The Acclaim was a big seller where I lived as people who wanted a British car, but wanted reliability, bought the Acclaim in large numbers. Also a five speed transmission and twin carb engine made driving relaxed.
@kevinhenderson2019 Жыл бұрын
One in Groovy MOT r's near me
@colinelderfield69643 жыл бұрын
An okay car I think.You can feel the passion in this advert.
@anthonyperkins75564 жыл бұрын
The car that saw off the Triumph name for good. The name Triumph does not really fit on a small family saloon car range which has been actually designed by Honda. The car was good and reliable but suffered the rampant tinworm disease and nasty rust.
@anthonyperkins75564 жыл бұрын
A nice car but afflicted by the dreaded tinworm and rampant rust which spoiled it. Only minus points going for it is the cramped rear legroom which especially isn't good for tall people. Quite an effective heating and ventilation system fitted which was even more better if you specified the optional extra air-conditioning which made for a even cooler interior in the summer and a rapidly warmed interior in the winter plus effectively demisted windows and it also provided speedy heating.
@shanekennedy14804 жыл бұрын
My headmaster had one in primary school!.... Was a lovely car!....
@johndrake27295 жыл бұрын
A family sedan that was nothing special.
@Hotrodngaz5 жыл бұрын
Nice sharp video :) NOT!
@whattheheck10006 жыл бұрын
This should have never been badged as a Triumph. Triumph was known for making sporty and sports cars. This is a good car (after all, it's based on Honda engineering) but calling it a Rover would have made more sense. January 4, 2018 5:20 pm
@jaykaye70256 жыл бұрын
I remember these cars back in the day, I was at first school my mates mum had one round about 1983 , great car during the day
@hjp1hjp227 жыл бұрын
Had more class in the British Leyland stable than a Morris Ital and Austin Ambassador.
@tomoyukiwatanabe84317 жыл бұрын
Thank you for Your UPLauD.
@paulojnr97647 жыл бұрын
didnt see them when they were about not Britains greatest im afraid
@MJ-gb8kn7 жыл бұрын
HOS!
@SonOfAnders738 жыл бұрын
gorgeous little car
@Shangplay8 жыл бұрын
I'm owning one and is absolutely great. Great handle, great comfort and with the Honda DNA lovely engine...love her!!!
@jaggass8 жыл бұрын
only about 50 of these left on the road. ive been to a car show today and one was in mint condition so some people like them.
@Landie_Man4 жыл бұрын
There’s a few more than that
@jaggass4 жыл бұрын
@@Landie_Man A few more will be on SORN and i know a mate who's restoring one.
@Landie_Man4 жыл бұрын
Michael David it’s about 250 or so on the road in the U.K. I believe at present. With more Sorn
@alanparker19869 жыл бұрын
Totally a Honda with a Triumph badge.
@saladbrain9 жыл бұрын
Horrible car! It was so ugly it's not surprising Triumph went down the pan. Think of all those gorgeous cars Triumph built before this .. TR6, GT6, Spitfire and they end up with this. Sad. Very Sad.
@Cascroft-lp6ir9 жыл бұрын
+saladbrain that's what I say all the time.
@jaggass8 жыл бұрын
+saladbrain it didnt help when triumph stuck one of their own engines in the stag when they had access to the rover V8 millions wasted.
@Cascroft-lp6ir8 жыл бұрын
michael jagger true.
@jaggass8 жыл бұрын
+saladbrain totally agree mate.its sad how triumph ended but always remember the classic cars they built like the ones you mentioned.
@SonOfAnders738 жыл бұрын
it was a Honda Ballade they did quite well with it i seem to remember, spitfire was a rust bucket
@alembicbassman9 жыл бұрын
I had 2, crashed the first one and blew up the engine on the second. Fun cars, but a total rot box built from cheap BL steel.
@paulhunter1239 жыл бұрын
always wanted one since the 80s, one of the cars that i thought stood out. and one of the cars ive always wanted, but is it any good?
@hyperdrive6089 жыл бұрын
This from Wikipedia: "The Acclaim was also a major turnaround point for BL itself, with the car sporting good reliability and build quality from the outset. The Acclaim holds the record for the fewest warranty claims for a BL car." Although as a child, I don't remember seeing many of them on the road at the time!
@Cascroft-lp6ir9 жыл бұрын
+paul hunter no its rubbish. id rather driver a montego or a triumph tr7
@hyperdrive6089 жыл бұрын
+cascroft2011gaming If you'd bought a Montego or TR7 instead of an Acclaim, they would have broken down far sooner!
