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| Triumph Acclaim | |
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| 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.