[Mgs] Oh No, Not Again! The Triumph might upstage MG's return!

Aeseeyou at aol.com Aeseeyou at aol.com
Wed Oct 17 12:06:18 MDT 2007


In an almost Deja Vu rerun of what happened when  the TR4 upstaged the MGB 
and British-Leyland released the TR7 (TR8) before a new  MG could replace the 
tired MGB (A "Bonehead" move which virtually killed off any  hope that B-L had 
of taking back the lucrative import car market here in  the States, especially 
the sports cars that had dominated the market since right  after WW2. 
The TR7's and TR8's were a horrible flops! The public didn't like  the "wedge 
look" and never accepted them. They sounded a death  knoll to the proud 
British car empire that had been on  top for so many years! 
But now Triumph seems ready to return once  again. And now it appears 
possible that it might even upstage the  "floundering" Chinese built Nanjing MGTF. 
Why? Because the Triumph will be  built and marketed by the Mega-wealthy PR 
powerhouse, BMW...Remember the  impressive way that BMW "sold" the new Mini to the 
nostalgic and extremely loyal  followers of the "old" Mini?  BMW never 
skipped a beat. The same is  possible if BMW does a just fraction of the PR work for 
the new Triumph that it  did before they released the "new" Mini. And now you 
see the "new" Minis  everywhere!
Beside which, the new Triumph really looks great! In fact it  looks like a 
21st Century TR4 ...the little roadsters pedigree is undeniable! To  read more 
go  to:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/210892/triumph.html     
Hey, I'd buy one! And if they're anywhere near as dependable as the BMW Mini  
the new Triumph should be a real threat to the Mazda MX5 or the Miata as the 
MX5  is known here in the Colonies. And if they use the  BMW V-8 engine to  
power them.....Wow! 
Albert Escalante CCBCC-West Coast  




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