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Triumph TR7, the Glossary

The Triumph TR7 is a sports car that was manufactured in the United Kingdom from September 1974 to October 1981 by British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC), which changed its name to British Leyland (BL) in 1975.^[1]

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British Leyland vehicles
Cars discontinued in 1981
Cars introduced in 1975
Triumph Motor Company vehicles

Australian Design Rules

The Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are Australia's national technical regulations for vehicle safety, theft resistance, and emissions.

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Auto Motor und Sport

Auto Motor und Sport, (stylized in all lowercase) and abbreviated AMS or AMuS, is a German automobile magazine.

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Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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BL O-series engine

The BL O-series engine is an automobile straight-four engine family that was produced by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland (BL) as a development of the BMC B-series engine family.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.

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British Leyland

British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings.

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British Motor Museum

The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.

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Canley

Canley is a suburban neighbourhood located in CV4, south-west Coventry, England.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.

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Coventry

Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.

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Dallas (1978 TV series)

Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.

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Detectorists

Detectorists is a British comedy television series first broadcast on BBC Four in October 2014.

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Dinky Toys

Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd.

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Fastback

A fastback is an automotive styling feature, defined by the rear of the car having a single slope from the roof to the tail.

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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; International Automobile Federation) is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.

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Gather (knitting)

In knitting, a gather draws stitches closer together within a row of knitting.

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Gaydon

Gaydon is a civil parish and village in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England, situated between Leamington Spa and Banbury.

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Grille (car)

In automotive engineering, a grille covers an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air to enter or exit.

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Grinnall Specialist Cars

The Grinnall Specialist Cars Ltd. (Grinnall Cars) is an automobile and motorcycles maker founded by Mark Grinnall in United Kingdom.

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Group 4 (motorsport)

Group 4 referred to regulations for sportscars and grand touring (GT) cars used in racing and rallying, as regulated by the FIA.

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Harris Mann

Harris William Mann (27 April 1938 – 14 August 2023) was a British car designer.

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Homologation

Homologation (Greek homologeo, ὁμολογέω, "to agree") is the granting of approval by an official authority.

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Honda Ballade

The Honda Ballade (ホンダ・バラード) is a subcompact automobile built by Honda of Japan.

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International Motor Show Germany

The International Motor Show Germany or International Mobility Show Germany, in German known as the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA – International Automobile Exhibition), is one of the world's largest mobility trade fairs.

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John Buffum

John Buffum (born October 4, 1943 in Wallingford, Connecticut) is the most successful U.S. rally driver ever, winning 11 national titles and 117 national championship events.

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Leonia, New Jersey

Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook (born Paul James Crook, 29 September 1971) is an English actor, director and writer.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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MG cars

MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, and M.G. Car Company Limited was the British sports car manufacturer existing between 1930 and 1972 that made the marque well known.

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MG MGB

The MGB is a two-door sports car manufactured and marketed from 1962 until 1980 by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), later the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland, as a four-cylinder, soft-top sports car. Triumph TR7 and mG MGB are 1980s cars, rear-wheel-drive vehicles and roadsters.

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Michael Edwardes

Sir Michael Owen Edwardes (11 October 1930 – 15 September 2019) was a British-South African business executive who held chairmanships at several companies - most notably motor manufacturer British Leyland in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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MIRA Ltd.

HORIBA MIRA Ltd. (formerly the Motor Industry Research Association) is an automotive engineering and development consultancy company headquartered near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

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Plant Oxford

Plant Oxford located in Cowley, southeast Oxford, England, is a BMW car assembly facility where Mini cars are built.

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Porsche 924

The Porsche 924 is a sports car produced by Porsche in Neckarsulm, Germany, from 1976 until 1988. Triumph TR7 and Porsche 924 are 1980s cars, Group 4 (racing) cars, rear-wheel-drive vehicles and sports cars.

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Porsche 928

The Porsche 928 is a grand touring car with a 2+2 seating layout manufactured by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 to 1995. Triumph TR7 and Porsche 928 are 1980s cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Princess (car)

The Princess is a large family car produced in the United Kingdom by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland from 1975 until 1981 (1982 in New Zealand). Triumph TR7 and Princess (car) are 1980s cars, British Leyland vehicles, cars discontinued in 1981 and cars introduced in 1975.

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Purdey (The New Avengers)

Purdey is a fictional character in the British TV series The New Avengers played by Joanna Lumley from 1976 to 1977.

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Rebadging

In the automotive industry, rebadging is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world.

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Revell

Revell GmbH is an American-origin manufacturer of plastic scale models, currently based in Bünde, Germany.

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Roadster (car)

A roadster (also spider, spyder) is an open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character. Triumph TR7 and roadster (car) are roadsters.

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Rover Company

The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull, Warwickshire.

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Rover SD1

The Rover SD1 is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of executive cars built by the Specialist Division (later the Jaguar-Rover-Triumph division), and finally the Austin Rover division of British Leyland from 1976 until 1986, when it was replaced by the Rover 800. Triumph TR7 and Rover SD1 are 1980s cars, British Leyland vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Rover V8 engine

The Rover V8 engine is a compact OHV V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder block and cylinder heads, designed and produced by Rover in the United Kingdom, based on a General Motors engine.

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Solihull

Solihull is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England.

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Solihull plant

Solihull plant is a car manufacturing factory in Lode Lane, Lode Heath, Solihull, UK, owned by Jaguar Land Rover.

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Speke

Speke is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

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Sports car

A sports car is a type of car that is designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and racing capability. Triumph TR7 and sports car are sports cars.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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The New Avengers (TV series)

The New Avengers is a secret agent action television series produced during 1976 and 1977.

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Toby Jones

Toby Edward Heslewood JonesBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com (born 7 September 1966) is an English actor.

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Tony Pond

Tony Pond (23 November 1945 – 7 February 2002) was a British rally driver.

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Triumph Acclaim

The Triumph Acclaim is a front-wheel drive compact family saloon/sedan manufactured by British Leyland (BL) from 1981 to 1984, as a locally built version of the Honda Ballade. Triumph TR7 and Triumph Acclaim are British Leyland vehicles and Triumph Motor Company vehicles.

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Triumph Dolomite

The Triumph Dolomite was a small saloon car produced by the Triumph Motor Company division of the British Leyland (BL) in Canley, Coventry, between October 1972 and August 1980. Triumph TR7 and Triumph Dolomite are British Leyland vehicles, rally cars, rear-wheel-drive vehicles and Triumph Motor Company vehicles.

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Triumph slant-four engine

The Triumph slant-four is an inline four-cylinder petrol car engine developed by the Triumph Motor Company.

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Triumph TR6

The Triumph TR6 is a sports car that was built by the Triumph Motor Company of England. Triumph TR7 and Triumph TR6 are rear-wheel-drive vehicles, roadsters, sports cars and Triumph Motor Company vehicles.

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Triumph TR8

The Triumph TR8 is a sports car built by the British Triumph Motor Company from 1978 until 1981. Triumph TR7 and Triumph TR8 are 1980s cars, cars discontinued in 1981, Group 4 (racing) cars, rear-wheel-drive vehicles, sports cars and Triumph Motor Company vehicles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR7

Also known as Triumph TR 7 V8, Triumph TR7 V8, Truimph TR7 Sprint.

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See also

British Leyland vehicles

Cars discontinued in 1981

Cars introduced in 1975

Triumph Motor Company vehicles

References