If ever there was a sports car that epitomized the British building spirit it must be the Triumph TR2. If is as true Brit as a car can be, born in the golden age of British motoring. It was a brave attempt to create an inexpensive sports car from a company with no track record of building sports cars. Legend says that the engine came from a tractor. The design of the chassis was a simple ladder with X-shaped bracing, and a twin-carb engine had a displacement of just under 2.01 giving a top speed of 169 km/h. The low door accommodated "elbows out" driving style and the seating position was so low that you could reach out over the doors and touch the road.
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