Triumph Renown-Type Saloons

The car pictured above is a Triumph Renown-type car.  There were three series, the 1800, the 2000 and the Renown, but for convenience, I'll just use the term "Renown" in this post.  Some background can be found here.

Renown-type Triumphs were in production 1946-1954, with 15,491 made.  The wheelbase was 108 inches (2,743 mm) for the 1800s, 2000s and Renowns, and 111 inches (2,819 mm) for TDC and limousine versions.

The design is decidedly pre- World War 2, with fancy British coachbuilder style Razor Edge shaping.  For 1949 Triumph introduced the smaller Mayflower, also with Razor Edge features.  Mayflowers were ugly, as I posted here.

On the Renown, Razor Edge didn't work well either, though the car wasn't as ugly as the Mayflower.

Images below are of cars listed for sale.

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1954 Triumph Renown
General Motors introduced futuristic Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs with panoramic (wraparound) windshields for the 1954 model year.

Some sort of character line running front to rear just below the beltline would have reduced some of the visual stubbiness.

Note that the trunk (boot) lid has two handles.

1954 Triumph Renown
The passenger compartment greenhouse is tall, the windows large.  Some coachbuilt British cars had these features earlier, but the general fashion for airy tops didn't kick in until the 1960s and later.

A less-distorted view of the Renown's aft end.

Interiors were upscale, in line with the vintage Razor Edge exteriors.  Plenty of woodwork on and near the dashboard.

And a leathery, British-style interior.  My guess is that the class of the interior was what convinced people to buy Renowns, not so much the exterior styling.