Classic Car-Contact CCC Schwerpunkt Triumph TR2-6 & TVR

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Triumph TR2-6

The Triumph TR2 was presented in 1953.

It was an open two-seater with a two-liter four-cylinder engine, which

90 hp. The TR2 remained in the range of the Coventry-based company Triumph until 1956.

It was then replaced by the TR3 with a modified grille. The TR3 was powered by the same engine, whose power was increased to

95 and later increased to 100 hp.

The newly modified grille on the new TR3A extended across the entire width of the body, the headlights were recessed deeper into the front section and the doors received handles and, for the first time, locks.

The next model change came in 1961. Triumph introduced the

Michelotti presented a completely newly designed TR4, which had a four-cylinder engine enlarged to 2.1 liters and still produced 100 hp.

A little more comfort was only offered in the TR4A IRS from 1965 onwards.

Instead of the previous rigid rear axle, it featured independent semi-trailing arm suspension. Another concession to comfort was a convertible top that could be operated from the inside, instead of the somewhat old-fashioned roadster tent.

As the performance of the old four-cylinder engine became less and less sufficient for sportier demands over the years, the TR4A received a new 2.5-liter six-cylinder engine with Lucas petrol injection two years later and was called TR5PI (Petrol Injection) from then on.

This six-cylinder engine produced 143 hp and helped the TR5 reach a top speed of over 190 km/h.

After just one and a half years - in December 1968 - it was replaced by the TR6 with unchanged mechanics, but with a stylistically streamlined body by Karmann in Osnabrück.

The TR6PI, whose engine power was later reduced to 123 hp due to emissions regulations and to 98 hp as a US carburetor, was the last open two-seater in the TR series.

The last TR6 rolled off the production line in 1976.

T VR

In 1947, Trevor Wilkinson assembled a home-made special vehicle—the very first TVR. This fascinating brand later became Britain's largest independent sports car manufacturer for several years.

Who would have thought back in the late 1980s that TVR would one day build an affordable supercar with a top speed of 180 mph - the Cerbera with its own bespoke V8 engine?

That the formerly Blackpool-based company survived this long is nothing short of a miracle. However, in 2006, production ceased, and TVR finally became a legend. In its first 15 years of existence, TVR went bankrupt three times before finally closing down, and in the mid-1970s, a factory fire nearly brought the company to a complete halt.

The early cars were rough, but they were fast.

At the time of the Grantura Mk III they were also easy to drive.

Larger V6 and V8 engines gave cars a real hooligan appeal in the 1960s and 1970s, with models like the Tuscan V6, the 3000M Turbo and the Taimar Turbo, and most notably the Griffith/Tuscan V8.

In the early 1980s, there was the extravagant wedge-shaped 350i with a Rover V8 engine, which signaled a step into the upper sports car class.

Later, the Griffith 500 and Chimaera 500 followed, featuring Rover V8 engines and special TVR cylinder heads. The Sagaris, with TVR's proprietary Speed Six 6-cylinder engine, rounded off the model generations.

The 60-year-long bloodline from the Grantura to the Sagaris is strong and genuine: if you compare these cars with fiberglass bodies

and space-frame chassis, you can see their relationship, even though six decades have passed.