Saturday 21 May 2011

Triumph Stag: Some People Do Not Like It Hot

What was that? 1971-1973 Triumph Stag.

What was the point? In early 1970, Triumph has tried to move upmarket from his Spitfire and TR series and compete with Mercedes-Benz. Like the Mercedes SL, the deer was a convertible with a removable hardtop V-8 engine, although the level of technique and quality of its assembly has been much worse.

Labor Pains At that time, the British sports car manufacturer in the understanding of British Leyland, a business associate best known for producing labor disputes than cars. Stag's problems included his 3-liter V-8 Triumph, a virtual hand grenade, which regularly overheated and failed little timing chain. Get Deer found with the original motors.

WHAT IS THIS NOTICE Triumph ad describes the engine as "a big V-8 good", while in reality it was half the size of a V-8 Detroit at the time. There was much that was good.

What the critics said that in a test of 1971, noted Road & Track, the similarities between Mercedes and Triumph over when they tried to use the car. "At Stag, nothing works quite right, the magazine reported, noting that the test car had so many examples of poor design and installation of poor quality," to list them all would be to insist on that the actual quality collection has not been one of the Stag's unique characteristics. "

What is it worth? Males are more popular in Britain, where he has been an enhanced version sold for several years after the vehicle was removed from the U.S. market, flooded with warranty claims. In 2004, sold for $ 31,000 at auction in London. The best examples are the United States usually about half.

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