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Triumph GT6 Mk I. The new car was introduced in 1966 and called the Triumph GT6. The new body was a sleek fastback design with an opening rear hatch, earning the GT6 the nickname of poor man's E-Type. [2] It was really a 2-seater, but a small extra rear seat could be ordered, large enough for small children.
Both the 2000 and the Fury are powered by the 2.0 L Triumph 6-cylinder engine, although the engine in the Fury received the sump from the Triumph Vitesse and the intake manifold from the GT6. [8] With bore × stroke dimensions of 74.7 mm × 76 mm (2.941 in × 2.992 in), this overhead valve engine displaces 1,998 cc (121.9 cu in).
In September 1966, Triumph upgraded the engine to 1998cc, in line with the new Triumph GT6 coupé, and relaunched the Vitesse as the Vitesse 2-Litre. [4] Power was increased to 95 bhp (71 kW), endowing the new car with a claimed 0–60 mph time of just under 12 seconds, and lifting top speed to 104 mph (167 km/h).
1991 Triumph 1200 cc Trophy. When Triumph Engineering went into receivership in 1983, John Bloor bought the name and manufacturing rights from the Official Receiver. The former company's manufacturing plant was outdated and unable to compete against the technology from Japanese manufacturers, so Bloor decided against relaunching the brand immediately.
The Triumph Herald is a small two-door car introduced by Standard-Triumph of Coventry in 1959 and made through to 1971. The body design was by the Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti , and the car was offered in saloon , convertible , coupé , estate and van models, with the latter marketed as the Triumph Courier .
Prototype Triumph Trident P1, which was on display at the London Motorcycle Museum. The Triumph Trident was designed by Bert Hopwood and Doug Hele.The Trident's three-cylinder design was developed from Triumph's 1959 5TA unit-construction 500 cc parallel-twin (which had origins in Edward Turner's 1937 Triumph Speed Twin).
The Triumph Six Cylinder or Triumph I6 engine is a cast-iron overhead valve straight-six engine produced by Standard Triumph. It is an evolution of the Standard Motor Company 's inline-4 Standard Eight , with the addition of two cylinders and a larger displacement.
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-cylinder engine in 1967.