a Triumph Spitfire. It's about as close to the archetypal British roadster as you can get, and after three hours of traveling, we weren't going to turn around because of a little discomfort.

In other words, it developed less power than its British sibling (53 horsepower vs. 71 horsepower, respectively). With a 0-60 mph (97 kph) time of 16.3 seconds, the Triumph Spitfire wasn’t ...