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Powering the Triumph Spitfire II is an overhead valve, 1.1 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 67 bhp (68 PS/50 kW) at 6000 rpm and 91 N·m (67 lb·ft/9.3 kgm) at 3750 rpm respectively.
- 2 seater convertible/cabriolet
- 1219 mm
- 1245 mm
- 2108 mm
The Triumph Spitfire is a British sports car manufactured over five production iterations between 1962 and 1980. Styled for Standard - Triumph in 1957 by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti, the Spitfire was introduced at the London Motor Show in 1962. [5] It was manufactured at the Standard-Triumph Canley works, with approximately 315,000 ...
Nov 5, 2018 · 5 Nov 2018. The Triumph Spitfire was launched in 1962, and aimed to compete with the Austin-Healey Sprite, but in the same year another rival also surfaced – the MGB. Thanks to its separate ...
- 1493cc, in-line four-cylinder OHV
- 71bhp @ 5500rpm
- Triumph Spitfire 1500
- 82lb ft @ 3000rpm
Triumph Spitfire II (1970) vs Triumph TR6 (1969) vs Triumph GT6 Mk III (1970) Mazda MX 5 Miata (NC1) 2.0 MZR 5-speed (2005) vs Triumph Spitfire II (1970) Porsche 924 5 Speed (1980) vs Mercedes Benz W124 Sedan 260 E (1989) vs Triumph Spitfire II (1970)
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- The Triumph Spitfire – An Introduction
- Triumph and The Blitz
- The Triumph Spitfire 4
- The Triumph Spitfire Mark II
- The Triumph Spitfire Mark III
- The Triumph Spitfire Mark IV
- The Triumph Spitfire 1500
- Conclusion
The paradoxical thing about the Triumph Spitfire is that it didn’t spit fire. The original Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraftwas powered by a huge supercharged Rolls-Royce V12 engine and was fitted with up to eight machine guns so that it truly did spit fire from engine exhausts and guns. The Triumph Spitfire sports car however had a diminutive ...
During the “Blitz” of 1940 the industrial city of Coventry had rather a lot of bombs dropped on it by the Nazi Luftwaffe in their efforts to bomb Britain into submission. Although this had worked quite well for the Nazis in other parts of Europe it didn’t in their efforts to conquer Britain: the pesky British just seemed to get more and more determ...
In getting the Bomb from prototype into production not many changes turned out to be necessary: the Triumph design team had achieved a great deal in the few months they’d had to develop the project and Giovanni Michelotti’s work was brilliant. This was in part due to the fact that the car could be built on a shortened and modestly modified producti...
The Mark 2 version of the Triumph Spitfire was introduced in 1965 and provided some relatively minor improvements over the original Spitfire 4, which was now often referred to as the “Mark 1”. The engine power was increased to 67 bhp @ 6,000 rpm and British models were treated to a diaphragm spring clutch while North American market models retained...
The Mark 3 was a major upgrade, the Spitfire was subject to some significant competition from its Austin-Healey and MG Midget rivals and it needed to pull some rabbits out of the hat to keep up with the opposition. The car also had to comply with new bumper height regulations and this was accomplished by a two fold strategy of raising the bumper on...
The Mark IV was a major revision of the Triumph Spitfire. The bodywork was redesigned by Giovanni Michelotti and among the changes the weld line on the top of the front wings/fenders was eliminated along with the chrome finisher strips that covered them. By this stage rather old school chrome headlight surrounds were removed and replaced by body co...
In 1972 Triumph rationalized production by using the US market 1,493cc engine in all markets, but only applying the emissions controls to the US market engines, and tuning up the engine for British and European markets thus creating the fastest Spitfire yet, other than the car’s fighter aircraft namesake of World War II. The car fitted with this ne...
The Triumph Spitfire was built to be a small, inexpensive fun machine and it delivered an elegant sufficiency of enjoyment of driving and exploring wherever you fancied going. It was a car that did not attempt to deliver the terrifying levels of raw performance of such cars as the AC Shelby Cobra, it wasn’t in the same price league, nor would those...
May 10, 2019 · Always slightly dearer than the MG, the Spitfire offered more space and refinement, even a wood-veneer dash on some models. It was progressively improved from the charming 1147cc Spitfire 4 and MkII to the livelier 1296cc MkIII. Michelotti’s clever MkIV restyle for the ’70s helped the car last to late 1980 with the long-stroke 1493cc unit ...
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Mar 15, 2022 · The Mark II/III era also coincided with the release of the GT6, a Spitfire coupe variant with six-cylinder power. The decision to market the Mark I as the “Spitfire 4” suggests that Triumph may already have planned a six-cylinder version as early as 1961, and indeed one would ultimately debut in 1965.
