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At the time the Herald was being developed for launch in 1959 the vogue was very much for new cars to be of a monocoque construction. However Triumph were a small company in relation to Austin or Morris (and at this time was a rival to those two firms, not a companion company) and needed to have their monocoques built by an outside supplier. None could oblige, as they were all already at full capacity, so Triumph took the brave decision to develop a new car around what seemed like out of date technology. However as modern sports car makers such as TVR or Lotus will attest a separate chassis does allow variations on a theme to be produced very easily. Triumph exploited this and off the basic Herald chassis came: a coupe, a convertible, an estate, and a van as well as the basic saloon and 6-cylinder Vitesse. It also gave its chassis to the Spitfire, the GT6 and even the Bond Equipe coupe. View other product and find out more about Corgi Classics and Drive Time / Vanguards. Related ProductsCorgi Classics > Catalogues > Corgi Classics July - December 2006 > Vanguards > Triumph Corgi Classics > Ranges > Drive Time > Cars and Vans > Triumph Registered Users: Bookmark
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