Info für Besucher ohne Javascript

Limouspider - the Triumph Stag in a historic test

This article was auto-translated. We apologize if some words are confusing or simply amusing. Would you like to help us improve?

Created on October 1, 1972

Text:

Herbert Völker

Photos:

Archiv

12

Archiv

12

Triumph Stag (1974) - with attached hardtop, the car for the castle owner

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1973) - good weather protection, even in winter, at least if the sales brochure is to be believed

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - colorful illustration in the sales brochure from 1973

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1973) - Illustration from the sales brochure

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - with hardtop

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - rear view

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1973) - a left-hand drive taken at Fuschl Castle near Salzburg

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1973) - here with spoked wheels

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1973) - with hardtop

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - Cockpit of the first test car

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - View of the V8 engine with two overhead camshafts

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Triumph Stag (1970) - the engine without a car

You have only

1 out of 12

images seen in high resolution

Summary

The Triumph Stag was aimed at lovers of well-maintained, moderately sporty convertibles and made its mark with its V8 engine, Targa bar and overdrive. In the Auto-Revue driving test in 1972, Herbert Völker found that it could do some things better, but also some things less well than the competition. This report reproduces the original wording of the article at the time and is supplemented with archive images and a sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

With courage into the gap
Unusual components
Not a car for show-offs
Cultivated interior
Not a highly tickled engine
Relatively economical thanks to overdrive
A mix of comfort and sport
Chassis without sporting ambitions
Attractive, but still unfamiliar concept
Comparison of the Triumph Stag with its competitors

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

A very small group of people who have repeatedly postponed their dream of a sports car until they realize that bucket seats are a poor match for incipient spondylarthrosis have always been helped quite well - with cars in the 300,000 shilling class. But if an Alfa Montreal or a Mercedes 350 SL is far too expensive for you, you can only choose from a very small group - perhaps the 504 Coupé from Peugeot is too middle-class and the Datsun 240 Z too tough. The Triumph Stag aims to fill this gap: a car that makes its owner younger, but offers him all the comfort he has become accustomed to in his limousine career. The price of 155,000 schillings, however, makes the gap a gap that relegates the Stag to the rarities cabinet of Austrian car life: On average, four are sold per month.

Welcome to Zwischengas!

This article is reserved for registered readers.
Just log in quickly or register within seconds for free.

Or sign up via social networks

Already have a login?

Sign up for free and benefit from many advantages:

Access to all 12 images in the photo gallery, not just 1

READ: More than 7000 articles and 410'000 images on vehicles, race cars, auctions, events, motorsport events & more.

AUCTIONS: Over 110'000 auction transactions are available in our auction database. Countless auction reports highlight the most important facts of each event.

MY ACCOUNT: Personal storage for saving articles and images, as well as managing listings and much more.

Images of this article

Source: