Triumph Stag

The Triumph Stag is a luxury sports car of the British car manufacturer Triumph. Between 1970 and 1977, 25,877 copies were built. The design of the four -seater convertible comes from Giovanni Michelotti, surcharge a hardtop was available.

History

With the Triumph Stag targeted the upper class, he should be the Mercedes -Benz SL to compete. After the show in 1970, however, was spreading disillusionment. Shortly after delivery showed motor problems. The time therefore counted the Stag one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time. This and other problems prevented a production on a larger scale. By comparison, the Triumph TR6 sold 1968-1976 than 91,000 times.

Beginning of the seventies of the Stag has been widely used in the film. So the car was used in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. That same year, Dustin Hoffman drove a white stag in Who sows violence, in which the appearance considerably lasted longer than the James Bond film. In Dracula Mini Girls hunts of 1972, the Stag by Alucard was driven, the helper Dracula.

Due to the very low production number of the Stag is a prized classic car today. For most of the shortcomings of yesteryear solutions have been developed by various fan clubs. The retention rate is enormous: around 35-40 %, that is, just under 9,000 copies, the years have passed. The Stag Owners Club applies with its approximately 5,000 members as the biggest club in the world for a single model. This allows a very good spare parts situation. Even the Achilles heel of the Stag - its cylinder heads - or large sheet metal parts (eg rear side wall ) are now reproduced in the original specification.

Motor

The Stag had a 90 ° V8 engine with 2997 cc capacity. This developed an output of 145 bhp (146 PS / 108 kW ) at 5500 rpm and a torque of 230 Nm at 3500 rpm