Hmm, pretty vague article. And I can't say that concept resembles a Triumph
particularly -- it looks more like a Dodge Neon with a Cadillac grille. I'll
believe this when I see it. Thanks for posting it, though.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 10/17/07 11:06 AM, Aeseeyou@aol.com at Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
> In an almost Deja Vu rerun of what happened when the TR4 upstaged the MGB
> and British-Leyland released the TR7 (TR8) before a new MG could replace the
> tired MGB (A "Bonehead" move which virtually killed off any hope that B-L had
> of taking back the lucrative import car market here in the States, especially
> the sports cars that had dominated the market since right after WW2.
> The TR7's and TR8's were a horrible flops! The public didn't like the "wedge
> look" and never accepted them. They sounded a death knoll to the proud
> British car empire that had been on top for so many years!
> But now Triumph seems ready to return once again. And now it appears
> possible that it might even upstage the "floundering" Chinese built Nanjing
> MGTF.
> Why? Because the Triumph will be built and marketed by the Mega-wealthy PR
> powerhouse, BMW...Remember the impressive way that BMW "sold" the new Mini to
> the
> nostalgic and extremely loyal followers of the "old" Mini? BMW never
> skipped a beat. The same is possible if BMW does a just fraction of the PR
> work for
> the new Triumph that it did before they released the "new" Mini. And now you
> see the "new" Minis everywhere!
> Beside which, the new Triumph really looks great! In fact it looks like a
> 21st Century TR4 ...the little roadsters pedigree is undeniable! To read more
> go to:
> http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/210892/triumph.html
> Hey, I'd buy one! And if they're anywhere near as dependable as the BMW Mini
> the new Triumph should be a real threat to the Mazda MX5 or the Miata as the
> MX5 is known here in the Colonies. And if they use the BMW V-8 engine to
> power them.....Wow!
> Albert Escalante CCBCC-West Coast
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