Triumph Mayflower

Triumph Mayflower (1949-1953)

The Triumph Mayflower was a car in the lower middle class, the Triumph Motor Company produced from 1949 to 1953.

The car was the first vehicle in the lower middle class, which was prepared under the direction of the new owner's Standard Motor Company. It was powered by a version of the side-valve four-cylinder inline engine from the prewar Model Standard Ten which had an aluminum cylinder head and a single Solex carburetor. The 1,247 cc, engine developed an output of 38 bhp (28 kW) at 4,200 min -1. The three-speed manual transmission with column shift came from the Standard Vanguard and was fully synchronized. The front wheels were individually suspended by coil springs and live rear axle on semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs, just as in the Vanguard. The front axle was later also used in Triumph TR2. All four wheels were hydraulically braked with Lockheed drum brakes.

1950 tested the British magazine The Motor a Mayflower and it became a top speed of 101 km / h determined and an acceleration of 0-100 km / h in 26.6 sec Fuel consumption was 9.98 l / 100 km. The test car cost £ 505 including VAT .. In the same year the same size Morris Minor was offered at a competitive price of £ 382.

The Mayflower was the famous Razor Edge styling of its big sister model, Renown, which imitated the look of luxurious Bentley and Rolls -Royce cars. It was hoped that this would help especially in the U.S. market. The car had a monocoque construction with steel plates and was spanned by Fischer and Ludlow Castle Bromwich in Birmingham. The styling had designed Leslie Moore, chief designer of Mulliner and Triumphs house designer Walter Belgrove.

In addition to the limousine emerged about ten convertibles and 150 pickups for Australia.

The styling, which fell to the director John Black of Standard, proved to be very worthy of discussion and polarized opinions. Although there are also many admirers, many also share the opinion of James May, columnist for Top Gear (Engine Magazine BBC ), who called the Mayflower, the most hideous car ever.

The Mayflower was an attempt to create a small car with luxury image, but he did not meet sales expectations. The next small car from Standard Triumph, the Standard Eight, came with very basic facilities and was designed for an entirely different group of buyers. Since the end of the Mayflower production in 1953 there were in Great Britain no small triumph over until the appearance of the Herald in 1959, when was also sold in some export countries of the Standard Eight as a triumph.

Diecast models

• Mikansue offered in the 1980s to a Mayflower.
• Lansdowne introduced in the last few years ago a model.
• Oxford Diecast 2008 produced a model of size 00