Triumph, these are sports cars ...
07/23/2020
We all know the Triumph TR6 , perhaps the TR4, the Spitfire, the GT6 or the Stag. Younger people remember the wedge-shaped TR7 in particular, which appeared before the Triumph trademark was stuck on Honda models (Triumph Acclaim) and heralded the end of the brand. And these were not sports cars, as the Triumph brand was famous for sporty and affordable automobiles.
However, Triumph's history includes limousines with a more sedate and less sporty appearance much earlier, such as the Mayflower (pictured above) of the post-war period or the Renown Saloon of the 1950s.
So if a sports car brand suddenly starts building saloons or estate cars today, then you can certainly point to the past, where this has already happened in a similar way.
Coming back to Triumph, it should be noted that the Coventry plant initially mainly produced saloons, but sports cars such as the Dolomite, which was based on the Alfa Romeo 8C, were also produced before the war.
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