The Triumph Acclaim was a compact automobile made by BL Ltd., the successor to British Leyland, from 1981 to 1984. It was based on the Honda Ballade and used a Honda-designed engine, but met UK content requirements. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honda Ballade is a compact automobile built by Honda of Japan. ... This Honda is the car company. ...

The Acclaim was significant as it was the first Japanese car to be built within the European Economic Community to bypass Japan's voluntary limit of 11 per cent market of the total number of European sales. The Acclaim was also a major turnaround point for BL itself, the car sporting good reliability and build quality from the outset. It paved the way for the Honda-based Rover badged range of cars which BL (and its antecedents) would develop throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...

The most notable outward change was the appearance of a central badge on the grille. At the time, the Japanese model had 'Honda' to the right-hand side of the grille.

All Acclaims were powered by the 1,335 cm³ engine found in the Honda Civic and the interior was nearly identical (except for the seats). The usual Austin Rover trim levels were offered: L, HL, HLS and CD (which had electric windows and optional air conditioning). The Honda Civic is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ...

It replaced the Triumph Dolomite of the 1970s and was succeeded by the first Rover 200-series, based on the Honda Civic. The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small–medium-sized four-door saloon car, made by Triumph under the British Leyland organisation. ... The Rover 200-series is an automobile produced by the Austin Rover Group, and latterly the Rover Group and MG Rover. ... The Honda Civic is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ...

It was the last car to wear the Triumph badge. The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Seigfrield Brittman and Mauritz Schulte started producing Triumph bicycles at Coventry, England. ...