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The Triumph motor car company
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Founding of the Triumph motor car company
In which year was the company founded? The
Triumph motor car company was founded in 1885.
Who founded the company? The Triumph motor car
company was founded by Siegfried Bettmann /
Moritz Schulte. What was the original location
of the company? The company started in England.
Facts and
Information about Siegfried Bettmann / Moritz
Schulte
In the nineteenth century Siegfried Bettmann
(1863-1951), a German businessman, came from
Nuremberg to England, he was first involved in
the sale of sewing machines. Bicycles were
becoming a craze in Britain and Bettmann decided
to set up his own firm selling bikes, two years
after Bettmann started his enterprise Mauritz
Schulte, an engineer who also came from
Nuremberg, joined Bettmann.
History of
the Triumph motor car company
The following
company information and history timeline details
the dates of major events which influenced the
growth of the business.
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1885: In 1885 Bettmann founded his
own company S. Bettmann & Co. based in London
buying and selling bicycles which was sold
under his own name
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1886: In 1886 he chose a more universal
name ‘Triumph' Rather than Bettmanns’ and became
known as Triumph Cycle Company
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1887: In 1887 Moritz Schulte joines the
company and the name changed to New Triumph Co.
Ltd. Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company gives them
financial backing
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1888:
In 1888 Much Park Street site in Coventry, a
former ribbon weaving factory, was purchased
so they could turn Triumph into a
manufacturing company
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1889:
In 1889 Company moves from London to
Coventry and they begin producing
Triumph-branded bicycles
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1898: In 1898 production expanded to
produce motorcycles
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1902:
In 1902 The company produced its first
motorcycle
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1903:
In 1903 motorcycle sales topped 500, and in
Nuremberg, Germany A manufacturing
subsidiary is created to produce motorcycles
for the German market
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1905:
In 1905 the first all-British motorcycle was
produced
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1915 - 1918:
Production in WW1 was switched to support
the Allied war effort. More than 30,000
'Trusty Triumph' motorcycles were supplied
to the Allies
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1919:
In 1919 after a argument Maurice Schulte
left the company and retired
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1920: In 1920 Triumph purchased the
former Hillman car factory in Coventry
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1923:
In 1923 Triumph produced a saloon car under
the name Triumph Motor Company
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1927:
The Triumph Super7 was manufactured and this
was the first car of Triumph's to be made in
large numbers
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1934.
Donald Healey a automobile engineer and
English rally driver, became the company’s
Experimental Manager
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1939:
Triumph Cars went bankrupt and was purchased
by T W Ward. Donald Healey was general
manager. World War II stopped the production
of cars
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1940:
In 1940 the company switches to wartime
production, building over 50,000 motorcycles
for the Allies
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1944:
In 1944 Standard Motor Company bought what
was left of the Triumph Motor Company
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1946:
In 1946 a new range of Triumphs were started
with the Triumph Roadster, and was Triumph's
first post-war car
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1950:
In the 1950's it was decided to use the
Standard name on saloons and the Triumph
name on sports cars
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1953: In 1953 saw the launch of the
Triumph TR2. (In 2002 The DVLA revealed that
only 517 examples of this car remain on UK
roads)
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1959:
In 1959 the Triumph Herald was launched as a
small two door car
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1960: In 1960 Leyland Motors Ltd bought
the company. (During the sixties and seventies a
succession of Triumph sports cars and saloons
were sold)
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1963: In 1963 Donald Stokes became
chairman of the Standard Triumph division. (In
1930 Donald Stokes started as an apprentice with
Leyland Motors Limited.)
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1981: In 1981 the Acclaim was the last
Triumph model produced.
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1984: In 1984 The Triumph name
disappeared.
The trademark is now owned by BMW
Additional
Information about Triumph motors
John Nettles drove a Triumph Roadster in the BBC
series Bergerac
What models and types of cars and automobiles
does the Triumph motor car company produce?
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