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 In this article unpublished photographs of the Triumph stand in this event are given.

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Models: Herald 1200 e 12/50 / Spitfire 4 / Vitesse 1600

Keywords: Ducati Meccanica / Auto show

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Articles | History and culture

Spitfire, a star is born

There are stories so much at the border between reality and imagination, to be mistaken for the work of a novelist. The story of the birth of the Spitfire told in this article can look so, but it is a totally true story.

This document is written in Italian, you can have a hint about its content by using Google Translator and loading the PDF file. If you'd like to have a proper translation in English write to redazione@triumphinitaly.it and we'll do our best to do it.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.

Models: Spitfire 4

Keywords: Alick Dick / Arthur Ballard / Canley / Donald Stokes / Earls Court / Fred Nicklin / George Turnbull / Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Auto show / Stanley Markland

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Articles | Events

32° Auto e Moto d'Epoca

This was a record edition for the most important classic car show in Italy. Triumph in Italy was there and tells you about it with words and pictures in this article.

This document is written in Italian, you can have a hint about its content by using Google Translator and loading the PDF file. If you'd like to have a proper translation in English write to redazione@triumphinitaly.it and we'll do our best to do it.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.

Models: All

Keywords: Auto show

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Articles | History and culture

Six appeal: Triumph GT6, born under the sign of Venus

"Standing still the GT6 looks beautyful, but impatient for the off". These words have been copied from the Triumph GT6 brochure and they summarize what this car has been and today continues to be: a beautiful car worthy of being called Gran Turismo. In Italy, for many reasons, the GT6 had not spread and today it's therefore a rare car, although most known and desired than during past time. At a distance of fifty years his line still arouses admiration and could not be otherwise since it was born from the pencil of Giovanni Michelotti, one of the greatest designers of all time. In this article we wrote the story of this beautiful car about which there is still much to discover.


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Models: GT6 MKI / GT6 MKII / GT6 MKIII

Keywords: Earls Court / Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Kas Kastner / Auto show

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