1974 - 1981 Triumph TR7 car brochure review

The wedge-shaped Triumph TR7 was a bold new design for the 1970s, eschewing the rugged four- and six-cylinder TR lineage that had come before it, introducing a softer, fixed-head, two-seat sportscar to the British Leyland/Jaguar-Rover-Triumph range, to sell alongside the pensionable Spitfire and MGB. The drop-head would only come on stream years later.
This classic car brochure dates to September 1977, during the TR7's spell in production at the Speke facility in Liverpool. It was powered by a 1998cc four-cylinder engine (a few 3.5 litre TR7 V8s / TR8s and TR7 Sprints would pop up briefly later), being an enlarged version of the 1850cc unit found under the Dolomite saloon's bonnet.
Public reaction to the TR7 on its debut was muted, and the lack of an open-top version combined with Harris Mann's wedge-like styling, led to mixed reviews with buyers and journalists alike - not unlike with the XJ-S. Quality control issues and erratic production didn't help either. Had the world of British Leyland in the 1970s been a more harmonious environment, and the car fully developed before its launch, with a drop-top version offered from the outset (US roll-over regulations were the issue here), then maybe it would have fared better than it did. The styling was bang up-to-date, and the interior - whilst a sea of black plastic - was no worse than anything else at the time. A mass-produced TR7 with a fully-reliable 16v Dolomite Sprint engine under its bonnet as standard, would have been a real shot in the arm to the BL range of the mid-1970s. Alas only a small number of TR7 Sprints were assembled, for homologation purposes only.
In this brochure there are details of:
TR7 interior
TR7 engine
TR7 styling
TR7 specification
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