25,939 Stags were built, between 1970 and 1977. Of those, it is estimated that over 8,000 are still on the road in the UK. So it is quite easy to find one if you want.

A Stag engine is a powerful, flexible 3-litre V8 with the most lovely burbling sound in cardom. The engine was built only for Stags; it contained a number of novel features (in the 1970s). Unfortunately, Triumph was starved of cash and resources to develop it by the British Leyland takeover; as a result, it was never used in any other car, and its shortcomings have been sorted out by owners and specialists rather than by the manufacturers.

It is simply lovely to drive, with a distinctively V8 deep rumble. The interior, which looks almost like new (and which smells wonderfully, evocatively, 1970s-new-car-ish – something to do with the plastics they used in those days) is comfortable and very practical