Triumph 2.5 P.I.
A tremendous new move in the power game
1968 Advertising
No, this is not a Triumph Stag (1970-1977), but it looks practically the same from the front and it does not have 8 cylinders, but only a 6-cylinder engine! Instead, it has an elegant design by Giovanni Michelotti, which makes even a dull estate car look sporty. What may not be immediately obvious is that the Mark II estate is 125 mm shorter than the saloon, as the rear part of its body was taken over from the Mark I without modification. The base model, however, was still the Triumph 2000, but the 2500 TC and the 2.5 PI were more powerful, with 134 bhp of engine power instead of just 122 bhp from the inline 6-cylinder. The much better torque and some more power of this engine came from the Triumph TR5 sports car (1967-1968). This engine was throttled down from 152 bhp in the TR 5 to 134 bhp and as if reborn, the PI was created, which was still 175 km/h fast in contrast to its smaller brother Triumph 2000 which only ran at 160 km/h. So it was that the Triumph 2500TC and Triumph 2.5 PI versions were the stars among customers at launch. And with almost 50,000 PI and 32,492 TC sold, that was quite a statement!
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…
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Germany
Germany
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