10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... TRIUMPH TR4, TR5 AND TR250

Standard-Triumph made several abortive efforts to break into the sports car market in the early postwar years, but finally cracked that lucrative nut with the TR2 of 1953. Styled by Walter Belgrove, this had sweeping wings and cutaway doors with sidescreens rather than winding windows, as was normal for sports cars in this era. It was a highly advanced looking design compared to opposition from the likes of MG, and it proved to be rugged, reliable and capable of 100mph, no mean feat in the early 1950s.

By the time that Leyland rode to the struggling Standard-Triumph’s rescue in 1961, the cash-strapped Coventry concern already had a successor nearly ready for production. This was the TR4, with a bigger body, full height doors and wind-up windows courtesy of Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti. Much of the mechanical underpinnings