Born at Le Mans, Bred as a BABY E-TYPE? Triumph GT6 Road Test

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Күн бұрын

Born at Le Mans, bred into a baby E-Type! Welcome to our deep dive into the legendary Triumph GT6, a classic British sports car that has captured the hearts of car enthusiasts worldwide. In this video, we'll explore the history, design, and performance of this iconic vehicle.
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Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
History and Background: 00:35
First Impressions: 03:19
Handling: 03:45
Gathering Speed: 04:58
Livability and Practicality: 05:50
Closing Thoughts: 07:20
Outro: 07:46

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@user-gh2vm9fc1i Ай бұрын

A Giovanni Michelotti Masterpiece and one of the best looking little British cars ever built. They rattle, they squeak, you'll feel every bump, they're hot, they're loud, and they smell glorious. The GT6 is one of the most underrated, under appreciated, under recognized, and until recently, they were way under valued. That has changed as in the U.S., the best will fetch $35K to $40K and up.

@petebyrne5190 Ай бұрын

That’s why the Spitfire is the better choice, the are designed for top down driving not less noise just more of the good stuff.l have a hardtop but don’t use it ,because it alters the characteristics /experience of the fantastic little car

@marcob4630 4 күн бұрын

only a sporster for "minus habens"

@richardcarter1000 Ай бұрын

Great car the GT6. I've got an E-type and a TR6, but I think the GT6 is a lovely thing in its own right

@marcob4630 4 күн бұрын

"great?" no way: the Austin Healey was great in comparison

@therapyaudit6157 26 күн бұрын

Bought a MkII from a guy in Austria a few years ago. Flew to Zurich, collected the car from an airport car park. Drove it back to Shropshire over 2 days. Faultless. Wow! seats were so comfortable, a bit noisy and a bit hot (August) but what a fabulous little car. Punches way above its weight. I'm now on a series of triumphant adventures in it.

@timbancroft6485 Ай бұрын

I have owned a mk2 GT6 for over 40 years, to be frank, I could not imagine life without one..great little cars. Absolute hoot on a fast A road! Nice to see a balanced report about them, thank you.

@roddymac1370 29 күн бұрын

They're unique, the driving position is just so perfect and you know you have a straight six right in front of you. I bought mine 36 years ago. A few times I've idly thought of selling. Then I drive it again and say WHAT WAS I THINKING?!. Thanks for an appreciative vid.

@brianmacadam4793 20 күн бұрын

My 70 GT6 has a high compression upgrade and a 5 speed, eye opening

@ryanbird5419 Ай бұрын

My dream car. Had the fortune to drive one.

@andybroer651 18 күн бұрын

I own a TR6 with lots of modifications, a neighbor has let me drive his 1965 E-Type 4.2 (which I really don't fit in due to being 6'1" and 250#) but I'd love to drive a GT6! I do think they emulate the Jaguar nicely, no where near the power, but they look great!

@3ducs Ай бұрын

A girlfriend had a Spitfire from this era, it was a fun car to drive, very responsive. There is a very good YT channel out of Canada, Fanatik Builds, a father/son series showing the rest-mod conversion of a GT6 using a LS V8. It's being done in a small one car garage, very good engineering going into it.

@garybrown4854 Ай бұрын

Yes I follow that guy , its amazing what he does with basic tools , I like his sense of humour too😄

@phillipevans9414 Ай бұрын

Very topical car for me (...you sure you blokes haven't been snooping on my internet searches?), having recently taken an interest in them, following my mission to learn more about Triumph cars, after having realised, that as a "card carying" car nut, my knowledge of them was emabarrasingly shallow. Lovely cars, and if you think they are "on par" for driving enjoyment with an E-Type...well, that's good enough for me. I now only need to work out how I can acquire one for my meagre budget. Love all your videos. Cheers!

