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What we compareTriumph MotorcyclesABC Motors
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded19831912
FounderJohn BloorRonald Charteris
HeadquartersHinckley, Leicestershire, UKHersham, Surrey, UK
Name originSiegfried 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.ABC 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.
HighlightsSpeed Twin, Tiger 100, Bonneville, Trident 900, Daytona 675ABC 400, Skootamota
Earliest archived brand logo20051912
Latest archived logo20131912
Archived logo assets21

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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