Triumph
UK · Founded 1885
British sports car heritage spanning cars and motorcycles. Triumph built some of the most characterful machines to ever drip oil on a garage floor.
Heritage
Triumph started as a bicycle company, moved to motorcycles, then cars. The car division gave us the TR series — proper sports cars with more power than MG and more style than Austin-Healey. The Bonneville motorcycle became an icon that defined British twins. The brand collapsed under British Leyland mismanagement, but the machines they built remain objects of desire. When people say 'British sports car,' they're often picturing a Triumph.
Triumph Vehicles (2)
1969 Triumph Bonneville T120
The Bonneville defined what a motorcycle should look like for two decades. Launched in 1959 after Johnny Allen set speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, the T120 became the template for the cafe racer movement. Steve McQueen rode one. Countless movies featured them. The parallel twin has a character that inline fours can't match — a mechanical heartbeat that resonates at every RPM. This is the motorcycle that British motorcycling's reputation was built on.
1974 Triumph TR6
The TR6 is the hairy-chested British sports car. Where the MGB was friendly and approachable, the TR6 was muscular and aggressive. The inline-six engine delivered real power. The Karmann-designed body looked like someone had chiseled it from anger. This was the TR for people who wanted more than the MGB could offer — more power, more presence, more drama. The TR6 was the last of the proper TRs before the wedge-shaped TR7 killed the brand's credibility.