The Triumph Stag development story is a tragic missed opportunity – it had everything: looks, power, a soundtrack to die for and a market niche all to itself. Yet it died after a short production run, and drove many of its first owners to distraction. The Stag was BL’s nearly car – it nearly had the armoury to take over the world, had it not been for that fragile engine.
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Models: 2000/2500 MK1 / Stag Mk1/Mk2
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Le Mans / Spen King
The Triumph Dolomite development story – it started life as an upscale and technically interesting small saloon, but the Triumph 1300/Toledo/Dolomite ended up evolving in many fascinating and quite innovative ways. In this article we tell the story of this sports saloon which should have been the making of Triumph – but, instead, it ended up being left in production too long, and unreplaced. A sad end for a car with such obvious potential.
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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC / 1500 1500/1500TC / Dolomite Sprint
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Spen King
Keith Adams gives the Internet’s most detailed account of the Triumph SD2. What it should have looked like, what lay under the skin and, ultimately, why it was cancelled so late in its design programme.
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Models: Dolomite Sprint / Stag Mk1/Mk2
Keywords: Malcom Harbor / Prototypes / Spen King
The original targa-topped Triumph Bullet and its fastback Lynx cousin were originally conceived to replace the GT6 and TR6 – it was a long-running project. However, internal post-BLMC merger politics got in the way, and it made way for the altogether more avant-garde looking Harris Mann-styled TR7.
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Models: GT6 MKI / GT6 MKII / GT6 MKIII / Roadster TR6 / Roadster TR7 / Stag Mk1/Mk2
Keywords: Canley / Donald Stokes / Giovanni Michelotti / Prototypes / Spen King