Montage by Peter Darnall.
“Kas” Kaster passed away on April 11, 2021. As a tribute, we republish Peter Darnall’s article about the Triumph K car, designed by Peter Brock and engineered and built by Kastner. From the VeloceToday Archives, August 2016
Story by Peter Darnall
Black and White photos courtesy Peter Brock
The K-car has always been one of my favorite designs – Peter Brock
High praise indeed! Peter Brock can include the Corvette Stingray, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, and the Hino Samurai in the portfolio of exciting cars he has been involved with. I first saw the Triumph TR-250K in person at the David Love Memorial event at Sonoma earlier this year. The sophisticated wedge-shaped profile of the car was simply elegant. The K-Car, on its looks alone, might have saved Triumph from oblivion, but it was never put into production.
And therein lies a tale…
