Is it true also that Triumphs were the first with dashboard
ventilation and with
'Surrey' tops later reinvented by Porsche as 'targa' tops ?
(both on TR4s) or were they just the first in the UK ?
Brian Johnson (1963 TR4)
jonmac wrote:
>
> Someone wrote:
>
> How can we expect car critics to be any different even
> though Triumphs have
> a couple of firsts (front disc brakes on a production car,
> the wedge shape on
> an affordable sports car 'if you exclude high priced exotic
> sports cars').
> <==I've read that stuff somewhere (VTR, posts, ect.)
>
> At least three other firsts spring to mind - by dredging the
> memory banks I might come up with more.
>
> First British manufacturer to standardise fuel injection on
> two individual models - 2.5PI saloon and TR5 in 1967
> First British manufacturer to offer independent suspension
> on all four wheels across the whole product range by the
> mid-1960's
> First British manufacturer (possibly first in the world?) to
> mass produce a 16 valve engine - Dolomite Sprint
>
> Jonmac
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