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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...
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Articles | History and culture
Triumph TRX, a challenge beyond the limits
There are cars for which pictures tell more than thousands of words. Triumph TRX is one of those. A line so perfect not to require any chrome embellishment. A car too much in advance for her times, too complex to build but that remains a demonstration of the capabilities of Standard and its chief designer, Walter Belgrove.
Articles | History and culture
Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A
If you replace a car’s body, a few years later replace its chassis, a few years after that replace the engine, and finally replace the body again, is it still the same car? In this article we begin our look at the curious evolution of the TR line, starting with the 1961-1967 Triumph TR4 and TR4A.
The English version of this article is available
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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 | Italia 2000
Italia 2000 Italia 2000
Nella seconda metà degli anni cinquanta l’importatore italiano della Triumph era la CESAC S.p.a. di Salvatore Ruffino con sede a Napoli. Nel 1957 Ruffino firmò un contratto con la “Standard Triumph” per potere acquistare i telai della Triumph TR3 completi di meccanica ed accessori al fine di realizzare il progetto di una propria coupé. La proposta fu favorevolmente accolta a Coventry sia perché la Casa inglese non disponeva di alcuna sportiva a carrozzeria chiusa sia per l’alta reputazione di c...
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Documents | Press
Triumph in the Geneva Rally (1965)
Advertising space on the June 18th 1965 issue of Autocar to celebrate the Spitfire's participation in the Geneva Rally. Thanks to Andrea Bracca for sharing it.