Editing Triumph 2000 (section)

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{{for multi|the Triumph 2000 Roadster of 1948–49|Triumph Roadster|the Triumph 2000 Saloon of 1949|Triumph Renown}}
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Triumph 2000, 2.5PI, 2500TC & 2500S
| manufacturer = [[Triumph Motor Company]]
| image = Triumph 2000 Mk II (15882371160).jpg
| caption = Triumph 2000 Mk 2 Saloon
| production = 1963–1977 <br /> 324,652 produced
| assembly = United Kingdom <br /> Australia<ref>[http://t2000.kvaleberg.org/t_hist.html#outside Triumph 2000/2500/2.5 Historical Page] Retrieved on 29 March 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.hudson-amc.org.au/historical/ami-the-start.htm Australian Motor Industries (AMI) The Start] Retrieved on 30 March 2012</ref> <br /> South Africa<ref name=ateupwithmotor>[http://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-2000-2500-mk2/2/ Class Acts, Part 2: Triumph 2000, 2.5 PI, and 2500 Mk 2, ateupwithmotor.com] Retrieved on 10 April 2014</ref> <br /> New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://photonews.org.nz/nelson/issue/NPN67_19660528/t1-body-d24.html|title=Motor Assembly Plant Officially Opened - Nelson Photo News - No 67 : May 28, 1966|website=photonews.org.nz|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref>

<br /> Belgium<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.motorgraphs.com/heritage/malines-belgium-factory-leyland-triumph-1972_a156434.aspx|title= Malines (Belgium) factory Leyland-Triumph 1972|website=www.motorgraphs.com|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>
| body_style = 4-door [[Sedan (car)|saloon]] <br> 5-door [[Estate car|estate]]
| class = [[Mid-size]] [[executive car]]
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout]]
| engine = {{cvt|1998|cc|abbr=on}} [[straight-6]] (2000) <br /> {{cvt|2498|cc|abbr=on}} straight-6 (2.5 PI, 2500TC & 2500S)
| transmission = 4-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] <br /> 4-speed manual with [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]] <br /> 3-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]
| length = {{convert|174|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} Mk 1 <br /> {{convert|183|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} Mk 2
| width = {{Convert|67|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| height = {{Convert|56|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| predecessor = [[Standard Vanguard]]
| successor = [[Rover SD1]]
| designer = [[Giovanni Michelotti]]
| wheelbase = {{convert|106|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
}}

The '''Triumph 2000''' is a mid-sized, rear wheel drive [[automobile]] which was produced in [[Coventry]] by the [[Triumph Motor Company]] between 1963 and 1977. It was introduced on 15 October 1963.<ref>New Triumph marks the End of an Era. ''The Times'', Tuesday, 15 October 1963; pg. 16; Issue 55832</ref> It was styled by [[Giovanni Michelotti]].<ref name=BBonTriumph2000>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1963/60/driving-the-new-triumph-2000|title=Driving the new Triumph 2000|author=[[Bill Boddy]] |publisher=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|date=November 1963|accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=MichelottiperDM>{{cite web|title=Michelotti (and the Triumph Stag) – 'A free pencil…'|author=Dave Moss|date=4 December 2015 |work=2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of the Triumph Stag. Dave Moss looks back at the car and its talented instigator, Giovanni Michelotti…|url=http://www.wheels-alive.co.uk/michelotti-and-the-triumph-stag-a-free-pencil/|publisher=Kim Henson, "Wheels Alive"|accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=P6perClasCars>{{cite web|url= http://www.classiccars.co.uk/cars/rover/p6/ |title=Rover P6|work=Classic Cars |publisher="Classic Cars", [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]], Essex |accessdate= 9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=Tri2000perJL>{{cite web|url=https://triumph2000register.co.uk/the-cars/history/the-triumph-2000-story-the-final-years-tc-and-s-models-1974-1977/2/ |author=[[Jonathan Lewis (motorsport)|Jonathan Lewis]] |title= The Triumph 2000 Story – The Final Years: 'TC' and 'S' Models, 1974-1977|year=2010|publisher=The Triumph 2000 Register, [[Wakefield]], [[Yorkshire]]|accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref>

It competed with the contemporary [[Rover P6]] 2000, which initially was offered only with a four-cylinder engine. The Rover was also released in October 1963, just one week before the Triumph.<ref name=Autocar197606>{{cite magazine |title = Buying Secondhand: Rover 2000/2200 | series = 144|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume =  nbr 4155| pages =62–64| date = 26 June 1976}}</ref> Larger-engined models, known as the Triumph 2.5 PI and Triumph 2500 were also produced from 1968.