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Those print and TV ads circa 1976 promised so much: Sooner or later, everything out there would be shaped like a wedge.
And what deserved the credit? The Triumph TR7, naturally. (Of course, we’re still waiting on our wedge-shaped televisions.)
[The Birth of the Modern Sports Car: Datsun 240Z, Porsche 924, Triumph TR7 and Mazda RX-7]
Looking back, do …
I had the ad–or maybe it was some kind of promotional piece–hanging on my bedroom wall.
Somehow missed this one! The TR7 was unlike anything I had seen before and, as an adolescent, I intrigued by the wedge shape. Admittedly, the convertibles look far better than the hardtop, but I prefer the hardtop due to their better rigidity. Mine was a yellow 4 cyl (weeps) coupe with red Tartan interior seats. Loved it. Bought it as a non-running coupe to do a Chevy V6 conversion, but financial issues (or was it yet another child added to the nest?) forced me to part with the car before I could complete the swap. What convinced me to do a swap was the cost of trying to duplicate a college buddy's TR8--the Rover V8 was more expensive than a Chevy V6 which could duplicate or even better the performance of the Rover V8.
Yes, I still look for TR7 coupes being advertised to this day. 
In reply to DavyZ :
The shape holds up well all these years later, right?
The shape wasn't entirely novel - the Fiat X1/9 by Bertone had the same sort of nose from 1972 (I think that the later TR was a Michelotti design).
Aside from the horrid quality control, the car looked and should have been, a midengine car like most of the rest of the cars that were using the same sort of styling in the period.
I never liked the TR7 but drove a TR8 and thought it a much better car, so I won't condemn the TR7 based on that experience.
Good article here https://www.retromotor.co.uk/great-motoring-disasters/triumph-tr7/
Similar to my Mini: brilliant design, horribly executed. The only thing the British ever mastered was the ability to rush product into production.
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