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===Driving Impressions of the Mk3 Spitfire (1969)===

Despite the fact that a Mk3 is essentially not that fast compared to today's vehicles, it has no trouble keeping up with :modern traffic conditions and will happily cruise down the motorway at 70mph, or more (where conditions allow). It handles better than would be expected, although when pushed to the limit the swing spring suspension can cause unpredictable handling. Controlled drifiting is quite achevable with practice (although you are not advised to do this with wire wheels).

The car makes a great sound at high revs and is very smooth through the gear changes, the brakes can be somewhat scary to someone used to driving a modern vehicle, but once you are used to it, you learn to change your style using the gearbox to aid braking. Performance is surprising, changing into second gear will easily give a pleasant pip of the rear tyres without labouring the engine.

All in all it's a surprising car to drive, it performs and handles much better than many cars of the period in the same price range.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolma (talk • contribs) 10:22, 20 November 2006

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==The Spitfire today==

Despite having sold more than the MG Midget and produced for longer than any other Triumph car (18 years), the little Triumph often suffered from the comparison to the MG, due partly at least to the inadequate rear suspension of the early models, corrected in later models. The reputation of the Spitfire, which like many types of smaller two-seat roadsters suffered during the 1980s and early 1990s, has undergone a major revival through the classic car movement. Throughout the world there are many British car clubs and Triumph car clubs whose members have many fine examples of Triumph Spitfires.

One key reason for the popularity of the Spitfire is number of improvements that can be made to the standard car at reasonable cost. Many owners upgrade the engine, drivetrain, brakes and suspension to improve the cars performance and handling. The Spitfire was a popular contender in the SCCA and many of the improvements available have their origins in the 'Competition Preparation Manual' by 'Kas' Kastner to assist with preparing cars for this form of motorsport. In recent years reduction in the cost of machining has resulted in a number of companies producing lightweight alloy parts for the Spitfire.

Toddstreat1 18:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)