As we reported in our Club Magazine, Nacelle, a while ago, Triumph have already brought production back to the Hinckley UK factory but now they are set to increase it dramatically with the Tiger 1200 and 900 plus the Speed Triple and Rocket 3 due to be produced in the UK factory before the end of the year.
Triumph had decided to produce all models in their Thailand factories and focus their Hinckley base on research, development, and design - possibly because of a threat of import taxes for UK products following the UK's exit from the EU (Thailand had a trade agreement). However since the news that imports into the EU would not have any increase in taxes Triumph brought production back to the UK with the installation of a new type of production line early last year. Now they are scaling up with additional lines to handle all the machines that are destined for the UK and European markets. Ok so it might not have been due to Brexit but it seems the most likely explanation. Sales in Europe were strong in 2021 and Triumph have themselves cited that as a reason to scale up the UK production to over 20,000 units per year.
