The Triumph Spitfire is a British sports car produced in five generations between 1962 and 1980. It was sold as a 2-door convertible with rear-wheel drive and a front-mounted engine. It was introduced to the public at the 1962 London Motor Show. It used a body-on-frame construction, supplemented by structural components. It had a manually folding roof, which was greatly improved on later models. The model was named after the World War II Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. In total, just under 315,000 examples were produced.
The second generation was launched in 1965 and was produced until 1967. It was powered by a 67 hp (50 kW) 1.15-litre I4 engine mated to a 4-speed manual transmission. This allowed the car to reach a speed of 154 km/h (155 mph) and accelerate from 0 to 97 km/h (62 mph) in 14.8 s. In total, just over 37,000 examples of the second generation were produced.
