Jalopnik: Triumph

Firefighters Save Classic Cars From Blaze

Raphael Orlove — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST

A fire at a box and supply store in Ohio last night quickly spread to a car collision repair shop next door that also stores vintage automobiles. Firefighters and workers at the garage rushed to save the cars from the intense fire. More »

This is what a high-speed track day rollover looks like from a driver's perspective

Tom Joslin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST

You never know when something is going to go wrong on a racetrack, but when it does you quickly begin to appreciate the importance of good safety equipment. We imagine the driver of this 1972 Triumph Spitfire would be among the first to agree with this sentiment. More »

Proof used sports car dealerships were an amazing place to be in the early 1960s

Tom Joslin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST

If you were looking for a sports car in the early 1960s it appears Coyle-Hampton Motors in El Cerrito, Ca wouldn't have been a bad place to start. We can't find one item on their lot that wasn't a little bit interesting or exotic even when it was a used car. More »

Chase women through parking lots in the 1971 Triumph TR6

Tom Joslin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

According to the smarmy Triumph driver in this vintage advertisement a 1971 TR6 was practical for all sorts of reasons. More »

For $10,900, be TR8-orous

graverobber — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EDT

Upon its introduction, Triumph's TR7 was touted as the shape of things to come. In reality, things to come included third-world build quality and eventually shuttered factories. The company's V8 edition did prove a fitting finale however, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe TR8 could be the shape coming to your driveway, if its price proves nice. More »

Blastolene inspired custom Triumph Mayflower on Ebay

Tom Joslin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:00:00 EDT

This car may have started life as a 1953 Triumph Mayflower, but after being heavily modified there aren't many clues to the car's humble English beginnings. These days it's named Ruby and it doesn't look like a humble Triumph, or really any other car we've ever seen. More »

1975 Triumph Spitfire is ideal for escaping disgruntled boyfriends

Tom Joslin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EDT

To show the acceleration and braking abilities of their 1975 Spitfire, Triumph decided to put the car in a scenario they thought potential customers could relate to—screeching to a halt at the sight of an attractive female and then quickly accelerating away from said female's disgruntled boyfriend. More »

For $16,300, hello dolly

graverobber — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:00:00 EDT

At 7,382 feet, the Pordoi Pass is this highest road in Italy's Dolomite mountain range. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Triumph Dolomite is set up for the track rather than the road, but would you have to be high to pay its asking price? More »

Triumph TR4A is the “McCoy”

Tom Joslin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST

As this vintage Triumph ad points out, bucket seats and flashy wheels are as close to a real sports car as some people ever get. Not so with the Triumph TR4A, it lets you know what a real sports car is all about. More »

1965 Triumph TR4A

Tom Joslin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1965 Triumph TR4A. More »

Triumph Tiger: Strike!

Ray Wert — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:15:00 EDT

Looks like the California Air Resources Board is good for at least one thing — outing the new Triumph Tiger. [Hell For Leather] More »

1980: The TR7 Convertible Is One of the Last Remaining Bargains!

Murilee Martin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Even though the Triumph slant-four engine proved quite reliable after SAAB tinkered with it for a few decades, British Leyland never quite found the magic formula to make the TR7 hold together as well as the SAAB 99. More »

Spitfire-Driving Beach Stalker Thwarted By Victim's Boyfriend, British Leyland Workers Hit Picket Lines

Murilee Martin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Do you see any problem with roaring down the beach at high speed, locking up the brakes when you see a sexy Malaise Era bike rider? If not, British Leyland has the car for you! More »

British Leyland Malaise Hangs Heavy Over This Junkyard

Murilee Martin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Though I've moved to Colorado, I've still got some California junkyard photos to share. How about two Triumph TR7s at the same yard? I feel like going on strike against British Leyland now! More »

What Would Hefner Drive? Malaise Era Car Ads From the Pages of Playboy

Murilee Martin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EDT

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The Baksheesh Table at the Detroit Irony 24 Hours of LeMons was fairly groaning under the weight of all the beer bribes— they love their beer in Michigan— but one team mixed it up with a December 1977 Playboy More »

PCH, By The Time I Get To Arizona Edition: NSU, Glas, Triumph, or Benz?

Murilee Martin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You say picking one of two choices hurts your brain? Fine! We'll give you four choices today! More »

At 80 Years Old, Steve McQueen is Still Cooler Than You

Sam Smith — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:45:00 EDT

Terrence Steven McQueen was born eighty years ago today. Three decades after his death, the King of Cool has lost none of his luster. This one goes out to him, Peggy Moffitt, and a certain Ferrari Lusso. More »

It's All In The Company You Keep

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:40:00 EST

Motoring can be solitude, but one of the joys of traveling is sharing the journey with others. Don't you agree? [via BurstSauseges] More »

LeMons Torture Test Results: British Cars

Murilee Martin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:00:00 EST

Most of us will look at these admittedly godawful numbers for the Triumphs, Jaguars, and MGs we've seen in LeMons races and back away in horror… but your true British car aficionado will see those numbers as a challenge! More Spitfires! More Rover 3500s! More Humber Sceptres! More »

