1952 50s Triumph Mayflower, a British four-seat 1+1⁄4-litre small luxury car noted for its razor-edge styling being towed by 2017 Nissan Navara Tekna Dci Auto 2298cc silver SUV Double Cab Pick Up on the M61 motorway, UK
The Triumph Mayflower is a British four-seat 1+1⁄4-litre small luxury car noted for its razor-edge styling. It was built by the Standard Motor Company and sold by Standard's subsidiary, The Triumph Motor Company. It was announced at the October 1949 British International Motor Show, but deliveries did not commence until the middle of 1950. One of the nine prototype Triumph Mayflowers, "JWK 612", was factory tested 5000 miles across Europe in 1950, they used the famous rooftop test track of Impéria Automobiles in Belgium. The Mayflower was manufactured from 1949 until 1953. The Mayflower's "upscale small car" position did not find a ready market, and sales did not meet Standard's expectations. The company's next small car, the Standard Eight of 1953, was a basic economy car. The Mayflower used a version of the pre-war Standard Flying Ten's[7][8] side-valve engine updated with an aluminium cylinder head[3] and single Solex carburettor.[4] The engine developed 38 bhp (28 kW)[3][4] at 4200 rpm.[4] The 3-speed gearbox, with column shift, came from the Standard Vanguard[7] and had synchromesh on all the forward ratios.[9] There was independent suspension at the front[4][7] using coil springs and telescopic dampers,[4][10] but a solid axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs,[4] also based on the Vanguard's design,[citation needed] was at the rear. Lockheed hydraulic brakes were fitted.[9] The Mayflower was the first car with unitary construction to be manufactured either by Standard or by the Triumph company that existed before Standard bought its assets. The body was designed by Leslie Moore, chief body designer of Mulliners of Birmingham with input from Standard's Walter Belgrove. The body shells were built by Fisher and Ludlow at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.[8][11] The Mayflower had traditional "razor edge" styling similar to that of the Triumph Renown, imitating the style then still used by Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars.[8][12][13] Standard's managing director
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