Triumph TR1

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TR1
Presentation year: 1952
Vehicle fair: Earls Court Motor Show 1952
Class : Sports car
Body shape : Roadster
Engine: Otto engine :
2.0 liters (55 kW)
Length: 3581 mm
Width: 1409 mm
Height: 1295 mm
Wheelbase: 2235 mm
Empty weight: 775 kg
Production model: Triumph TR2

The Triumph TR1 was a prototype of the British automaker Triumph presented in 1952 at the Earls Court Motor Show in London . Only one example was built of the Roadster, first named the 20TS. The listed price was £ 555. It served as the basis of the Triumph TR2

The prototype was assembled from components from other vehicles. The engine came from the standard Vanguard , the suspension from the Triumph Mayflower and the chassis from the Flying Nine. The body design came from the Englishman Walter Belgrove.

The prototype never went into series production, but was further developed into the TR2 . It is now believed that the vehicle no longer exists and that parts of it were used in the construction of the prototype of the TR2.

Problems arose while driving due to the poor handling. The low top speed of 130 km / h also disappointed those interested. The British test and racing driver Ken Richardson called it a death trap . Richardson later took over the development of the successor type TR2.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.swisstrclub.ch
  2. ^ Graham Robson: The Story of Triumph Sports Cars , 1972 Motor Racing Publications, London, ISBN 0-900549-23-8