Triplex Ten Twenty Special

The two-door sports coupé that thought it was an MPV…


THE Triplex Ten Twenty Special was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1977 to publicise the firm’s newly-developed type of Superlaminated windscreen. Based around an Alfa Romeo, the car featured wedgy 2-door coupé styling courtesy of Chris Humberstone, with a removable glass roof section for open-top motoring. The sharply-styled front incorporated the retractable headlights that were all-but de rigueur for 1970s exotica.

However, its most unusual feature was reserved for the interior, where six individual seats were laid out in a three-row hexagonal pattern, with the middle pair set further apart than those fore and aft.

Front and rear views of the car, plus an illustration of the unusual seating arrangement.
Front and rear views of the car, plus an illustration of the unusual seating arrangement.

 

At the following year’s British Motor Show, Triplex presented its next special: the Princess-based 10-20 Glassback


(Picture: Alexander Glorieux)

Keith Adams

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