show. One year later, a Coupé Francorchamps appeared on Triumph's own stand at the same show. [13]
The Swallow Doretti is a British sports car built on Swallow's own custom chassis using Triumph TR2 mechanicals, made between 1954 and 1955. It was intended for the US market, as a more refined two-seater than what was available there at that time.
1949–1954 Triumph Mayflower: 1247 cc inline 4 1949–1953 Triumph 20TS: 2208 cc inline 4 1950 1 (prototype) Triumph TR2: 1991 cc inline 4 1953–1955 8,636 [13] Triumph TR3: 1991 cc inline 4 1956–1958 Triumph TR3A: 1991 cc inline 4 1958–1962 Triumph TR3B: 2138 cc inline 4 1962 Triumph Italia: 1991 cc inline 4 1959–1962 Triumph TR4: 2138 ...
Triumph TR2, the first production car in the TR series. The Triumph TR range of cars was built between 1953 and 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Changes from the TR2 to the TR6 were mostly evolutionary, with a change from a live axle to independent rear suspension in 1965 and a change from a four-cylinder engine to a six ...
The Standard-Triumph company was eventually bought in 1960 by Leyland Motors which paid £20 million and the last Standard, an Ensign Deluxe, was produced in the UK in May 1963, when the final Vanguard models were replaced by the Triumph 2000 model. Triumph continued when Leyland became British Leyland Motor Corporation (later BL) in 1968. The ...
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.
The Triumph 20TS was a prototype sports car shown by Standard-Triumph in October 1952 at the London Motor Show. Extensive development of the 20TS led to the introduction of the Triumph TR2 in March 1953 at the Geneva Motor Show, after which the 20TS was unofficially referred to as the Triumph TR1. Only one example of this car was ever made by ...
The TR4 uses the same Standard wet liner inline-four engine that powered the TR2 and TR3 models, but with displacement increased from 1991 cc to 2138 cc by enlarging the bore from 83 to 86 mm (3.268 to 3.386 in). The cast iron block carries the crankshaft in three main bearings, and the cast iron head has two valves per cylinder driven from a ...