Inverness to Gaydon road Trip

TR Drivers’ Club run celebrates the past with a thoughtful eye on the future

This October marks 40 years since the last Triumph sports car was built. The TR Drivers’ Club (TRDC) is marking the occasion with a relay run across the whole of Britain, which will involve all of the area groups within the club and will conclude with a mass gathering at the British Motor Museum.

The TRDC’S John Clancy comments:

‘The TRDC felt that something a bit different would be required for this rally, and so for the baton that will be passed between the area groups across the country we approached former Triumph stylist John Ashford to create something unique, special and also possibly a little historic. The result is a style for a new Triumph sports car for the modern era that BMW, the present guardians of the Triumph marque, would be able to use for inspiration or production.’

All previous efforts for a new

Triumph style have been unrelated to the original models, but John Ashford was there and responsible for some of the most famous Triumphs of the past: the MKIV Spitfire, the GT6 MKIII, some elements of the TR7 and the complete style for the Lynx – the single surviving example of which now is on display at Gaydon.

The Bullet Relay Run started on Saturday July 10 from Inverness in Scotland and is currently travelling around the UK before concluding at Gaydon on Sunday October 3. John Ashford will be special guest on the day along with a few other former Triumph luminaries. This should be a special day and the TRDC is not restricting it solely to members of the club. Instead it is inviting anyone interested in Triumph cars or the British motor industry in general. Find out more at

‘We felt that something a bit different would be required’