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Motor vehicle
Triumph Acclaim
Overview
Manufacturer
British Leyland
Production
1981–1984 133,626 made
Assembly
United Kingdom: Cowley, Oxford
Body and chassis
Class
Small family car
Body style
4-door saloon
Related
Honda Ballade Honda Civic (2nd Gen)
Powertrain
Engine
1,335 cc (81.5 cu in) EN4 Straight-4
Transmission
5-speed manual 3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase
91 in (2,311 mm)
Length
161 in (4,089 mm)
Width
63 in (1,600 mm)
Height
53 in (1,346 mm)
Chronology
Predecessor
Triumph Dolomite
Successor
Rover 200 (SD3)
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. It was the final vehicle marketed under the Triumph marque, and the first product of the alliance between BL (later the Rover Group) and Honda which would last until the mid 1990s.
The Acclaim was the first Japanese-designed car manufactured within the European Economic Community (now the European Union), to bypass Japan's voluntary limit of 11 per cent market of the total number of European sales. It was a major turnaround point for BL itself, achieving both reliability and high build quality from the outset.
Assembled at the Pressed Steel Fisher Plant at Cowley, Oxford, the Acclaim paved the way for the Honda-based, Rover-badged range of cars which BL (and successor organisations Austin Rover and Rover Group) would develop throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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