@alanwayte432 Ай бұрын

The MK2 is the one to have

@Jo3man96 Ай бұрын

I saw one of these at a car show, and the owner kindly offered to let me sit in it. I was surprised that I could get my head in and sit upright without my head wedged up agains the roof, being over 6 foot tall, but it had its original steering wheel, and I couldn’t get my big thighs underneath, so my suggestion is if you want a GT6, you need to skip leg day 😂 There may have been a way of getting my left leg the other side of the wheel if I tried different ways of getting in, and if there was a convertible version, I could have taken the roof down and get in while standing up. I do feel like on any longer journey though, I would feel very hemmed in, so I’ll stick to my saloons. Lovely little things, though.

@AndrewMarritt Ай бұрын

My first car was a Spitfire 1500 and I always lusted after one of these. As you said, they are really easy to work on.

@jimmyquinn9639 Ай бұрын

Another good video 🚗🚙🚘👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

@rjdavies1982 Ай бұрын

I had a highly original Valencia blue Mk 1 GT6 in my late 20s in 2010 - loved it, beautiful car and enjoyed every minute of it

@nickyalousakis3851 Ай бұрын

yup you sort of feel like a rock star when driving one.

@fasthracing Ай бұрын

Always quite liked these.

@jo_clarke1960 Ай бұрын

Always liked them and a guy near me has a TR6 and you can tell when the weather is getting better from the sound of the straight six

@simonhodgetts6530 Ай бұрын

I adore these! Beautiful cars!

@kristian5515 Ай бұрын

Very very nice car - and Sinn!!

@user-ip5dm6jf8k 5 күн бұрын

I had a 1960 healy 3000 with overdrive, great car.

@MartinBaldock 29 күн бұрын

I have very fond memories of the GT6 Mk3 from when I worked for the Kent distributor of Triumphs back in the 60's. I collected the first one for stock from South London, and drove it down to Maidstone, a delightful car...

@marknelson5929 17 күн бұрын

Lovely cars. When I moved to UK in 1988 I thought I'd try a GT6 after growing up with MGBs in Oz including a GT. I bought a low mileage Mk.III in white and loved it. Compared to the MGB GT though its quite cramped and the heat soak even in an English summer was horrendous (a mobile sauna). But the view over the bonnet whilst accelerating out of my car space in central London early on a Sunday morning was lovely - the straight six sound echoing of the CBD walls was priceless. Not long after I bought a Mimosa Yellow Mk.III with the 2.5 litre 6 from a Triumph saloon, that transformed the GT6 ! Later I went to an MGC GT with Downton Stage-3 tuning, an amazing car and after that an MGB GT V8.

@philipgallagher3234 Ай бұрын

I had one once...same year. The 30-50 time (the most important performance in a car) is brilliant.

@nickyalousakis3851 Ай бұрын

in a way the E type is a bit of a cliche car and taller drivers like myself can only use the mk3 version. believe it or not the spitfire gt6 cars can accommodate taller drivers - but not girthier drivers. lastly in comparison to an e type.... the gt6 is rarer as fewer were produced and fewer survived the crusher. in the market i am in jaguar e types are well represented at shows.... perhaps one or no gt6's are present. love the webaso roofs too. this may sound like i hate e types - i don't i love them too.... but i find they are over hyped.

@terryc8164 Ай бұрын

I had a MK2 back in the mid 90s for a few years. It was GREAT, one of only a couple of cars long gone that I wish I still had. Would I have one now? Definitely but I doubt the wife could get in and out of it 🤣🤣

@JamesLawson-uz9si 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic car, i seen one recently at the Raby castle car show, stunning in Magenta !!

@racketman2u 16 күн бұрын

All the Triumphs suffer from a relatively weak drivetrain, the Vitesse and GT6 diff stub axles being only slightly larger than the Spitfire, which were tiny, and smaller than the TR6, which despite that were also not all that strong. I've seen a couple of GT6 with Nissan 240Z diffs and the TR6 engine, and that would be close to the perfect Triumph.

