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Triumph timeline
* 1884: German immigrant Siegfried Bettmann sets up S. Bettmann Import Export Agency in London and begins distributing bicycles under Bettmann name.
* 1886: The company changes its name to Triumph Cycle Company.
* 1888: Triumph buys a factory in Coventry to begin producing bicycles.
* 1889: The company moves its headquarters to Coventry.
* 1902: The first Triumph motorcycles go into production using a Belgian engine.
* 1903: A manufacturing subsidiary is created in Nuremberg, Germany, to produce Triumph motorcycles for the German market.
* 1905: The first fully company-built motorcycle is produced.
* 1915: Switching to wartime production, the company produces 30,000 "Trusty Triumph" motorcycles for the Allies during the World War I.
* 1923: The first Triumph car model, the 10/20, is launched.
* 1929: Triumph's German subsidiary is spun off as a separate company, which continues to make Triumph motorcycles until the 1950s.
* 1936: Triumph car and motorcycle operations are broken up into two companies; Jack Sangster, who owns Ariel motorcycles, buys the motorcycle division.
* 1939: Triumph Cars goes bankrupt and is acquired by Standard Motor Company.
* 1940: The company switches to wartime production, building over 50,000 motorcycles for the Allies.
* 1950: The Thunderbird model debuts.
* 1951: Triumph is acquired by the BSA Group, which also makes BSA motorcycles.
* 1954: Marlon Brando rides a Triumph Thunderbird in the film The Wild One.
* 1958: The Bonneville, hailed as the greatest motorcycle of all time, is introduced.
* 1969: Triumph production peaks at nearly 48,000 motorcycles.
* 1972: Norton-Villiers-Triumph (NVT) is created in an effort to rescue the British motorcycle industry.
* 1973: After NVT chairman announces the closure of the Triumph plant; its workers stage an 18-month sit-in, shutting down production.
* 1974: Meriden Motorcycle Cooperative is created with government backing and production soon resumes at the Triumph plant.
* 1983: Triumph goes bankrupt, and its brand and manufacturing rights are acquired by John Bloor.
* 1990: Bloor opens a state-of-the-art plant in Hinckley and unveils new Triumph models.
* 1991: The company begins full-scale production of new models.
* 1995: Triumph returns to the U.S. market, distributing through Triumph USA subsidiary set up the year before.
* 2000: The company relaunches the Bonneville and approaches the break-even mark
* 2006: With the 2007 model year bikes, the 790 cc engine is phased out completely
