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

Triumph Dolomite, the winner that never was
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.
The English version of this article is available (more)
Articles | Travels

Adriatica 2015, from France to Dubrovnik
36 classic cars, 70 people, 3000 km, 13 days: these are the numbers of the annual trip organized by the French magazine Gazoline which this year went through Northern Italy aiming to Dubrovnik. Images, anecdotes... and mechanical faults told by one of the partecipants.
Books | History

Vignale con Michelotti Designer
The collaboration between Alfredo Vignale and Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most productive of the Italian car history both in quantity and quality. This book summarizes their story and work.
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... (more)
Documents | Manuals

Libretto Uso e Manutenzione Spitfire 4 (1963)
The user manual of the Spitfire 4.