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Articles | History and culture
Spitfire. The world of hardtops
A roadster is bought to travel in open air, and then it often ends up covered with an hard top. I do not know if this is a contradiction, but as a matter of fact among the accessories for Triumphs, hardtops are at the foreground, with a great variety of models produced by so many small enterprises. Andrea, with this first contribution, introduce us to this interesting topic.
Articles | Technical and tuning
Triumph GT6R
This is the story of an ambitious project that the Competition Department of Triumph made to be able to offer its drivers a more powerful weapon for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Unfortunately, things went differently because of many reasons; an aborted project which left a halo of mystery that still fascinates the brand lovers.
Articles | History and culture
The birth of Triumph
If you drive a Triumph in a country other than the United Kingdom, you're used to hearing the weirdest questions about the origin of your car and, if the passerby has a bit of motoring culture, he will ask you for sure about the link with the homonymous and still existing motorcycle manufacturer. Sometimes the question also puzzled the enthusiasts because, if nearly everything is known about the sad end of the Triumph, it's not common to read something about its birth.
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 | Razor-edge style Saloon
Razor-edge style Saloon 2000 TDA Saloon
Nell’aprile del 1949 la 1800 Town and Country (TD) fu aggiornata nella meccanica: il motore di 1776 cc fu sostituito dalla più moderna unità di 2088 cc , identica a quella già adottata dalla contemporanea Standard Vanguard, mentre il cambio passava da quattro a tre marce, con quest’ultimo completamente sincronizzato. La 2000 TDA, come era stata rinominata, presentava poche modifiche estetiche rispetto al modello 1800, limitate alla posizione del tubo di scarico, ora portato sul lato del conducen...
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Documents | Press
Approfitta dell'incidente mortale e ruba 600 mila lire disseminate sull'asfalto (1966)
Articolo di cronaca uscito su l'Unità sabato 16 aprile 1966. Il conducente della Spitfire aveva appena ritirato un milione di lire in contanti dalla banca.