Did the Triumph Stag have a V8 engine?
The Triumph V8 is a 3.0 litre V8 developed and built by the Triumph Motor Company for the Triumph Stag. The engine was a development of the Triumph slant-four engine. It consisted of a cast iron block and aluminium cylinder heads with a single overhead cam per bank.
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| Triumph V8 | |
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| Torque output | 170 lb⋅ft (230 N⋅m) @3500 rpm |
How many Triumph Stags are left?
How many Triumph Stags are left? There are 1,502 Triumph Stags registered in the UK. This makes up a total of 0.0046% of cars on the road. Of the remaining Stag’s, the vast majority are either white, red or blue.
Is a Triumph Stag reliable?
Despite its poor reputation, the Stag’s V8 is perfectly reliable if it’s rebuilt and maintained properly. Most problems centre on the cooling system, so get the engine up to temperature and give it a thorough test drive.
Did us sell Triumph Stag?
Triumph pulled the plug on the Stag in North America after only about 3000 sold Stateside. The Stag, then, was never a very common sight here and by now many have had their finnicky Triumph V-8s replaced with either a GM V-6 or, ironically, a Rover V-8.
How fast is a Triumph Stag?
The Triumph Stag top speed is 193 Km/h / 120 mph.
Is a Triumph Stag a classic car?
The Triumph Stag has been a stalwart classic car for decades.
When was the last Triumph Stag made?
The Stag was withdrawn from the US market in 1973. Sales at home, were also affected by reliability issues and a poor reputation for mechanical problems… some journalists labelling the model as the Triumph Snag !
Where was the Triumph Stag built?
Despite its grand ambitions for the Stag, Triumph was finding it difficult to get the quality right on – and the situation wasn’t helped by the dispersed nature of its production (bodies produced at Speke in Liverpool, and final assembly in Canley).
How many Triumph Stags were built?
Perhaps thanks to the Stag engine’s reputation for unreliability, only 25,877 cars were produced between 1970 and 1977.