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What we compareABC MotorsTriumph Motorcycles
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded19121983
FounderRonald CharterisJohn Bloor
HeadquartersHersham, Surrey, UKHinckley, Leicestershire, UK
Name originABC is short for All British (Engine) Company, the name of the firm founded in 1912. It was later renamed ABC Motors Ltd, keeping the initials.Siegfried Bettmann's company was known as S. Bettmann and Co. until 1886, when he sought a more specific name and it became the Triumph Cycle Company. The word itself means a victory or great success. The sources used here do not record why Bettmann chose it.
HighlightsABC 400, SkootamotaSpeed Twin, Tiger 100, Bonneville, Trident 900, Daytona 675
Earliest archived brand logo19122005
Latest archived logo19122013
Archived logo assets12

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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