Triumph 1300

The Triumph 1300 was a car of the lower middle class, which was manufactured by the British car manufacturer Triumph of the beginning of 1965 until the spring of 1970.

The technique

Triumph responded as one of the first manufacturers on the innovative Morris 1100, which set new standards in 1962 in the lower middle class with its appearance. All competing models, introduced in 1959 Triumph Herald also looked in comparison to the new Morris pretty old. Triumph took up the challenge and developed his own front-wheel drive car that was presented in 1965. He had a 1300 cc engine with 61 hp large (45 kW) and a body, which was 3.94 m long. However, the motor was in contrast to the Morris 1100 longitudinally installed. Also, the car had become quite expensive, so the Herald, other than originally intended, had to be built as an inexpensive entry-level model.

The model development

There was the 1300 only as four-door notchback sedan. A two-door coupe and a station wagon, there was only the Herald.

In spring 1967, the program was extended to the 1300 TC, the (56 kW) made ​​with unchanged engine capacity 76 hp. A year later triumph was merged with the BMC trademarks of British Leyland Motor Corporation, so that the triumph of 1300 was now the in-house competition to the Austin / Morris 1300.

To delineate the Triumph models more, the 1300 was replaced by the Triumph Toledo in 1970. He used the same, only slightly updated bodywork and the same engines, but he had been converted to rear wheel drive. In retrospect, that was a decision that meant a technical step backwards.

From Triumph 1300 a total of 148 350 units were built in five years, of which 113 008 normal 35 342 1300 and from 1300 TC.