Which company made the 1950's car the Mayflower?
Triumph Mayflower Triumph Mayflower The Triumph Mayflower is a British four-seat 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 (1945). 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 Mayflower's, "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"
Triumph Mayflower locally modified to form a rear load area to which a timber floor and side panels were added. A Mayflower tested at Brooklands racing circuit, by British magazine "The Motor" in 1950 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0– in 26.6 seconds. A fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £505 including taxes. The Mayflower was announced and displayed for the first time on 28 September 1949, the first day of the Earls Court Motor Show. Deliveries, including complete knock down (CKD) kits for overseas markets, began in the middle of 1950. Despite its low