[TR] Future Triumph

[Ann Carletta]

 Dave,
What if it's renamed the TriCasso?
Ann59 TR3A65 Daimler V812 Jaguar XF
Message: 13
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 12:45:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
To: dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com>, Michael Marr
    <mmarr at albiontechnical.com>
Cc: Listers <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Future Triumph?
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All this EV bashing reminds me of the picture of the Model T being pulled out of the mud but a farmer and a team of horses and the farmer thinking all along "These things will never catch on."
Anyone who expects a new technology to catch on with a straight line growth curve is not being realistic.? There are many supply chain and infrastructure issues that need to be worked out and this is a chicken/egg relationship between these issues and EV acceptance.? Heck, in the early days of gas-powered cars drivers had to stop at the local dry-goods store and buy "cleaning solvent" to power their cars.
EV's have many fewer moving parts and hence are more reliable and, except for the battery, are less expensive to build.? And battery technology is evolving as we speak.
But back to the topic at hand.? This new "Triumph" resembles the TR3 in the same manner that a Picasso painting resembles reality. Yeah, some of the elements are there but they are not coherent.? The styling does not inspire me, but that is just my opinion, for what it's worth.

Dave



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