Triumph emblem Where was it built/assembled?


When cars were assembled outside the UK (often for tax purposes in a particular country), Triumph often added a character in front of the normal alphabetical prefix of the commission number. Initially, there was an alphabetical prefix of "B" for Belgium, but that changed to a numeric value of "1" as other sites were brought on line.

Place of assembly Identification Prefix

Belgium

[B] 1
Australia ami badge (click on badge to enlarge)
2

New Zealand

3

South Africa

4

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5

India

6

Eire (Republic of Ireland)

7

Phillipines

8

Peru

9

Portugal

10

Israel

11

Notes: many Indian-assembled cars, especially later cars with more local content and "engineering," did not carry prefix letters. Also, many cars first sold in Canada had a numerical character stamped in front of the commission number, said digit indicating year sold.

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Revised 3/23/14