itive ▁against ▁the ▁J agu ar ▁X K 1 2 0 . ▁Fish er ▁and ▁Lud low ▁and ▁M ull in ers ▁both ▁refused ▁to ▁build ▁bodies ▁for ▁the ▁TR - X , ▁and ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁Italian ▁fir ms ▁Car roz zer ia ▁Tour ing ▁and ▁Pin inf arina ▁also ▁failed . ▁Material ▁short ages ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁Korean ▁War ▁ended ▁attempts ▁to ▁manufact ure ▁the ▁TR - X . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁pro tot ypes ▁were ▁sold ; ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁that ▁these ▁still ▁existed . ▁▁ 2 0 TS ▁ ▁Sir ▁John ▁Black , ▁chairman ▁of ▁Standard - T rium ph , ▁was ▁determined ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁sports ▁car ▁to ▁comp ete ▁with ▁Morgan , ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁earlier ▁tried ▁to ▁buy . ▁Black ▁ordered ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁a ▁sports ▁car ▁using ▁existing ▁ch ass is , ▁susp ension , ▁and ▁engine , ▁and ▁in exp ensive ▁body work . ▁Other ▁design ▁object ives ▁were ▁a ▁price ▁of ▁approximately ▁£ 5 0 0 ▁and ▁a ▁top ▁speed ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁ 9 0   m ph . ▁ ▁The ▁resulting ▁car , ▁the ▁Tri umph ▁ 2 0 TS , ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁at ▁the ▁London ▁Motor ▁Show . ▁Public ▁reception ▁was ▁mixed ; ▁the ▁front ▁sty ling ▁and ▁the ▁potential ▁for ▁speed ▁were ▁pra ised , ▁the ▁cr amp ed ▁interior , ▁stub by ▁rear ▁end , ▁and ▁lack ▁of ▁boot ▁space ▁were ▁not . ▁ ▁BR