Triumph Vitesse 6
How stylish is this? One of the Triumph stable - this the Vitesse 6 model with the convertable roof no less and still looking very smart despite my mental connotations of this model really being a few miles south of here and with the late great Thora Hird dumped in the passenger seat!
By the time this car was constructed Triumphs, a company that had been merged with Standard Motors in 1944 having been formed in Coventry as a pedal bike company in 1885, was part of Leyland Motors - indeed possibly just about the time they merged with BMC in 1968 to form British Leyland. The Vitesse, launched in 1962, was based on the successful Herald model introduced in 1959 and both were styled by Giovanni Michelotti. This was seen parked up in Otley, West Yorkshire, on a fine September day and is obviously much loved and well cared for.
Triumph Vitesse 6
How stylish is this? One of the Triumph stable - this the Vitesse 6 model with the convertable roof no less and still looking very smart despite my mental connotations of this model really being a few miles south of here and with the late great Thora Hird dumped in the passenger seat!
By the time this car was constructed Triumphs, a company that had been merged with Standard Motors in 1944 having been formed in Coventry as a pedal bike company in 1885, was part of Leyland Motors - indeed possibly just about the time they merged with BMC in 1968 to form British Leyland. The Vitesse, launched in 1962, was based on the successful Herald model introduced in 1959 and both were styled by Giovanni Michelotti. This was seen parked up in Otley, West Yorkshire, on a fine September day and is obviously much loved and well cared for.