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Encyclopedia > Triumph TR7
Triumph TR7
1980 Triumph TR7
Manufacturer Triumph Motor Company
Production 1974–1981
Predecessor Triumph TR6
Class Sports car
Body style(s) roadster
coupé
Layout FR layout
Engine(s) 1998 cc Straight-4
Wheelbase 85 inches (2160 mm)
Length 160 inches (4065 mm)
Width 62 inches (1681 mm)
Height 50 inches (1268 mm) (coupé)
Curb weight 2205 pounds (1000 kg) (coupé)
Related Triumph TR8
1975 Triumph TR7: initially the car was available only as a hard top
1975 Triumph TR7: initially the car was available only as a hard top

The Triumph TR7 was a sports car manufactured from September 1974 to October 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company, part of British Leyland, in the United Kingdom. It was initially made at the Speke, Liverpool factory, moving to Coventry in 1978 and finally to the Rover plant in Solihull in 1980. The car was launched in the United States in January 1975, with the UK home market debut in May 1976. The UK launch was delayed at least twice because of high demand for the vehicle in the US. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 522 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,005 × 1,309 pixels, file size: 318 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Triumph TR7 at Bristol Car Show, The Downs, Bristol, England. ... Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... Triumph Logo (1978 version) 1934 Triumph Gloria Six 1937 Triumph Dolomite Roadster 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started... The Triumph TR6 (1969–76) was a British sports car and the best-seller of the TR range built by Triumph when production ended in July 1976. ... Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories. ... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was based upon European sports cars A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the car body style. ... The Peugeot 406 Coupé, designed by Pininfarina 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design 1997 Rover Vitesse Coupe, club coupé Rover P5 Coupe, a traditional four-door coupé Mercedes CLS, a modern four-door coupé Gala-Coupé of Leopold II, Brussels 1970s Sunbeam Alpine fastback coup... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... Sketch of FR layout In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kerb (sometimes mis-spelled as curb by Americans) weight is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (such as motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ... The Triumph TR8 was an eight-cylinder version of the wedge-shaped Triumph TR7 sports car, manufactured by BL Ltd. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,366 × 820 pixels, file size: 261 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,366 × 820 pixels, file size: 261 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was based upon European sports cars A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ... Triumph Logo (1978 version) 1934 Triumph Gloria Six 1937 Triumph Dolomite Roadster 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... For other uses, see Speke (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... , Solihull (IPA: , or ) is a large town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of 94,753. ...


The car was characterized by its "wedge" shape, penned by Harris Mann who also designed the wedge-shaped Leyland Princess; and by a curved line in the bodywork going from the door to the rear. The car had an overall length of 160 inches (406 cm), width of 66 inches (168 cm), wheelbase of 85 inches (216 cm) and height of 49.5 inches (126 cm). The coupé had a kerbside weight of 2005 pounds (1000 kg). During development, the TR7 had the code name "Bullet". Harris Mann (b. ... The Leyland Princess is a medium-to-large car that was produced in the United Kingdom by British Leyland from 1975 until 1981. ...


Power was provided by a 105 bhp (78 kW) (92 bhp in the North American version) 1998 cc 8-valve four-cylinder engine which shared the same basic design as the Triumph Dolomite Sprint engine mounted in-line at the front of the car. There were plans to directly use the Sprint engine (127 bhp) in the TR7 and at least 25 pre-production cars were made in 1977 using the 1978 model year bodyshell. No production cars were built or sold. Drive was to the rear wheels via a four-speed gearbox initially with optional five-speed gearbox or three-speed automatic from 1976. The front independent suspension used coil spring and damper struts and lower single link at the front, and at the rear was a four link system again with coil springs. There were front and rear anti roll bars, with disc brakes at the front and drums at the rear. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... The Triumph Slant-4 is an engine developed by the UK engineering company, Ricardo, for Triumph and Saab. ...


In early 1979, Triumph belatedly introduced a convertible version, called the TR7 Drophead, which first went on sale in the US. The British market received it in early 1980.


For export, Triumph created a TR8: a TR7 with the 135 bhp (101 kW) Rover 3·5 L V8 engine. While some genuine TR8s stayed in Britain, these are exceedingly rare. Most went to the US, where they did not fare well due to Triumph's poor build quality at the time. The Triumph TR8 was an eight-cylinder version of the wedge-shaped Triumph TR7 sports car, manufactured by BL Ltd. ...


As part of a rationalisation introduced by BL boss Sir Michael Edwardes, the Triumph TR7 was cancelled in 1981. In total, 112,368 TR7s were built, and 2,722 TR8s. Michael Edwardes (born 1930 in South Africa) is business executive and Rhodes University graduate who once served as Chair for the Austin Rover Group. ...


In the UK in 1980 the TR7 Drophead sold for £5,050, and the Coupé for £5,230.


British Leyland ran a team of TR7s in rally competition from 1976 to 1980. These cars used the 16 valve Dolomite Sprint or Rover V8 engine and had disc brakes on all four wheels. They were reasonably successful on tarmac events but did not do well on off road sections. [citation needed]

The TR7 in fiction

  • In the Fiona Walker novel Snap Happy, one of the incidental characters drives his three friends to a party in a rusty Triumph TR7. Fiona Walker was unaware that the car only had two seats.

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Top Gear

  • On the DVD special Clarkson: Heaven and Hell, presenter Jeremy Clarkson set up a jousting contest between a TR7 and a Ford Scorpio Mk II - both of which he regards as two of the ugliest cars ever made. On the third round of the contest, both cars collided head-on and exploded. [1]

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External links

  • Ally's Atlas - TR7/8 Owners Worldwide
  • History and Information on the Triumph TR7
  • World Wide TR7 TR8 Owners Club
  • A list of TR7's for sale

  Results from FactBites:
 
Triumph TR7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (482 words)
The Triumph TR7 was a sports car manufactured from 1975 to 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company, then part of British Leyland (and subsequently, BL Ltd.), in the United Kingdom.
As part of the rationalization introduced by BL boss Sir Michael Edwardes, the Triumph TR7 was cancelled in 1981.
In 1980 the TR7 Drophead sold for £5050, and £5230 for the Coupe in the United Kindgom.
Triumph Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (405 words)
But many Triumphs of this era were unreliable, including the 2.5 PI with its fuel injection problems, and the poor quality of the TR7 and TR8 sports cars, which killed the marque in the United States.
The last Triumph model was the Acclaim which was launched in 1981 in a joint venture with Japanese company Honda.
The Triumph name disappeared in 1984, when the Acclaim was replaced by the Rover 200, which was also simply a rebadged version of Honda's Civic/Ballade model.
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