The Triumph 1300 is a 4-door saloon from Triumph, built from 1965 to 1970, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 1296 cc OHV I4. Giovanni Michelotti drew it.
How it came about
The Triumph 1300 is a medium/small 4-door saloon car that was made between 1965 and 1970 by Standard Triumph in Coventry, England, under the control of Leyland Motors. It was introduced at the London Motor Show in October 1965 and intended as a replacement for the popular Triumph Herald. Its body was designed by Michelotti in a style similar to the larger Triumph 2000. It was replaced by the Triumph 1500, and was re-engineered in the early 1970s to form the basis for the Toledo and Dolomite ranges.
The hardware
Power comes from 1296 cc OHV I4. It shifts through a 4-speed manual all-synchromesh, FWD. The wheelbase is 96.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Triumph Herald; its successor was the Triumph Toledo / Triumph 1500; assembly was at Coventry, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ford Bronco, the Ford Transit, the Nissan Silvia — show what else the money bought that year. Its Triumph stablemates include the Triumph SD2 and the Triumph Renown.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Triumph 1300 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.