The Sprint's 16-valve head was engineered with Coventry Climax input, arriving a year late as the car once meant to be called the Dolomite 135.
Median 94 hp across 313 similar cars
Lead trim: 1300 (1,296 cc) · up to 127 hp
Triumph Dolomite1972–1980
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FactThe Sprint's 16-valve head was engineered with Coventry Climax input, arriving a year late as the car once meant to be called the Dolomite 135.
A small sports saloon produced by Triumph, part of British Leyland, at Canley, Coventry, from October 1972 to August 1980, designed by Giovanni Michelotti; 204,003 were made in all versions. The final addition to Triumph's "Project Ajax" small-car range, which began in 1965 with the Triumph 1300, it was unveiled at the London Motor Show in October 1971 to replace the six-cylinder Vitesse and the upmarket front-wheel-drive models, though strikes delayed full production. It used the longer bodyshell of the front-wheel-drive Triumph 1500 with most of the running gear of the rear-wheel-drive Toledo. The 1,854 cc slant-four with an alloy OHC head on an iron block, a version of which Triumph also supplied to Saab for the 99, gave 91 bhp and 100 mph. In June 1973 came the Dolomite Sprint, a year late, whose 1,998 cc slant-four had a 16-valve head designed with Harry Mundy and the engineers at Coventry Climax, with all valves worked by a single camshaft, producing 127 bhp; it was meant to be the "Dolomite 135" and 22,941 were made. After the Ryder Report the range was rationalised in 1976 as the 1300, 1500, 1500HL, 1850HL and Sprint.
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 (1,296 cc) | 1976–1980 | 1.3 L | 58 hp | 68 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1500 / 1500HL (1,493 cc) | 1976–1980 | 1.5 L | 71 hp | 84 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1850HL 1854 cc slant-four (91 bhp) | 1972–1980 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 91 hp | 108 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Sprint 1998 cc 16-valve (127 bhp) | 1973–1980 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 127 hp | 122 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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