Triumph does not build many cars like the Triumph Dolomite with gasoline engine, built from 1934 to 1940 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
Where it came from
The Triumph Dolomite is a car that was produced by Triumph Motor Company from 1934 to 1940. It first appeared in 1934 as a sports car and the name was also used from 1937 on a series of sporting saloons and open cars until 1939 when the company went into receivership.
A number were still sold and registered in 1940, though it is uncertain whether the receiver or new owner turned out cars from spare parts, or sold off completed cars. All except the Straight 8 featured a "waterfall" grille styled by Walter Belgrove, versions of the saloons with conventional grilles were sold as Continental models.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits gasoline engine. Kerb weight is 2744 lb 24½ cwt. 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 104 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Bugatti Type 57, the Chevrolet Suburban, the Maserati 6C 34. Nearby in the Triumph catalogue sit the Triumph SD2 and the Triumph Renown.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Triumph Dolomite 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.