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Created on May 1, 1974

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Franz Stehno

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1973) - right-hand drive version on test drive

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1973) - during test drives

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1973) - a right-hand drive test car

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Triumph Dolomite 1500 HL (1977) - visually hardly distinguishable from the Sprint, but without four-valve head

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Triumph Dolomite 1500 HL (1977) - the simpler version without four-valve head

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Triumph Dolomite 1850 (1978) - with larger engine

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1976) - with decorative stripes and aluminum wheels

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1977) - a wolf in sheep's clothing

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1978) - an indirect successor to the famous Lotus Cortina

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1978) - four doors and a sports engine

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Triumph Dolomite (1975) - basic version without alloy wheels

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Triumph Dolomite (1976) - basic version with steel wheels

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Triumph Dolomite (1972) - dirty after intensive riding tests

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Triumph Dolomite (1972) - the sporty Sprint version also had the large trunk

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint (1973) - during test drives

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Summary

From 1973, the Triumph Dolomite Sprint was the first mass-produced car with a four-valve engine. As the sporty top model of the Dolomite series, it was built until 1980 and was also successful on the export market. The Austrian magazine Auto Revue tested a model equipped with overdrive and, apart from a few quality defects, was thoroughly impressed by the fast English car. This report reproduces the original wording of the vehicle test at the time and shows the Dolomite in many archive photos.

This article contains the following chapters

The only mass-produced car with a sixteen-valve engine
With only one camshaft
More thrust without increased consumption
Low revs thanks to overdrive
Plenty of space and a good overview
Good chassis characteristics
Danger for smokers
Proper brakes with effort
Quality defects just an exception?
Comparison of the Triumph Dolomite Sprint with its competitors

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Triumph Motor Company, now part of the BLMC Group, builds the Toledo and Toledo 1500 TC saloon models with four-cylinder engines, the Dolomite, which is one step above the two smaller Toledos in all respects, and now the Dolomite Sprint as the latest Austrian import. The standard Dolomite version is not available in Austria, but its engine is well known here: Saab equipped some versions of the Type 99 with it for many years. Triumph's four-cylinder model hierarchy therefore lacked a top-of-the-range model that would also be able to compete on the export markets and close the gap between the four- and six-cylinder Triumphs.

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