The Triumph TR250 was built between 1968 and 1969 for 15 months by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom, during which time approximately 8,480 cars were built, all of which were for the American market. 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann and Moritz Schulte started producing Triumph bicycles at Coventry, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

The TR250 was identical to the TR5 except for the engine. The TR250 did not come with a injected engine. The engine was basically the same except it was fitted with twin Zenith-Stromberg carburettors. Compared to the TR5, the TR250 had 39 bhp less with 111 bhp (81 kW). Cover of Popular Hot Rodding magazine, showing racing fuel injection system on V8 engine in the late 1960s Fuel injection is a technology used in internal combustion engines to mix the fuel with air prior to combustion. ... The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...

The reasons for this difference came down to price pressures of the American market, and tighter emissions regulations.

In 1968, the TR250 sold in North America for approximately $3,395, with wire wheels being another $118, overdrive $175 and air conditioning another $395. Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...

Specification

Engine: 2498 cc, 6 cylinder, 74.7 mm bore, 95 mm stroke, 8.5:1 compression ratio

Wheelbase: 2,240 mm (7 ft 4 in)

Length: 3,902 mm (12 ft 9.625 in)

Width: 1,470 mm (4 ft 10 in)

Height: 1,170 mm (3 ft 10 in)

Turning circle: 10.1 m (33 ft)

Capacities:

Fuel tank: 61 L (13.5 imp gal)

Engine sump: 5.4 L (9.64 imp pt)

Gearbox: 1.13 L (2 imp pt)

Acceleration:

0 to 60 mph: 10.6 s

0 to 100 mph: 39 s