Pre-1980 versions with a four-speed box are probably worth avoiding, but either way these are easy cars to live with, so long as you can keep the rust at bay. Triumph Herald and Vitesse 1959-'71 ...

was so disastrously unreliable that the 1970 model appears in Time's "50 Worst Cars of All Time." Later designs like the ...

That didn’t stop the ever-adventurous Tommies from indulging in one of their favorite pastimes—making cars. The Triumph Roadster emerged in 1946 as a competitor for Jaguar’s sportscars.