The Triumph 20TS is a Open two-seater from Triumph, built from 1952, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 1991 .
The story
The Triumph 20TS was a prototype sports car shown by Standard-Triumph in October 1952 at the London Motor Show. Extensive development of the 20TS led to the introduction of the Triumph TR2 in March 1953 at the Geneva Motor Show, after which the 20TS was unofficially referred to as the Triumph TR1. Only one example of this car was ever made by Triumph.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1991 . It weighs 1708 lb. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 91 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Triumph Roadster / Triumph TR-X; its successor was the Triumph TR2. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Cadillac Eldorado, the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Chevrolet Corvette — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Triumph catalogue sit the Triumph SD2 and the Triumph Renown.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Triumph 20TS has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.