The Triumph TR5

For the 'Rest of the World', there was the TR5, which was fitted with a 150bhp version of the new 'six', this time with Lucas fuel injection as standard equipment. It was Britain's first fuel-injected road car, and could reach 120mph, with much fiercer acceleration than in any previous TR. Although it cost £1,212 in the UK, it was still seen as a performance bargain, and some teething trouble with the injection equipment was soon sorted out.

These twin models, however, had a very short life, for an evolution was already being planned, and the last were produced before the end of 1968. This was the point at which the newly-shaped TR6 took over from both types, this being a car which looked, and in many ways was, very different from the Michelotti-styled TR5/TR250 style which had served so well.

See our Triumph TR5 parts!

The Triumph TR5

For the 'Rest of the World', there was the TR5, which was fitted with a 150bhp version of the new 'six', this time with Lucas fuel injection as standard equipment. It was Britain's first fuel-injected road car, and could reach 120mph, with much fiercer acceleration than in any previous TR. Although it cost £1,212 in the UK, it was still seen as a performance bargain, and some teething trouble with the injection equipment was soon sorted out.

These twin models, however, had a very short life, for an evolution was already being planned, and the last were produced before the end of 1968. This was the point at which the newly-shaped TR6 took over from both types, this being a car which looked, and in many ways was, very different from the Michelotti-styled TR5/TR250 style which had served so well.

See our Triumph TR5 parts!