The Triumph TR4 is a sports car built in the United Kingdom by the Standard Triumph Motor Company and introduced in 1961. Code named "Zest" during development, the car was based on the chassis and drivetrain of the previous TR sports cars, but with a modern Michelotti styled body. 40,253 cars were built during production years. The TR4 proved very successful and continued the rugged, "hairy-chested" image that the previous TRs had enjoyed.
The new TR4 body style did away with the classical cutaway door design of the previous TRs to allow for wind-down (roll-up) windows (in place of less convenient side-curtains), and the angular rear allowed a boot (trunk) with considerable capacity for a sports car.
The pushrod Standard inline-four engine, was designed for use by Standard-Triumph in Triumph cars, but was also provided to Ferguson for use as tractor engines. The notion that Triumph used a tractor engine, rather than the other way around, is false. The TR 4 engine was continued from the earlier TR2/3 models, but the displacement was increased from 1991cc to 2138 cc in the TR4 by increasing bore size.
In 1965, the TR4A with IRS or independent rear suspension superseded the TR4. Apart from the rear suspension, which used trailing arms and a differential bolted to the redesigned chassis frame and a number of small styling changes and refinements, the two models appear nearly identical. In fact, an estimated 25 per cent of TR4As were not equipped with IRS, but instead reverted to a live axle design similar to the TR4, which was adapted to fit the new
Specifications
Bodywork
Length: cm (in): 394 (155.1)
Width: cm (in): 147 (58)
Height: cm (in): 127 (50)
Wheelbase: cm (in): 224 (88)
Weight: kg (lb): 965 (2130)
Mechanics.
Displacement: straight-four 2138 cc (130 ci), front-mounted
Valve gear: 8
Fuel system: 1 Stromberg carburettor
Gearbox: 4-speed manual
Driven wheels: rear-wheel drive
Maximum power: 104 bhp at 4700 rpm
Maximum torque: 147 Nm at 3000 rpm
Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph)
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