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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.
This was for the rehomologation of the 16-valve head to allow the 16-valve TR7 rally car to be used in the 1978 season following a change to the FIA's rules. That the TR7 Sprint was used in this is shown by a series of six photographs in the British Motor Museum's archives, taken on 1 November and listed as TR7 Sprint Homologation. The 16-valve ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 1977, a number (probably 62) of Triumph TR7s with the same Sprint engine were manufactured as pre-production cars at Speke, Liverpool. [12] However, this Triumph TR7 Sprint variant was cancelled with the closure of the Speke assembly plant in 1978.
Trident Sprint 900: 885 Standard Trident, fitted with very effective twin headlamp half fairing. Sprint 900 885 As above but, as model became well known in its own right, Triumph decided to drop the "Trident" part of the name. Facelifted in 1995 to include new (unique to the Sprint, at the time) side panels and tail light. Sprint 900 Sport 885
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.
In my opinion, there is little, if anything, worth moving from the existing article on Triumph TR7 Sprint to the existing section Triumph TR7#TR7 Sprint, which is why I simply redirected the article to the section. However, the redirect has since been undone, so I am beginning a formal discussion on whether to merge the article into the section.