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Articles | History and culture
Macao Spitfire
An unique car for an unique race. This "barchetta" Spitfire was made for the dramatic Macao race in 1965. The crazy ideas from the Triumph Competition Department.
Articles | History and culture
When Turin was the automobile capital
Turin, Autumn 1962, 44° International Automobile Show. It is an important event for Triumph who has three bets to be win with three important news: the new distributor for Italy, Ducati Meccanica, the new Spitfire and the new Vitesse. In this article unpublished photographs of the Triumph stand in this event are given.
Articles | History and culture
Captains Courageous: Salvatore Ruffino and his Italia
When in November 1944 Sir John Black bought the ruins of Triumph, he had a dream: he wanted to use the brand “Triumph” to compete with his friend William Lyons, the owner of SS Cars Ltd ( later to become Jaguar ) to whom the “Standard Motor Company” had been a long time engines supplier. In 1958 when Salvatore Ruffino decided to build his coupe, Edmonds, the representative of Standard in Italy, thought that the dream of Sir John Black (who had since left the Standard ) could find be fulfilled. H...
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Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire e GT6
If you're Italian, one problem when looking for Triumph literature is the difficulty to get any in your language. If you're not confident with English, there are really few books that may help you and this, written by Eros talking about the "sister" Spitfire and GT6, is one of them.
Models | Roadster
Roadster TR7 Sprint
Questo modello era destinato a rappresentare la base ideale per le competizioni; dotato del motore a 16 valvole della Triumph Dolomite Sprint, doveva essere l'emblema della Triumph Competition per la nuova sfida nel mondo del motosport. Il suo motore aveva dimostrato ampiamente di poter reggere potenze di oltre 150 cv e il connubbio con l'autotelaio della TR7 coupè avrebbe potuto dare i risultati sperati. Purtroppo nel 1977, presso lo stabilimento di Speke, dove erano stati approntati i circa 60...
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Documents | Sales brochures
Triumph Spitfire Mk3 (1969)
The most powerful Spitfire introduced to the Italian audience.
