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Triumph Cars - The Complete Story: New Third Edition Hardcover – January 8, 2019

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Relating the story of Triumph cars is complex enough, but to include all the earlier events which persuaded Siegfried Bettman to begin car manufacture in 1923 is even more so. The two authors, however - both of them experts in all things Triumph, the cars, and the political events surrounding them - have assembled and presented an enthralling story of the way the car-making side of the business came to prosper, was then afflicted by financial problems, and then rescued from oblivion by Standard in 1944. Thereafter, Triumph once again became a prominent marque, eventually dominated Standard, and (from the 1960s onwards) became an important cast member in the melodramatic events which involved Leyland, BMC and eventually British Leyland.

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.
 
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Triumph Cars - The Complete Story: New Third Edition

What’s Inside

covering derivations, production factories, technical specifications, body sources production totals

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

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

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.

sporting automobile. In its lighter, open-bodied forms, it would be the first model

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.”

Super Seven

Mayflower

TR4

Stag

Jaguar and Standard-Triumph

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
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022
    Just 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, 2022
    very well written.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020
    I 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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  • jan
    4.0 out of 5 stars compleet verhaal
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on June 20, 2023
    leuke aanvulling op mn engelse autoboeken. iets wat droog hadden iets meer [kleuren] fotoos in gemogen maar voor de rest prima boek
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  • Jayne Marsay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Triumph cars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2023
    It was good
  • miguel
    4.0 out of 5 stars Triumph Cars - The Complete Story: New Third Edition
    Reviewed in Spain on September 24, 2021
    Bueno libro a percio justo.
    Servicio Amazon.es perfecto
  • Samuel Barnes-Winfield
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
    Reviewed in France on March 27, 2021
    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 Wf
    5.0 out of 5 stars nomen est omen - seems to be really complete
    Reviewed in Germany on January 8, 2020
    The most complete story of Triumph cars I've seen