Editing Triumph 2000 (section)

== Triumph 2000 Mk 2, 2.5 PI Mk 2, 2500TC and 2500S ==
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Triumph 2000 Mk 2 <br> Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 2 <br> Triumph 2500TC <br> Triumph 2500S
| image = KUU2P 1976 Triumph 2000 TC.jpg
| caption = 1976 Triumph 2000 TC Saloon
| production = 1969–1977 (2000) <br> 104,580 produced <br> 1969–1975 (2.5 PI) <br> 49,742 produced <br> 1974–1977 (2500TC) <br>32,492 produced <br> 1975–1977 (2500S) <br> 8,164 produced
| body_style = 4-door [[Sedan (car)|saloon]] <br> 5-door [[Estate car|estate]]
| engine = 1,998 cc [[straight-6]] (2000) <br> 2,498 cc [[straight-6]] (2.5 PI, 2500TC & 2500S)
| aka = Triumph Chicane ([[South Africa]])<ref name=ateupwithmotor/>
}}

In October 1969,<ref name=Autocar1973>{{cite magazine| title = Used Car Test: 1971 Triumph 2000 Estate Car| series = 138|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume =  (nbr 4019)| pages =  16–17|date = 7 June 1973}}</ref> the Mk 2 range was launched, styled, like its predecessor, by [[Giovanni Michelotti|Michelotti]], and preparing the car for the 1970s. The front of the car now followed the lines of the then-upcoming [[Triumph Stag]] grand tourer. There were entry-level 2000 models, which were the most plentiful, but the remainder of the range consisted of 2500, 2500&nbsp;TC and 2500&nbsp;PI models. Apart from the PI (petrol injection) models, all Triumph 2000 and 2500s had twin [[Zenith Carburetters|Stromberg]] or [[SU carburetor|SU]] [[carburettors]], the "TC" suffix on some models can seem misleading in this respect as it stood for a higher equipment level. In June 1975 the 2500S model, with 14&nbsp;inch (356&nbsp;mm) wheels and anti-roll bar, was added:  it replaced the 2.5PI which had quietly disappeared from the show rooms two months earlier.<ref name=Autocar1975>{{cite magazine| title = New from British Leyland: 2.5PI gives way to 2500S| series = 141|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume = (nbr 4100)|page=59 |date = 7 June 1975}}</ref>  This marked the end of fuel injected engines for the car, but improved acceleration was claimed for the twin carburettor 2500S and its slightly less expensive 2500TC sibling.<ref name=Autocar1975/>  These new versions featured an extensive list of other, mostly minor, improvements, of which the most significant were probably those affecting the ride and handling: these resulted from suspension changes including an [[anti-roll]] bar.<ref name=Autocar1975/> The Estate in the Mk 2 version was 5&nbsp;inches (125&nbsp;mm) shorter than the Mk 2 Saloon, because the rear bodywork of the car was carried over unchanged from the Mk 1 version, and as with the Mk 1, built by Carbodies.<ref name="Munro"/>{{rp|125}}

The Mk 2, the last big Triumph car, ceased production in 1977, supplanted by [[British Leyland]]'s corporate executive car, the [[Rover SD1]].  Six-cylinder 2300 and 2600 versions of the new Rover would nonetheless be powered by engines designed by Triumph, originally intended to replace the older 2000 / 2500 units.<ref name=SD1Sixpot>{{cite web|url=http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/rover/sd1-rover/engines-rover-sd1-six/|title=Engines : Rover SD1 Six ... Leyland's first, Triumph's last|author=Keith Adams|date=26 August 2011|work=AROnline|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=SD1club>{{cite web|url=http://www.roversd1.info/2300/2300.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102100721/http://www.roversd1.info/2300/2300.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2007|title=The Rover 2300, MK1|publisher=THE ROVER SD1 CLUB|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>   The last production car, a 2500S estate (BOL87V) is kept at the [[Heritage Motor Centre]].

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File:Triumph 2500 PI Mk2 in Morges 2013 - Front left.jpg|Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 2 Saloon
File:Triumph2500TC.JPG|Triumph 2500TC Saloon
File:Triumph 2500 S first registered May 1976 2498cc.JPG|1976 Triumph 2500S Saloon
File:Triumph 2500S estate 2498cc 1976.jpg|1976 Triumph 2500S Estate
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