It had better looks a simple ladder-type chassis a longer body and a bigger boot. After he declared it to be a "death trap" a project was undertaken to improve on the design a year later the TR2 was revealed. The resulting Triumph 20TS prototype was revealed at the 1952 London Motor Show.īlack asked BRM development engineer and test driver Ken Richardson to assess the 20TS. He still wanted an affordable sports car, so a prototype two-seater was built on a shortened version of the Standard Eight's chassis and powered by the Standard Vanguard's 2-litre straight-4. Company boss Sir John Black tried to acquire the Morgan Motor Company but failed. Standard's Triumph Roadster was out-dated and under-powered. Lockheed drum brakes were fitted all round.Ī total of 8,636 TR2s were produced. The transmission was a four-speed manual unit, with optional top gear overdrive. Either wire or disc wheels could be supplied. The body was mounted on a substantial separate chassis with coil-sprung independent suspension at the front and a leaf spring live axle at the rear. The car had a 121 cid (1991 cc) four-cylinder Standard wet liner inline-four engine from the Vanguard, fitted with twin H4 type SU Carburettors and tuned to increase its output to 90 bhp (67 kW). The Triumph TR2 is a sports car produced by the Standard Motor Company in the United Kingdom between 19.
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