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Triumph Acclaim

The Triumph Acclaim was a small front-wheel-drive family saloon produced by British Leyland from 1981 to 1984 as a locally assembled version of the Honda Ballade.

Triumph Bonneville

The Triumph Bonneville is a family of classic-styled motorcycles built by British manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles, first made in 1959 and named after the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

Triumph Daytona 675

The Triumph Daytona 675 is a middleweight supersport motorcycle built by Triumph Motorcycles of Hinckley, England, powered by a 675 cc inline three-cylinder engine and produced from 2006 until 2016.

Triumph Motor Company

Triumph Motor Company was a British car manufacturer, active from 1923 to 1984, whose name passed to the Standard Motor Company, ending with the Honda-based Acclaim.

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, established in 1983 by John Bloor and continuing a lineage dating to 1902.

Triumph Rocket III

The Triumph Rocket III, styled Rocket 3 from 2020, is a Triumph power cruiser whose 2,458 cc triple produces the highest torque of any production motorcycle.

Triumph Spitfire

The Triumph Spitfire is a small British two-seat sports convertible built by Standard-Triumph and British Leyland in Coventry from 1962 to 1980; 314,342 were made in five marks.

Triumph Street Triple

The Triumph Street Triple is a naked roadster motorcycle made by Triumph Motorcycles in England, launched in 2007 as a street version of the Daytona 675.

Triumph TR6

The Triumph TR6 is a two-seat British sports car built at Canley, Coventry from 1968 to 1976, combining the TR5 chassis and 2.5-liter straight-six with a Karmann-restyled body, and the best-selling TR to date.

Triumph TR7

The Triumph TR7 is a British sports coupé built by Triumph, then part of British Leyland, from 1975 to 1981, the best-selling TR with 112,375 built despite quality problems.

Triumph TR8

The Triumph TR8 is a British sports car produced by Triumph from 1977 to 1981, essentially the wedge-shaped TR7 fitted with Rover's 3.5-liter aluminum V8 and sold mainly in North America.

Trolleybus

A trolleybus, also called a trolley coach or trackless trolley, is an electric bus that draws power from a pair of overhead wires while running on rubber tires.

Truck

A truck, called a lorry in British English, is a motor vehicle designed to carry property, ranging from pickups to multi-trailer combination vehicles; the first motorized truck was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1896.

Truck classification

Truck classification is the sorting of goods vehicles into categories by maximum mass, axle count, configuration, or intended use, under systems that differ between the EU and the US.

Truck driver

A truck driver, also known as a lorry driver, earns a living driving trucks, with about 2,235,100 heavy and tractor-trailer driver jobs in the United States in 2024.

Truck driver shortage

The truck driver shortage is the American Trucking Associations' claim that the United States lacks enough truck drivers, an estimate economists dispute as high turnover rather than a true shortage.

Truck electrification

Truck electrification is the replacement of diesel drivetrains in commercial trucks with electric power, led by battery-electric trucks, which reached 9% of heavy freight truck sales in 2025.

Truck nuts

Truck nuts, also known as Truck Nutz or truck balls, are plastic or metal fake testicles hung from a truck's trailer hitch, becoming a mass-market novelty in the late 2000s.

Truck platooning

Truck platooning is the operation of two or more trucks driving in close convoy, linked by automation and V2V communication to cut aerodynamic drag and save fuel.

Truck rollover stability control

Truck rollover stability control is an onboard safety technology that detects an impending rollover of a heavy truck and slows it automatically by reducing engine torque and applying brakes.

Truck scale

A truck scale, called a weighbridge outside North America, is a large scale that weighs whole trucks and their cargo by comparing loaded and empty weight.

Truck stop

A truck stop is a privately owned roadside facility providing diesel fuel, overnight parking, showers, food, and maintenance for commercial truck drivers, distinct from public rest areas.

Truck stop electrification

Truck stop electrification, also called electrified parking spaces or shore power, supplies grid power, heating, and cooling to parked trucks so drivers shut off the engine during required rest.

Truck-mounted attenuator

A truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) is a crash cushion mounted on the rear of a truck or trailer to reduce the severity of rear-end crashes in work zones.

Tubeless tire

A tubeless tire is a pneumatic tire that holds pressurized air without an inner tube, sealing airtight against the rim itself and standard on most new cars within a few years of 1952.

Tucker 48

The Tucker 48, also called the Tucker Torpedo, is an American sedan built in Chicago in 1948, known for its swiveling center headlight and advanced safety features; 51 were made.

Turbo roundabout

A turbo roundabout is a two-lane roundabout where raised dividers and spiral markings channel vehicles into fixed paths, invented in the Netherlands in 1996 by Bertus Fortuijn.

Turbo-Hydramatic

Turbo-Hydramatic is General Motors' family of hydraulically controlled automatic transmissions introduced in 1964, best known for the three-speed TH350, TH400, and TH200 and four-speed successors like the 700-R4.

Turn on red

Turn on red, also known as right on red, is a traffic rule permitting a turn at a red light after stopping, common in the United States.

Turnout (road)

A turnout is a short paved widening beside a road, usually a two-lane rural highway or single-track road, where a slow vehicle pulls aside so following or opposing vehicles can pass.