Triumph Spitfire and GT6 : The Complete Story [Hardcover]

James Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crowood Autoclassic S. | Publication Date: August 31, 2000

With classic good looks and performance at an affordable price, the Triumph Spitfire, and its close relative the GT6, have dominated Triumph's product range for nearly two decades. This in-depth volume presents the full story, including background to the company, design and development of both the Spitfire and the GT6, plus full specifications for all five models of Spitfire and three models of GT6. Superbly illustrated.

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About the Author

James Taylor is a well-known writer in various automotive fields, and Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars - particularly those covered in this book - are a special interest. Highly respected for the meticulous research he brings to his work, he has written over 40 books, including other titles in the Original series on the Land-Rover Series I and Triumph Stag. Some of his books have appeared in foreign languages, and his own linguistic ability has seen him translate other books from German and French. He lives in rural Oxfordshire.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Crowood (August 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861262620
• ISBN-13: 978-1861262622
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book on the history of the Triumph Spitfire and GT6, January 4, 2001

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"gregory-spitfire" (Great Falls, Montana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Triumph Spitfire and GT6 : The Complete Story (Hardcover)

A very good book, with lots of details I had not found elsewhere about the history and evolution of the Triumph Spitfire and GT6. Great details about the design, reasons for changes made and not made, and the effects of American Legislation forced on Britsh Leyland during the nineteen-seventies. There are plenty of pictures to please the eyes of any Triumph afficionado, but I wish there had been more in color. The details about custom updates and modifications were particularly interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a book., January 25, 2005

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L. McLaughlin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Triumph Spitfire and GT6 : The Complete Story (Hardcover)

If you have or are just interested in spitfire's or GT6's this is the book for you. It has things about these cars you can't find anywhere else. I love this book and I find my self reading it over and over time again. It also tells you about the great racing history of these cool little car and if your look to buy one it has a guide for what to look out for. I highly recommend this book to any spitfire or GT6 fan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new here, September 16, 2009

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R. LaRue (Crozet, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Triumph Spitfire and GT6 : The Complete Story (Hardcover)

If you don't have any Spitfire books, this would be an OK first. But I've been a Spitfire fan for years, and there is little in this effort that is new or revealing. There is some technical information by model that could be useful in research. But the illustrations have all been published many times before (or maybe it's since?) Some of the B & W images seem copied from period magazines and have such low resolution, one wonders why they publishers bothered to print them at all. And the color plates (what few there are) seem harshly over saturated.

The writing style is tepid and the organization pedestrian, too

A big, "...ehh...," for this one.