Triumph gave new projects four letter development code names (e.g. Triumph liked the Michelotti design so much that they propagated the styling lines of the Stag into the new T2000/T2500 Mark II saloon and estate model lines of the 1970s. The end result, a two-door drop head (convertible), had little in common with the styling of its progenitor 2000, but retained the suspension and drive line. Webster loved the design and took the prototype back to England. His agreement was, if Harry Webster, Director of Engineering at Triumph, liked the design, Triumph could use the prototype as the basis of a new model. The car started as a styling experiment cut and shaped from a 1963–64 pre-production 2000 saloon, also styled by Giovanni Michelotti. A body color removable hard top with defrost wires on the rear window, full headliner and lever operated quarter windows was a popular factory option. All Stags were four-seater convertible coupés, but for structural rigidity – and to meet proposed American rollover standards of the time – the Stag required a B-pillar " roll bar" hoop connected to the windscreen frame by a T-bar. Envisioned as a luxury sports car, the Stag was designed to compete directly with the Mercedes-Benz SL class models.
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