The "Best" Triumphs

[JeffYoung]

Here we go:

1. Best Overall Performer: TR8, injected TR6
2. Quirkiest: GT6
3. Best Fun in the Sun: Spitfire
4. Best Saloon: Vitesse
5. Best "Classic" Triumph: TR4
6. Best Attempt at Killing the Company: 75-77 TR7

[Esprit]

I'll certainly agree with most of them

Best insult to British industry: Triumph Acclaim :P

[GavinPearson]

Best Triumph is the Dolomite Sprint.

If you need a convertible buy a TR6.

2.5 PI Estate useful if you want to carry stuff.

[Wacky Racer]

Best looking (imo) TR5.....

Worst looking.....TR7

Worst Engine.....Stag.

Best Saloon.....2.5pi

[ettore]

Best Triumph = Dolomite (the 8 cylinder one from the thirties)

[greig]

easily the best is the tr5! prettiest body but with the fuel injected silk-smooth straight six! add a set of anthracite minilites, a surrey top and squeeze a few extra horses out and bob is very much your mothers brother!

[T88CAN]

Best Saloon 2500 S Inca yellow black webasto roof man with o/d, the memories

[Esprit]

Bast Looking = Tie Between TR5 and TR7 Convertible TR5 for Archetypal sexy brit sportscar looks and TR7, because even though at the time it looked a bit odd, they still look like they're only 5 years old today.

Best Handling = TR7 ..... without a doubt (but I'm biased) :P

[yertis]

I'd have to agree the TR7 is best handling. TR4/5 look a bit pretty-boy for my taste. TR2-3 look ugly, as do the entire Herald/Vitesse series. Stag + TR6 equal first for looks IMO, followed by all the Spits, GT6 etc. 2000/2.5 saloons also look good. One for sale near here for a copuple of hundred, which I'm sore tempted to buy and do a "Retro" job on. But time is the enemy...

[JeffYoung]

And TR8 is clearly the best Triumph ever. A shame it didn't come along in 75 or so. Triumph might still be with us as a British equivalent of say Alfa or Maserati or something, with some ownership and cash from a larger brother.

V8...ac....roadster.....comfortable....luggage room for the weekend....I could have still competed with teh Miata in 90 when the roadster revival hit.

When sorted, and they are not hard to sort, these are reliable, quick, comfortable cars.

[bobble350]

JeffYoung said:

Triumph might still be with us as a British equivalent of say Alfa or Maserati

Alfa for the rust and Maserati for reliability?

[86turbo]

I never thought the TR7 was that ugly at all, especially as a convertible. Almost managed to get my hands on a project TR7 that belonged to a deceased uncle, until a crazy aunt decided to pay someone to restore it for her...

that said, the TR5 is best looking.
Dan

[littlered]

Mine is the best TR ever built! - Not the mostreliable but when running right one of the fastest real one ever put together.
Jon

[jellison]

I should have been logged in as myself when I said the below - its in bits at the moment (again) - looking for the 250bhp again - some where on the garage floor amongst all the bits!

[richardthestag]

If the TR7 was so ugly how come they sold so many of them!!

I reckon that they were a jem and all those TR owners that stuck their noses up at them missed a trick I'm afraid to say.

Best Triumph gotta be the Stag
Biggest missed opportunity in the UK Motor Industry = Stag
Car most in need further development = Stag
Biggest victim of union discontent in the 70's Triumph.

Sorry i'll shut up now.

R

[yertis]

Triumph most likely to overheat and warp it's heads = Stag

Lot's of potential, utterly betrayed.

[Wacky Racer]

richardthestag said:

If the TR7 was so ugly how come they sold so many of them!!

Well they sold a lot of Fiat Multiplas as well....



Still each to his own, it wouldn't do if we all liked the same thing.....

[Alfaguy]

Its the TR6 - no doubt about it. The 2000 saloon (final version) looked very classey too.

[antonyj]

yertis said:

Triumph most likely to overheat and warp it's heads = Stag Lot's of potential, utterly betrayed.

'till you realise its the rad blocked .......

[//j17]

antonyj said:

yertis said: Triumph most likely to overheat and warp it's heads = Stag Lot's of potential, utterly betrayed. 'till you realise its the rad blocked .......

...because the mechanics at the dealers were too full of them selves they didn't think it was necessary to actually follow the service step that told them to reverse flush the rad. at every service. "Well we have never had to do that on any other engines" would have been a fine attitude if some of those other engines had been alloy-head-on-cast-block engines...