Triumph

The Sporting Cars

Plot

Triumph sports cars are regarded as classics of their time, for they represent the very best in a British tradition that was based on providing robust, straightforward engineering, vigorous performance and sporting looks at a low price. Today the open-topped Triumphs are valued as distinctive examples of the golden age of the British sporting car. Bill Piggotts Affectionate and expert account of their history describes their development and success and shows how they earned enduring popularity in all markets, and most particularly in the USA.The story of the post-war sporting Triumphs is told with the aid of more than 200 archive photographs, many of which have never been published before. They form a unique, chronological record of the sporting Triumphs, from Sir John Blacks 1800 Roadster of the 1940s to the last TR7s of 1981. The TR2 and TR3 sportscars with which the Standard-Triumph company really made its reputation are covered in detail. The TR series rapidly earned a reputation as true drivers cars, later carried on by the Spitfires and their derivatives. This volume also covers the Herald and Vitesse convertibles, and the British Leyland era of TR7s and TR8s, the controversial wedge-shaped sportscars of the mid to late 1970s.From the 1950s onward, sporting Triumphs built a formidable reputation in all kinds of competition, and this aspect of Triumph sports car history is thoroughly addressed, as is the actual factory process. Bill Piggotts book, his sixth on Triumph sportscars, will be entertaining and informative reading for all Triumph owner and enthusiasts. It represents a fascinating introduction to the sporting Triumphs for anyone with a general interest in motoring history.