Bryan,
The answer to your question explains a lot about Triumphs. First, you
didn't see many changes from year to year. This saved enormously on
retooling costs. It also explains why the were so often in financial
difficulty which led to their ultimate demise. Plus it has to be
considered that their most profitable years were long before the
Emissions and safety standards were in force. These government mandated
standards drove many auto manufacturers into bankruptcy.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Stinocher, Bryan D. wrote:
>
> I have a question for the list.
>
> I have a TR250. From what I have learned, Triumph only made roughly 8600 of
> them in a one year period. In looking at the TR6, it looks like they only
> made 10-15K per year. I'm not sure of the other models, but my question is
> this: I have worked in automotive for over 10 years, with Honda for 5.5 of
> those. Typical yearly production numbers are 250--400K, depending on model
> of Honda. Same for Toyota, except for niche cars, of course. But even those
> run at roughly 3--9K/month. If Triumph was only making that many cars a year
> (and North America was supposedly their largest market, if I remember
> correctly), how could they do it? Given the investment, wages, materials,
> etc., how did they do it? Or were they running other things besides the TRs
> at the same time?
>
> Just curious. Obviously they stayed afloat for a long time, but just
> professional curiousity.
>
> Thanks.
> Bryan
> bdstinocher@sewsus.com
> 502-782-7397 xt. 2284
> 68 TR 250 CD 5853 L
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