Start with what the Triumph Gloria is: a car with 1087 , built from 1933 to 1938, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. What it meant takes a little longer.
The engineering
The engine is 1087 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a four-speed. The wheelbase is Four-cylinder: 108 in / Six-cylinder: 116 in / Southern Cross: / Four-cylinder: 96 in / Six-cylinder: 104 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the Bugatti type 49 coupé. Its Triumph stablemates include the Triumph SD2 and the Triumph Renown.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Triumph Gloria — 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.