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The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London.
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Since 1933 the AMA had limited engines for Class C racing to 500 cc ohv engines and 750 cc side-valve engines. This had suited Harley Davidson well with their side-valve 750cc K-series V-twins. The AMA raised the limit for ohv engines to 750 cc for 1969 in the flat track class.
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 first Triumph motorcycle in 1902 was a strengthened bicycle with a 2.25 bhp Minerva engine. [3] Once the business grew, the purchased engines were replaced with their own and in 1907 the company expanded into a new factory in Priory Street, on the premises of a former mill. 1922 Triumph H 1
In 1985, Triumph purchased a first set of equipment to begin working, in secret, on its new prototype models. By 1987, the company had completed its first engine. In 1988, Bloor funded the building of a new factory at a 10-acre (40,000 m 2) site in Hinckley, Leicestershire. [7] The first Hinckley Triumphs were produced for the 1991 model year. [8]
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 ...