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Articles | History and culture
1955, Triumph at Le Mans
On Sunday 10 November 2019, Jonathan Humbert - expert auctioneer of Silverstone Auctions - beat the hammer on the table and set a sales record with a figure never reached before by a Triumph: it was in fact a truly special TR2.
Articles | History and culture
A treasure hunt!
In the mid-70s British Leyland commissioned the creation of a Spitfire sales brochure to be set in Italy. The result is a fine example of advertising that left some unanswered questions and the opportunity for a treasure hunt in the Tuscan hills.
Articles | History and culture
Renato Verzaro, seductive lines
I've met Renato Verzato during at a classi car show, he was drawing some of the cars around him. I've always been more fascinated by the clean lines in a pencil sketch than by the brush strokes, so I stood for a while looking at him. This is a brief interview which let us know bettere the author behind ink and colors.
Books | History
Trauma at Triumph
The Herald was a milestone in the hostory of Standard Triumph, both for the importance of the model itself and because it gave birth to the Spitfire and GT6 family. This book tells its exciting genesis, from the first meeting with Giovanni Michelotti to the company troubles of that era.
Models | Vitesse
Vitesse 2 Litre e MK2
Nell'ottobre del 1966 la Vitesse 1600 venne aggiornata nella motorizzazione adottando l'unità di 1998 cc della Triumph 2000 e dando origine alla versione "2 Litre" esteticamente identica al precedente modello. Nel settembre del 1968 la Triumph presentò la versione "Mark 2" che adottava l'unità motrice della GT6 MK2 da 104 bhp grazie alla quale si otteneva un miglioramento nei tempi di accelerazione da 0–60 mph che diminuivano a 11 secondi e un aumento della velocità di punta che ora superava i...
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Documents | Sales brochures
Triumph Vitesse (1963)
Italian brochure of the first version of the Triumph sports sedan.
