Standard Triumph (Eire)
| Standard Motor Company (Eire) Limited Standard-Triumph (Eire) Limited |
|
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1958 |
| resolution | 1969 |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| management | Brendan Reville |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Standard-Triumph (Eire) , previously Standard Motor Company (Eire) , was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The company was founded in Dublin in 1958 after the British Standard Motor Company took over McEntagart Bros. The assembly of automobiles continued. The parts came from Standard, Triumph , Peugeot and Rover .
On January 1, 1970, British Leyland Ireland was established for the Rover and Triumph brands. This was the successor company.
vehicles
Only the Standard Ten from the period up to 1959 has survived.
The Standard Pennant was offered as the Triumph Pennant in 1958. The Triumph Herald was assembled from 1959 to 1971.
The Peugeot 403 was assembled for Peugeot (Ireland) from 1958 to 1961 .
Rover originated from around 1959 to 1975. Rover P4 as Rover 80 and Land Rover are named .
Production numbers
In 1958, 120 Peugeot were assembled and 180 in the following year. In 1959 and 1960 there were 240 each. In total, that's 780. The number of registrations is lower, however.
Below are the registration numbers in Ireland for Standard, Triumph, Peugeot and Rover vehicles from the years Standard-Triumph (Eire) assembled them. The figures for the first year also include the assemblies by McEntagart Motors, as splitting is not possible within one year.
| year | default | triumph | Peugeot | rover | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 545 | 65 | 124 | 734 | |
| 1959 | 482 | 226 | 110 | 42 | 860 |
| 1960 | 101 | 541 | 163 | 57 | 862 |
| 1961 | 83 | 576 | 186 | 37 | 882 |
| 1962 | 47 | 621 | 50 | 718 | |
| 1963 | not known | not known | not known | not known | |
| 1964 | 900 | not known | 900 | ||
| 1965 | 1.102 | 48 | 1,150 | ||
| 1966 | 1,301 | 76 | 1,377 | ||
| 1967 | 1,330 | 124 | 1,454 | ||
| 1968 | 1,709 | 264 | 1,973 | ||
| 1969 | 1,528 | 331 | 1,859 | ||
| total | 1,258 | 9,899 | 583 | 1,029 | 12,769 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ↑ Andrew Ryan: Around the world: Minis in Ireland , December 19, 2019 (accessed December 21, 2019)
- ^ Press release from British Leyland Ireland (accessed December 21, 2019)
