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Triumph Herald - individual Briton with surprising features

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Created on September 8, 2013

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - interesting amalgam of curves and straights

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - on the road with a right-hand drive version

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the later versions had a smoothed front end

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - originally it was supposed to be called Standard, but of course Triumph sounded better

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the 1.3-liter version is fast on the road

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - a rather narrow car by today's standards

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - at home on the country roads

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - on the road in the Herald, which means "harbinger"

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - great fun to ride

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - after no intelligent design was produced internally, the Herald was designed by Michelotti in practically one day

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the design has been around for over 50 years

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - plenty of light in the interior thanks to large windows

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the entire front can be folded down and provides optimum access to the Herald

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - angular rear view

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the design was progressive in the early sixties

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - nice to look at, but you can see its age

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - in addition to the saloon, there were also coupés, convertibles and estate cars

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - immediately recognizable as English despite its Italian design

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - simply practical - the fold-down front

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the Herald was drawn by Giovanni Michelotti

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Color contrasts

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - with hood open

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - can also be used on dirt tracks

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - not uncomfortable, the beautiful red seats

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - looks classically English inside

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Interior with wooden inserts

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - no rev counter

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - large steering wheel with thin rim

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the Triumph trademark on the steering wheel knob

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - classic Smith watches

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - visual explanation of the functions

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - summarized switches

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - even the pedals reveal the manufacturer

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Signs of ageing on the glove compartment lid

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - ideal for the mechanic - the easily accessible technology

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the well-behaved four-cylinder engine

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the hood must be unlocked from the outside at the side before it can be raised

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - like the Jaguar E-Type, the entire hood folds forward

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Casting shadows as a work of art

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - 7.6 meter turning circle, almost any country road will do for a U-turn

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Headlights like under an eyelid

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - characteristic design of the rear lights

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the high-mounted rear lights

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - tapering to the rear, fuel filler cap on the right

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the rear-view mirrors are mounted far forward on the mudguards

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - actually impractical, but sporty - the rear-view mirrors on the front mudguards

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Triumph badge in the right-hand C-pillar

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - Triumph batch on the C-pillar

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - View of the raised hood

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Triumph Herald (1959) - it was called the Herald Saloon on the home market

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Triumph Herald (1959) - the chassis shown at the 1959 London Motor Show

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Triumph Herald (1959) - solid chassis onto which the separate body parts could be bolted

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Triumph Herald (1959) - Chassis with load-bearing function

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Triumph Herald (1959) - View into the engine compartment

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Triumph Herald (1959) - Page from the owner's manual

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Triumph Herald (1959) - easy access to the rear seat

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Triumph Herald (1960) - Illustration from a sales brochure from 1960

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Triumph Herald (1960) - the solid chassis - pictured in the 1960 sales brochure

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Triumph Herald (1961) - the new 1200 Saloon model

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Triumph Herald (1961) - the early versions only had an instrument cluster, for the 1200 model there was a new handbrake and new lettering on the speedometer

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Triumph Herald (1961) - the small turning circle requires a radical turning of the front wheels

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Triumph Herald (1961) - also available in two-tone paintwork

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Triumph Herald (1961) - unmistakable design

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Triumph Herald (1962) at the Geneva Motor Show - outstanding access to technology

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Triumph Herald (1963) - English pioneer with separate chassis

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Triumph Herald (1969) - offered at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show for less than CHF 6000

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Triumph Herald (1969) - the demonstration of the tight turning circle of 7.6 meters in the sales brochure

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Triumph Herald (1969) - the model range in 1969

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Triumph Herald (1969) - Technology made visible in the 1969 sales brochure

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Triumph Herald (1959) - the coupé had no rear side windows

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Triumph Herald (1959) - the roof area of the coupé was simply shaped differently

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Triumph Herald (1959) - largely identical to the Saloon up to the B-pillar

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Triumph Herald (1959) - the frame construction allows the simple development of bodywork alternatives

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Triumph Herald (1960) - wonderful beach scene with the Coupé

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Triumph Herald (1961) - the sporty coupé - pictured in a sales brochure

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Triumph Herald (1959) - See-through drawing reveals the simple technology

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Triumph Herald (1960) - the convertible version

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Triumph Herald (1960) - affordable convertible with sex appeal

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Triumph Herald (1961) - the convertible simply lacked the sheet metal roof structure

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Triumph Herald (1960) - comparatively easy to close convertible roof

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Triumph Herald (1961) - it was also available as a convertible

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Triumph Herald (1961) - practically loadable trunk in the station wagon, here the 1200 model

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Triumph Herald (1961) - promotional photo of the station wagon

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Triumph Herald (1962) - the station wagon in the 1200 version

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Triumph Herald (1962) - another version, the craftsman's station wagon without rear side windows

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Triumph Herald (1965) - even more practical as a station wagon

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Triumph Herald (1969) - a station wagon can be this sexy

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Triumph Herald (1962) - production facilities geared towards large volumes

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Triumph Herald (1962) - parallel production lines

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Triumph Vitesse (1963) - based on the Triumph Herald 1200, but with more power thanks to the power of six cylinders

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - the front was redesigned in the sixties

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Triumph Herald 13/60 (1970) - not too much thought was given to lateral support for the seats back then

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Summary

From 1959 to 1971, Standard-Triumph built the Herald, a small passenger car with a standard design, in around 510,000 units as a saloon, coupé, convertible and estate. The car was particularly popular in England, but there were also many fans of the compact and inexpensive British car on the European mainland. This vehicle report describes the history of the Triumph Herald and portrays a 13/60 model from 1970, supplemented by many archive photos, three sales brochures, technical documents and the owner's manual.

This article contains the following chapters

Born out of necessity
Design by Michelotti
Good ideas
Driving safety written in capital letters
From standard to triumph
Fine-tuning necessary
Many positive aspects
Correct driving
Continuous improvements and additions
Mature product
Fun behind the wheel
More for enthusiasts than speculators
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

A car for four people with a turning circle of 7.6 meters (a VW Golf today has 10.9 meters), compact dimensions, an unladen weight of just under 800 kg and almost unlimited all-round visibility - sounds like a fairy tale? Well, the Triumph Herald already offered these features in 1959 and was spot on. But the Herald was not as revolutionary as the Mini and perhaps that is why it fell into oblivion. At the beginning of 1957, the directors of the Standard Triumph Company met and decided to develop a spacious small car with a single-liter engine to succeed the Standard Eight and Ten models, which had become grey, especially in terms of design.

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