For $5,000, Park the Herald, Angels Sing... !

graverobber — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

For many British cars of the 1960s, if it still runs today, it's a triumph. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a running Triumph that may be a herald of top-down driving to come. More »

Triumph GT6 Avoids British Leyland Era, Now Done With This World

Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:00:00 EST

British Leyland, the "Government Motors" of Malaise Era Britain, began its life in 1968, so this '67 GT6 managed to avoid the BL stigma. More »

More British Leyland Carnage: Spinout-Happy TR7 T-Boned By V8olvo

Murilee Martin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

The guys driving the V8-powered Volvo 244 were hoping to follow up their victory at Buttonwillow with another this weekend, but the Buick V6-powered Wedginator Triumph has made that goal much, much harder to reach. More »

Triumph Spitfire Down On The Seattle Street

Murilee Martin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Let's admire a few more DOTSBE cars today, shall we? More »

And The REAL Winner Is...

Murilee Martin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EDT

Sure, some folks will get all excited about some BMW or other, but the real LeMons cognoscenti know the Index Of Effuency is what matters. Congratulations, Black Knight Racing: It's Just A Flesh Wound! More »

Here's Why They Invented Engine Swaps: Buick-ized Triumph Stag

Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Remember this DOTSBE '72 Stag? It turns out that the execrable, 8,000-miles-between-rebuilds Triumph V8 has been replaced with the engine British Leyland should have installed in the first place: the Buick/Rover V8. More »

Triumph Rocket III Manufacturing Process With Heaping Load Of British Humour

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT

The Triumph Rocket III is a motorcycle with an engine bigger than some mid-size cars, but in this "documentary" we get a rare look at the manufacturing process. This explains so much about British bikes. More »

A Morning at the Classic Car Club of Manhattan

Peter Orosz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

On our way to drive the Ariel Atom at Lime Rock Park, we stopped by the Hudson Street headquarters of the Classic Car Club of Manhattan. At 6 AM on a Sunday, nobody was around—except the cars. More »

The Dilemma Facing British Car Shoppers In 1951: Alvis, Bristol, or Land Rover?

Murilee Martin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

The last round of print ads from old issues of Autocar was a lot of fun, so I've scanned another batch from 1951. We've got everything from the Rover 75 to the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn. More »

British Postwar Car Ads

Murilee Martin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Not long ago, one of the 24 Hours Of LeMons perpetrators gave me a big box of Autocar magazines from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Talk about your great British print car ads! More »

Project Car Hell, Triumph Of The Rust Edition: 1964 Herald or 1968 TR6?

Murilee Martin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EDT

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Who doesn't love a happy little Triumph? More »

Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Other Europeans

Murilee Martin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

As we continue to celebrate 450 cars photographed down on the Alameda, California street, we're going to follow up the Germans with the rest of the Europeans: Italy, France, Sweden, and the UK! More »

Engine Of The Day: Saab H

Murilee Martin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EDT

This Swedish inline-four debuted in 1981, but it was essentially a redesign of the 1972 Saab-Scania B engine, which itself was based on the- wait, can this be right?- Triumph Slant Four engine. More »

Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials

Murilee Martin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Some of you observant types might notice that British Leyland and the Rootes Group were totally separate corporations, but we ~~like to fill up tables~~ think their ads go together quite well! More »

Junkyard Jackpot: BMW 2002, Corolla GT-S, Triumph Spitfire

Murilee Martin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Just yards away from the now-much-picked-over junked Volvo Amazon, I stumbled across this incredible trifecta of junkyardy goodness at my local self-service yard. Three cars that each deserve the full Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™! More »

1972 Triumph Stag

Murilee Martin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a really rare one! More »

Triumph 10 Project Wagon Swaps In Corvette Engine

The Auto Insider — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:30:00 EDT

We've seen the venerable Corvette-sourced LS-series motor shoved into everything from a Miata, a Civic Hatchback, to custom one-off Italian super cars, but this particular bulldog swap just might take the triumphant cake. More »

What's The American Equivalent Of A Brown 1971 Triumph 2000 MkII?

Murilee Martin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Last month, James May bought his Significant Other a brown 1971 Triumph 2000 Saloon, because he appreciates "a proper girl in a terrible old car" and felt that she'd "see the cultural relevance of brown."
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Panel Gaps? What Panel Gaps?

Peter Orosz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EDT

London is not all Porsches and Ferraris driven by Russian mobsters. Walk down a side street and British motoring history emerges in the shape of a Triumph Herald. More »

Malaise-Era 1980 Triumph TR7 for $6,495!!!

graverobber — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Nebraska's flatter than the fourth grade. Which is good, because with a Triumph TR7, there inevitably comes a time when you may need to get out and push. More »

56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!

Murilee Martin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST

An Alfa Giuletta duking it out with a Volvo 544 on a 2,450-mile race across the Alps in 1958? Well, sometimes there are more important things than slaving for The Man on a Monday afternoon! More »