@michaelarchangel1163 12 күн бұрын

A couple of years ago, there was one of these cars for sale on eBay with a 2.5 litre engine, which I think I'm correct in saying is a stroked version of the 2 litre, with the same size engine block, as from the Triumph 2000 to the later 2.5. I don't recall as to whether the rear differential was that of the original 2 litre fitment though, or if chopped down drive shafts were used from the wider saloons. Either way, I bet it went extremely well.

@GForceVRX Ай бұрын

Such a great car

@simonedwards5070 Ай бұрын

I go to TRGB for my TR6 parts, you’re right the roads around Huntingdon are the worst Ive ever known

@phils2180 18 күн бұрын

A gorgeous little British sports car with a great engine. I love a straight six. Six in a row will go!😂👍 Is the Triumph 2.5 IL6 the same block and would it fit? Calling it a Baby E type is a touch ambitious though IMO. The only E I've driven is a S3 V12, a completely different animal and a much bigger car of course, in a completely different league in both performance and especially price!!😃

@DrivingSander1970 Ай бұрын

I love the sound of a British inline 6!🥰

@mikerichards9196 Ай бұрын

I had a mk1 vitesse 2 litre with the rear camber "problems", and it was extremely predictable as to when the back end would step out; to the point that I could drive it sideways long before drifting became a thing. The mk2 vitesse I had was IMHO more sketchy to drive because it didn't give any warning when it was gonna break away 😊

@3ducs Ай бұрын

That last clip with you talking while the car is idling, steering wheel and shift lever rattling away, is that normal? Shouldn't a straight 6 idle smoothly?

@bernardwarr4187 Ай бұрын

Took me 20 years to decide TR6 or GT6! In the end, went for a GT6! It’s a fantastic car, one of the best looking classic cars? I have sent a lot of time giving it a once over, in with a few subtle modifications it’s actually a potent weapon. Worth remembering that TVR and lotus chose the suspension system and TVR the engine too. They only weighs 900kg, so it not difficult to make good progress, particularly on B roads

@carlfishe7860 29 күн бұрын

The 70 GT6 was one fun car and fast

@garethhanna9173 Ай бұрын

Plenty of creaking noises, sounds a bit like my wheelbarrow. Apart from that, sweet little motor.

@fasthracing Ай бұрын

I HATE cars that squeak and creak. Could be the poly bushes though.

@susanhenderson2322 Ай бұрын

Hmm, never would have considered it competition to E type, but good old solid triumph engineering, ie 20 years behind its time.

@Steve-in-the-uk Ай бұрын

Is there a reason that the spitfire did not have the 6 cylinder option?

@Jon-bx1ij Ай бұрын

It definitely looks like a smaller e type.

@See_more.... Ай бұрын

I'd love one but I don't fit

@lascm5237 Ай бұрын

Why?

@The_Foulmouthed_Cypriot Ай бұрын

A sexier version of an MG C.

@stevensarson482 10 күн бұрын

Drove one of these, having tried the regular Spitfire and the Vitesse. To my shame, back in the early 70s I couldn’t handle it, especially in the very. A little later I got my hands on a red E Type. I eventually bought a Mini Cooper and did my best to kill myself in it - happy days!

@stevenleek1254 2 күн бұрын

"Forgotten?" What in Hell are you talking about.? "The driving experience is similiar?"(T0 an E-Type) Have you ever driven an E-Type? "The option of two little rear seats."? I've NEVER heard that one before.

@docdelete 2 күн бұрын

He says he's driven plenty of E-types. Are you watching the same video as us? His point is not that the cars are on-spec similar, but the subjective enjoyment is the same. And, yes, I've seen plenty of GT6s come up for sale with two kiddy seats as an option.

@jeffhildreth9244 Күн бұрын

In no way is a Spitfire GT a Jag E Type. Laughable.

@tonyhirst9319 13 күн бұрын

I had one and it’s the worst car I’ve ever owned. Overheated all the time, interior fell apart, solex carburetors impossible to fettle( Triumph dealer tried and failed several times) and above all totally unreliable. The most positive thing about it? the girls loved it and break downs resulted in several unplanned motel stays.