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The Triumph Motor Company was an automobile manufacturer in the 19 th and 20 th century, currently the trade -name is owned by BMW. The company faced financial issues and hence sold the bicycle and motor cycle division. Standard Triumph was later on purchased by British Leyland. History of the TR6 (1969-1972) The Triumph TR6 was sold originally as an affordable two-seat sports car that featured a squared and box like design, when all the other cars in its class featured sleek and aero dynamic design. But the main let down for the TR5 was its reliability, it faced what is called “British Reliability” a common term used for cars built by the British as they often featured bad engineering. However the TR6 which was now a reliable sports car.   The TR6 was an affordable sports car that was a convertible with an optional hardtop from factory. For braking the TR6 featured disc breaks in the front and drum in the rear. The car featured a 1...

The Mini Cooper as we know it now, has a long and rich history. What started off as a humble and mainly a small car for a family has now evolved into a brand that is associated with the term “hot hatch” or even a “pocket rocket”. The car was originally launched as the Morris Minor and the Austin Seven, in August 1959. The car was later on it was called the Mini.  The Mini defiantly broke the mundane and text book based design, it featured a transverse engine and was a front wheel drive. The box like design freed up space in the inside. All these plus points made it the best-selling British car, it sold like hot cakes the total number of Mini’s sold was 5.3 million. During its production life span it was produced at various factories starting with the BMC then the British-Leyland and finally the Rover group. 1994 saw the start of the development of an all new mini. In 1997 during the Geneva motor show Mini displayed two concept Mini’s that suggested ho...

ARO that is short for Auto Romania, was produced in Câmpulung, ARO was a Romanian off-road vehicle. ARO vehicles were produced from 1957 to 2003, however in Italy Volkswagen powered ARO’s were sold under the brand name AMC. ARO manufactured over 380,000 vehicles from which 2/3 were exported to 110 plus countries. This car was produced under the name Portaro in Portugal. Production started in the year 1957, it was powered by a 50 h.p engine this model was called the IMS- 57. The real deal. 5 years of research and development lead to the launch of the ARO 10 in the year 1980 with the name Dacia 10 in Romania. This car now had a new body design and had doors along with a water resistant roof. The ARO 10 shared several elements with the Dacia 1300, it even borrowed a 1.3L engine from the Dacia.        The ARO 10 was a smaller version of the ARO 24. The ARO 24 can be categorized as a midsize SUV. The last evolution of the ARO 10 was...

Formerly known as Lanchester Engine Co, this company was formed in the year 1899 December, it was formed by Frederick Lanchester and his brother Franck Lanchester. Although the first Lanchester to drive on the streets was a five seater chain driven 5.h.p air cooled petrol engine. The assets of the company were 20 British and ten foreign patents. In the year 1900 the Lanchester Engine Co purchased a part of a “Royal small arms factory”, only to be present at the Paris Auto show, with a car that had an 8.h.p engine that had forced air cooling. In the year 1901 the first 10/12 .h.p cars were on the road. The famous Lanchester 10 The Lanchester 10 was announced on September 1932, the design of its four cylinder was shared with the Daimler. The Ten was the smallest Lanchester ever produced but it was sold in large numbers. The Lanchester Ten saloon was produced by Daimler, and had the famous fluid flywheel pre-selective gearbox. (This provided a stepping st...