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Triumph Cars - The Complete Story: New Third Edition Hardcover – January 8, 2019
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Triumph Cars - The Complete Story, however, is not merely a turbulent trawl through the historical record, for both authors were also successful in locating the important characters whose efforts made it possible for Triumph to excite the world. Along the way, the career of cars as famous as the Glorias and Dolomites of the 1930s, the Heralds, Spitfires and TRs of the post-war years, and the headline-grabbing exploits in racing and rallying build up a story which no fictional writer could have created.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVeloce Publishing
- Publication dateJanuary 8, 2019
- Dimensions10 x 1 x 10 inches
- ISBN-101787112896
- ISBN-13978-1787112896
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Appendices
With an extensive set of five appendices – covering derivations, production factories, technical specifications, body sources, and production totals – you won’t need to go anywhere else for detailed coverage of the Triumph marque.
Archive Material and Photographs
This book is a fully illustrated account of the Triumph story, accompanied by a varied collection of 250 images that includes photographs – both colour and black-and-white – as well as model studies and factory documents.
New and Updated Edition
This third edition is a completely re-designed take on Triumph history. Containing meticulously researched material, images and data, it is an unrivalled volume, written by two highly qualified and respected authors.

Super Seven
“Even the most optimistic hands could not have known that the car they were about to spring would prove one of the most significant Triumphs of all time – the highest-selling model to that date, one destined to lay the foundation of Triumph’s future reputation as a hardy, rugged, sporting automobile. In its lighter, open-bodied forms, it would be the first model one can legitimately term a sports car. As such, it would be viewed historically as a very notable development and, in its class, one of the best – the Super Seven.”

Mayflower
“The Mayflower was singular – a car of great character, built by and for characters. Road tester Tom McCahill called it a slab-sided tobacco can, a geranium pot, a turnip. Those to whom it appealed nicknamed it the ‘Watch Charm Rolls,’ but others called it many worse things. Sir John Black, however, doted on the little dear, and at Standard-Triumph that was tantamount to automotive sainthood. Sir John got his come-uppance soon enough, when the Mayflower hit the American market: it sold by the half-dozen.”

TR4
“Although the Herald 1200 was the first new Triumph model announced after the traumas of the Leyland takeover, the TR4 was the first really new shape the world saw in the following months. Leyland had had time to make various reassuring statements about the company’s future, and there had been the encouraging display at Le Mans to add to the good name of Triumph’s sports cars. The new TR4 car got a very friendly reception from the world’s press, even if one wag noted it as ‘Alick Dick’s last Triumph’ (the managing director had been removed from office, very suddenly, only the week before).”

Stag
“The project got under way, with the code-name Stag. This, incidentally, was an out-of-the-blue choice, for the usual security reasons, but was liked so much from the directors right down to the people who would have to sell it that the name stuck. It is the only case we know of a Triumph code-name being carried through to the production cars.”

Super Seven

Mayflower

TR4

Stag

About the Authors
After a varied career in the automotive industry, including jobs at Jaguar and Standard-Triumph as well as international rallying, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Graham also commentates, presents and organises events of all types.
Richard Langworth (CBE) has been an automotive writer since he joined Automobile Quarterly as an associate. Since going freelance he’s written or co-authored more than 50 books and 2000 articles on automotive history. A veteran of the US Coast Guard, he has owned ten Triumphs – from Mayflowers to TRs. He and several friends also founded the Vintage Triumph Register.
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About the Author
After a varied career in the automotive industry, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, becoming involved in design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby, he became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961, and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark), but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time, he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry, in 1961, as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robson’s writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965 to 1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department, then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company, became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice', not only writing but commentating, presenting and organising events of all types.
Richard Langworth (CBE) has been an automotive writer since 1969, when he sent a freelance article to Automobile Quarterly, on the strength of which he joined AQ as associate and later senior editor. In 1975 he left, and has since written or co-authored more than fifty books and 2000 articles on automotive history. Richard is a graduate of Wagner College and a veteran of the US Coast Guard. He and his wife Barbara have owned ten Triumphs from a 1938 Dolomite to an assortment of Mayflowers, Renowns and TRs. In 1975, he and several friends founded the Vintage Triumph Register, thinking the time had come for a club devoted to every model motorcar Triumph ever built. Langworth’s other interest is Winston Churchill. In 1968 he founded what became The International Churchill Society, serving as president or chairman for ten years and editor of its journal, Finest Hour, for 35 years. In 2014 he joined Hillsdale College as senior fellow for The Churchill Project. The project sponsors educational programs and online courses, and is completing Churchill’s official biography, now 28 volumes, with three left to go. Richard has written or edited nine books on Churchill. The newest, in 2017, was Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Did and Said. In 2016 he melded his two interests in an article on Churchill’s cars for The Automobile. Richard has hosted 18 automotive or Churchill tours of England, Scotland, France and Australia, including the 1978 Triumph tour of Britain. In 1998, he was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty The Queen “for services to Anglo-American understanding and the memory of Sir Winston Churchill.”
Product details
- Publisher : Veloce Publishing; 3rd edition (January 8, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1787112896
- ISBN-13 : 978-1787112896
- Item Weight : 3.04 pounds
- Dimensions : 10 x 1 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,098,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #761 in Automotive Pictorial Books
- #1,495 in Automotive History (Books)
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022Just got this book and it appears to be extremely detailed, well researched and a refreshing read. I’m looking forward to indulging myself in all things Triumph!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2022very well written.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020I am not going to claim that I have read the entire book yet, I just got it last week. I read the preview (look inside) on the amazon site and when I got the book I paged through and read several select chapters that interested me the most. Then I turned back to the beginning and am reading it from start to finish in order.
It is not the most well written book, and it does jump from subject to subject, especially in the second half of the book. Also, there is some “complete history” omitted, with references to other books from the same publisher with more detailed descriptions of a topic. The TR7 section, for example, is abridged to sell you another book. Similar to dlc in a video game I suppose. Somewhat disappointing. They do this to a lesser extent for the other TR cars as well, but I guess I really didn’t expect the complete history of Triumph to be told in under 300 pages.
I can’t say enough that this is a good read. Some info you know, some you may not. All of it worthwhile and gathered together as a brief historical summary in a single volume. If you like Triumph cars and want to know more about them, this is a good and affordable starting point.
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janReviewed in the Netherlands on June 20, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars compleet verhaal
leuke aanvulling op mn engelse autoboeken. iets wat droog hadden iets meer [kleuren] fotoos in gemogen maar voor de rest prima boek
- Jayne MarsayReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Triumph cars
It was good
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miguelReviewed in Spain on September 24, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Triumph Cars - The Complete Story: New Third Edition
Bueno libro a percio justo.
Servicio Amazon.es perfecto
- Samuel Barnes-WinfieldReviewed in France on March 27, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for. A very comprehensive book about all Triumph cars. Plenty of colour photos. Amazingly interesting stories about each model. I am really into Triumph Heralds, more than any other model, but the stories about the other models are interesting and you will certainly learn something about your favourite Triumph car. Thank you.
- Rol WfReviewed in Germany on January 8, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars nomen est omen - seems to be really complete
The most complete story of Triumph cars I've seen