Triumph TR8

The Triumph TR8 was a sports car built by the Triumph Motor Company from 1978 until 1981, the eight-cylinder version of the wedge-shaped Triumph TR7 designed by Harris Mann and manufactured by British Leyland through its Jaguar, Rover and Triumph division. A V8-engined TR7 had been planned early in the TR7 development and a prototype was built in 1972, and by 1978 some 145 prototype cars with V8 engines had been built, mostly coupes with automatic transmission, which dealers evaluated for British Leyland and then sold off as used cars. It did not use Triumph own overhead-cam V8 from the Stag, because of its weight and service record, but the Rover V8 shared with the Rover SD1.