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Solihull-built TR7 drop head coupe with double bulge bonnet Tan plaid interior of a Triumph TR7. Note later rectangular door lock button at top left. The development of a V8-engined version, which became the Triumph TR8, required an addition bulge in the bonnet, to clear the carburettors. This produced the "double bulge" or "double bump" bonnet ...
Figure 2: TR7 Sprint Engine Bay from Left Figure 3: TR7 Sprint Engine Bay from Right. The Triumph TR7 Sprint version of the Triumph TR7 sports car was produced in 1977 by the Triumph Motor Company then part of British Leyland. However, it was produced in only very limited numbers: Probably a maximum of 61 in total were manufactured.
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The TR7 was initially available as a coupé, with a convertible version being developed after the launch of the coupé. A premium-grade version using the Rover V8 engine was developed as part of the same project. The TR7 convertible was introduced in 1979. [citation needed] Also introduced in 1979 was the Triumph TR8, a premium V8 version of ...
Later, with the introduction of the TR7, Triumph stopped production of the 2.5 L TR6 engine, and TVR discontinued the 2500M completely when supplies of the engine were exhausted in 1977. The 2.5-litre Triumph engine had an inherent fault when fitted to the 2500M: it would continually over heat in traffic or at high revs. [citation needed]
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The only all-new Triumph model initiated as Rover Triumph was the TR7, which was in production successively at three factories that were closed: Speke, the poorly run Leyland-era Standard-Triumph works in Liverpool, [8] the original Standard works at Canley, Coventry and finally the Rover works in Solihull. Plans for an extended range based on ...
Triumph TR8. The Triumph TR8 is a sports car built by the British Triumph Motor Company from 1978 until 1981. It is an eight-cylinder version of the "wedge-shaped" Triumph TR7 which was designed by Harris Mann and manufactured by British Leyland (BL), through its Jaguar/Rover/Triumph (JRT) division. The majority of TR8s were sold in the United ...