How British Leyland Killed Triumph and Buried Britain's Greatest Sports Car

The story of Triumph, the Coventry sports car maker that gave Britain disc brakes, fuel injection, and a 16-valve engine before anyone else on the island, and how British Leyland's merger, factory decisions, and corporate rationalisation killed it. From the TR2 in 1953 to the last TR8 rolling off the Solihull line in 1981, signed by the workers because nobody from management came. #britain #britishleyland

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