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[mab01uk]

"This new trademark application shows that the idea of a Triumph brand revival — including the production of a full suite of branded accessories — has not been ruled out by BMW. A range of MINI-based roadsters still seems to be the most likely outcome of any Triumph revival in the medium term."
More:
http://www.motoringfile.com/2012/03/03/rumor-bmw-to-revive-the-triumph-brand/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Motoringfile+%28MotoringFile+|+MINI+News%2C+Reviews+and+Podcast%29

[minispaniard]

[sledgehammer]

It's a pity all those English / British Marques have vanished or been taken over by foreigners

is there any truly English sports cars left ???

[Ryang556]

I swear BMW are just trying to ruin every classic british car...

[sledgehammer]

The BMW Bini should have been called the MIDI - as it's big

is Bristol still in English hands ?

http://www.bristolca...uk/fighter.html - nice

Edited by sledgehammer, 04 March 2012 - 04:57 PM.

[l_jonez]

This is pretty old news there's a few tr7 concept drawings around.

[Sam14]

Oh will they just give it a rest.

[l_jonez]

My mistake tr5 not 7

http://photos.autoex...to_224521_7.jpg

[mab01uk]

It's a pity all those English / British Marques have vanished or been taken over by foreigners

is there any truly English sports cars left ???

Morgan
http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/

[mab01uk]

is Bristol still in English hands ?

http://www.bristolca...uk/fighter.html - nice

"Kamkorp Autokraft, part of the Frazer-Nash group, has announced that it has acquired the assets and goodwill of Bristol Cars, the luxury car manufacturer, from its administrators. This acquisition will re-establish the connection between Bristol Cars and Frazer-Nash which dates back to Frazer-Nash’s close involvement in the foundation of Bristol Cars 65 years ago."
http://www.bristolca...o.uk/index.html

The Kamkorp group's headquarters are in Singapore.........

Edited by mab01uk, 04 March 2012 - 05:37 PM.

[Ryang556]

It's a pity all those English / British Marques have vanished or been taken over by foreigners

is there any truly English sports cars left ???

Morgan
http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/

The Morgan is made in my hometown!

[joshspragg]

I swear BMW are just trying to ruin every classic british car...

classic british cars ruined themselves dont you think?

[Cooperman]

The British motor industry - ruined by bad management and stupid trades unions.

[mab01uk]

It's a pity all those English / British Marques have vanished or been taken over by foreigners

I swear BMW are just trying to ruin every classic british car...

It is a pity that English / British management and workers seemed incapable of investing in and building desirable/reliable cars that people wanted to buy or that actually made a profit after about 1970..........so why has BMW succeeded with UK built MINI sales back to their 1972 peak of approx. 300,000 per year from Rover's last years of Mini sales down to around 11,000 or less for instance?? (Using what is still closely based on the original Rover designed R50 MINI platform).

New R50 MINI comes to Longbridge....


First R50 Body Built in 1999


Early R50 Built at Longbridge (Methods Build 1999)

New Rover MINI comes to Longbridge.
That was the Plan, although in the end it never happened........
Rover Birmingham (Longbridge) needed to undergo major restructuring to prepare for the launch of R50 (new Mini) in the year 2000. In order to create a world class manufacturing facility for the production of the new Mini, Rover needed to replace existing old buildings with new factories, designed to accommodate modern machinery and equipment.

More details of the original Factory development plans for R50 MINI production here:
Longbridge New Mini R50

[DeanP]

Who owns the Triumph brand? There are bikes, cars and a brand of office cabinets using the same badge. Or is it just a licence to use on a given product like Wolseley, Roll Royce and Healey etc?