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Triumph 2000, 2000TC, 2500, 2500TC and 2500S

Launched in 1963 was a much needed replacement for the limpid Standard Vanguard. A new 6-cylinder engine had been designed for this car in 1957.Distinctive quad headlamps aside a 'peaked nose', design features of 'Project Barb' which went into production as the Triumph 2000 in 1963. Triumph commissioned the Innsbruck project in 1967 with Giovanni Michelotti charged with the redesign of the Triumph 2000 based on his own Stag prototype. In 1969 the Innsbruck Project was launched as the Triumph 2000 MkII.

Triumph 2000 - bonnet badge	Triumph 2-5 PI estate	Triumph 2000.		Triumph 2000 TC MkII estate. This post-1974 shows the Stag-like grille given to all cars in the final revamp for the 1974 Motor Show.
Triumph 2000. Distinctive quad headlamps aside a 'peaked nose', design features of 'Project Barb' which went into production as the Triumph 2000 in 1963.	Triumph 2000 MkII - Lights	Triumph 2000. Launched in 1963 was a much needed replacement for the limpid Standard Vanguard. A new 6-cylinder engine had been designed for this car in 1957.	Triumph 2000. The Triumph 2000 started life in 1957 as a replacement for the Standard Vanguard. Project Zebu was designed by Giovanni Michelotti with a radical 4-door coupe body that had a reverse-rake rear window (like the Ford Anglia).	Triumph 2000 MkI. Underneath the Triumph 2000 was coil spring suspension and a new 6-cylinder engine. The 6 was a good selling point over the rival Rover 2000 which only had a 4-cylinder engine.
Triumph 2000. Michelotti's 6-light body was the third design for what would become the Triumph 2000, and was only drawn in 1961 for Project Barb. The Project Zebu design had been a rakish 4-door coupe design that was superceded by an ungainly widened and lengthened 4-door version of the Triumph Herald.	Triumph 2000 Estate. The Triumph 2000 Estate was launched in 1965 and had its body partly built by Carbodies	Triumph 2000 MkI Works Rally. This Works Rally car was entered on the Monte Carlo Rally in 1966 where it finished 14th with Roy Fidler driving. Roy then competed on British national rallies and won the 1966 BRC championship with the car.	Triumph 2000 MkII. Triumph commissioned the Innsbruck project in 1967 with Michelotti charged with the redesign of the Triumph 2000 based on his own Stag prototype. In 1969 the Innsbruck Project was launched as the Triumph 2000 MkII	Triumph 2000 MkII. Michelotti's Innsbruck redesign of the Triumph 2000 included a longer boot, but the bootlid no longer went down to the bumper
Triumph 2000 MkII 1974. The Triumph 2000 and 2500 range were slightly revised in 1974, most noticeable being the Stag-like grille. Fuel-injected cars were close to being culled, their unreliable engines being replaced by tuned TR6 carburettored units.	Triumph 2000 TC MkII estate. In 1969 the MkII Triumph 2000 range was launched and included TC versions and Estate versions	Triumph 2000 TC MkII Estate. The MkII Estate was sold from 1969 to 1975. Estate cars were built by Carbodies> with bodies supplied by Triumph. Carbodies retained all the styling on the rear of the MkI estate for the MkII version.	Triumph 2.5 PI MkI. Launched in 1968, the 2.5 PI had a 2498cc 6-cylinder engine from the TR5 and TR6. Lucas Petrol Injection ('P.I.') was added to give performance, but at the expense of fuel economy and reliability.	Triumph 2.5 PI MkI. The 2.5 PI was available either as a saloon or an estate. Triumph estate cars were built by Carbodies from shells supplied direct from Triumph and then taken back to Triumph for final assembly.
Triumph 2500 PI (MkII). In 1969 the 'Innsbruck' restyle was launched as the Triumph 2000 and 2500 PI. The 2500 PI had the 2498cc engine with Lucas Injection but this was very troublesome and gave the car a bad reputation	Triumph 2500 PI (MkII). The 'Innsbruck' restyle in 1969 gave the Triumph 2500 and 2000 a longer boot and a horizontal lights.	Triumph 2500S Estate. The Triumph 2500S killed off the troublesome 2500 PI in 1975 and sported a twin carb 2½litre 106bhp engine already in USA-bound TR6 cars.	Triumph 2500S Estate. In 1975 Triumph sold the 2500 TC, 2500 S and 2500 S Estate, all with the same 106bhp twin carb engine and stag grille. Only the 2500 S was given the Stag alloy wheels and high trim. In 1977 the Triumph 200/2500 range was dismissed.
Triumph 2000 MkII. Larger horizontal rear lamps were given to the MkII models	Triumph 2000 TC MkII Estate. Saloon versions of the Triumph 2000 MkII gained a longer boot with the restyle, but the Estate cars stayed the same. This was because the Estate car rear was done by Carbodies who did not restyle for the MkII	Triumph 2.5PI Estate	Triumph 2500S Estate. The MkII Estate cars retained the same rear steel work and lights from the MkI	Triumph 2000. Side repeater lamps were not common when the Triumph 2000 was launched, and the 2000's placement of these in the centre pillar was considered an innovative safety feature at the time.
Triumph 2500S Estate - rear lamps, used for both MkI and MkII Estates.	Standard Vanguard Phase III, Vignale and Six	Triumph Dolomite, Dolomite Sprint, Dolomite 1300, Dolomite 1500	Triumph Stag	Triumph 1300, 1300 Tc, 1500 and 1500 TC

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