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Triumph’s missed supermini opportunity

Here’s an interesting one recently brought to my attention. AROnline Contributor David Harvey got in touch to remind us that it wasn’t just BMC that had missed the boat to replace the Mini and ADO16 with something resembling what we now know as a two-car

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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Views / Prototypes

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Bobcat - Dolomite's replacement could have saved Triumph?

You know the drill – the company’s products were often controversial, but it’s the cars that weren’t made that are truly interesting. I mean, here’s one worthy of conversation – the Triumph Bobcat.

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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC / 1500 1500/1500TC / Dolomite Sprint

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Prototypes

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The story of Dixie

The story of the Herald Coupe 596 DXX begins in 1962 and still continues, passing through three continents and three different owners. It begins with a woman much more independent than her times required and ends with the person who woman loved more.

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Models: Herald 948

Keywords: Travels

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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, startin

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Models: Italia 2000 Italia 2000 / Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4

Keywords: Alick Dick / Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Le Mans / Sabrina / Salvatore Ruffino / Walter Belgrove

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