Triumph

1885: Siegfried Bettmann started selling Triumph bicycles.

1902: The company started selling motorbikes.

1923: Triumph launched its first car, the Triumph 10/20.

1930: Company renamed the Triumph Motor Co..

1939: Receivership, bought by Thomas Ward & Co..

1944: Triumph bought by the Standard Motor Co..

 

1953: Production of the Triumph TR2 sports car.

 

1955: TR3 production,

TR3

and later the "TR3A" and "TR3B". (Tilly Masterton drove a Triumph TR3 in Goldfinger, the James Bond novel.)

 

1961: Triumph bought by Leyland Motors, later British Leyland.

 

1961: TR4 production,

1962 TR4

and later the TR4A, 1964-1968.

 

1962-1980: Triumph Spitfire production.

 

1967: TR5 production.

1968: TR6 production.

 

1969(?) Spitfire (1962 - 1980)

 

1970-1977: Triumph Stag 2+2, 2997cc ohc V8.

1977 Stag

 

1974: TR7 production.

 

1978: TR8   ~ TR7 + V8,

1981 TR8

the Rover V8

See [Geo00] & [Rob05].