I was lucky enough to drive both a standard V8 engine and Essex V6 Stag back in the seventies. Looking back now I remember thinking the V8 was best because of that incredible V8 burble and because it was quicker than its V6 counterpart. However, Triumph’s V8 had a few […]
Initially, the Dolomite was introduced with a new 1850 engine and was the sole Dolomite in the saloon car range. However, in 1973 rationalization of Triumph’s saloon model lineup brought about the use of the Dolomite name with other models including the Triumph1300, 1300TC and 1500, 1500TC saloons. RATIONALISED MODEL […]
In basic terms Triumph created a sports coupe from its popular Triumph Spitfire sports car improving its performance by installing its 6 cylinder 2000 engine from the Triumph 2000. The Mark 1 produced 95 bhp followed by a Mark 2 and 3 version with 104 bhp. In their day the […]
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The Vauxhall Vectra never achieved best selling model status over its arch rival the Ford Mondeo. Between 2002 and 2010 the Vectra C, a sharper style of saloon and estate took the Vectra forward. Reasons given why the Vectra did not better the Ford fell mostly around it being unentertaining to […]
