I would like to see design cues from all the TR's.
The most important things to me are light weight, F/R a-arm suspensions like
the TVR 2500m, an engine with a lot of torque and the big brakes the BMW's
always have.
Tiger
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of R. Ashford Little II
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:03 PM
To: Triumph Email List; 6pack
Subject: What should the new Triumph look like?
OK, I know the introduction of a new Triumph may be just a rumor, but the
featured marque at this year's Euro Auto Festival
<http://www.euroautofestival.com/> in Spartanburg, SC is Triumph. In the
past BMW has used this occasion to introduce new vehicles when they featured
that marque i.e. MINI & the new Frigidaire Rolls-Royce. The current rumor
has the car being based on the MINI, but rwd. A new Triumph would have to
be rwd to be a Triumph, but I'm suspect of the changes that would have to be
made to the platform to transform it into a rwd car. Then again I'm not a
mechanical engineer nor do I play one on TV.
I'd like to see it based on the Z4, but look like a Triumph. in other words
attractive. Some reports have the car being modeled after the TR4. If it
is MINI-based then it will have a 4-cylinder engine for sure, but I'd like
to see either a TR3 looking car - no offense to you TR4 owners as I like
them very much - or a TR6 styled car with a 2.5l inline six. Of course if
they stuck the 3 liter motor in it then I would not be upset either. Hmm,
2.5 liters and 175 - 200 hp. Works for me!
If BMW called you and asked what you wanted the car to look like, what say
you?
R. Ashford Little II
'70 TR6, 73.5 911 <http://www.ralittle2.com/>
P.S. the plants are working full steam to produce enough MINI's for world
consumption, but the Spartanburg plant has production capacity since the
Z4's aren't exactly flying off the shelves, so I take that as a good sign
for my vote.
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