@Cascroft-lp6ir9 жыл бұрын
hyperdrive probably but at least I wouldn't be driving a car that killed Triumph
@hyperdrive6089 жыл бұрын
+cascroft2011gaming To be fair, by the time we reached the early/mid-80s BL realised they had far too many brand names fighting with each other (Austin, Morris, Rover, Triumph) and some had to go. Sadly Morris and Triumph were the ones that got the chop. I don't know if Triumph had had a different car, they would have survived much longer.
@AsherPiesman10 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing some bopping about in the 1990s as a kid. And I called them Trumpets, because I couldn’t pronounce the name on the back lol. I still think it’s as hideously ugly now as I did back then
@paulhunter1239 жыл бұрын
i think modern cars are way uglier
@AsherPiesman9 жыл бұрын
paul hunter I disagree, but I find modern cars are all a bit generic to a point though. Modern cars are often a bit jelly mould. Older cars aren't so and are often more interesting. But I don't take back calling the Acclaim ugly though. On the plus side though, it's not a Truimph it's a Honda with a different badge stuck on it so the worst Truimph did was put the hard top on a TR7 which was where that car went wrong.
@jaggass8 жыл бұрын
+fagAshLil1234 i used to call them trumphs.
@TomoyukiWatanabe10 жыл бұрын
same the coment of CarShionDs...
@loupelez155111 жыл бұрын
learn what /s means I was kidding! :D
@loupelez155111 жыл бұрын
Its because you all spend too much time at the pub, get pissed and run around with signs all over town lol /s
@Gavichap11 жыл бұрын
Right, but the situation didn't improve much even after the turmoil ceased and Red Robbo got chucked out. BL was plagued with BAD management and BAD styling and engineering, first. It was only natural for manufacturing to follow suit and to be as BAD as it could be.
@TheCatMilton12 жыл бұрын
The honda Ballade!
@thesparewheel12 жыл бұрын
workers striking every 2 days did not help the BL situation
@ChrisCarter198312 жыл бұрын
???
@evilrobottolhurst12 жыл бұрын
A top match for "Only Fools and Horses champagne". Now explain that to me lol. "Totally equipped" with special things like a fifth gear, eh? In retrospect we may remember the last-ever Triumph for being rusty but the elephant on the back seat is the (then seen as) "Japanese" reliability which all cars have achieved by 2012!
@TheCarArchives9612 жыл бұрын
the transmission on the 1981-1984 Triumph Acclaim Transmission 5-speed manual 3-speed automatic
@bummegood12 жыл бұрын
Doggidoo prob driven a Nova or something equally gay
@bummegood12 жыл бұрын
You gotta admire the marketing department for making what was a crock of shit look like - well a crock of shit really. But got silly people to buy them. Arses
@TheCarArchives9613 жыл бұрын
the engine on the 1981-1984 Triumph Acclaim Engine 1335 cc Straight-4
@GRAHAM502013 жыл бұрын
@NCW250 Yes, i agree with you there....they kept MINI, after discarding Rover, but back to the Acclaim, they were a good small saloon offering reliability which until then with BL was variable, the Dolomite was still a good car, quite solid and well finished, but getting old, the Acclaim was a rebadged Honda, but it was reliable, and comfortable, and sold very well due to that, when i worked in that garage, we sold a lot.....the right car at the right time.
@NCW25013 жыл бұрын
@GRAHAM5020 my mother in law had an automatic one, she loved it until some twit smashed into it. You use to see them all over the place about 10 or more years ago, I do think they were underrated compared to other Triumphs. I think Austin Rover should have teamed up with Honda rather than BMW, who seem to have a knack of killing off rival makes. Borgsward is one the makes that springs to mind. The rest is history.
@NCW25013 жыл бұрын
@AshtrayI I didn't know Elvis Presley built cars. What is a Sinder, does it catch on fire? You missed Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam.
@NCW25013 жыл бұрын
@MidlandNinja I take that Nanjing own the Austin name. I hope they don't bring Austin back. It was a good make in it's time. It would be like Peugeot bringing Hillman back to live. Which would be good, but we know it would be a Peugeot with the Hillman name on it, and that would be wrong.
@jamesstasiak13 жыл бұрын
Acclaimjon is right -- long live the king!
@GRAHAM502013 жыл бұрын
@NCW250 I used to work in a BL/Austin/Rover dealership in the early eighties, and remember the Triumph Acclaim, it turned out to be very reliable and easy to drive with it's 1335cc twin carb engine, it was what buyers wanted, when we sold one, the salesman used to say "the next time we see that car, is when it comes in for a service" he was right.
@gunners197110013 жыл бұрын
Is the voiceover John Hurt ?
@NCW25013 жыл бұрын
@woody123home is that why Honda is still around and sadly Triumph is no longer around. The Acclaim was a lifeline for Austin-Rover, the car in question was not 'a piece of shit' as you said. And I love Triumph cars.
@raym253714 жыл бұрын
Great car had one in the eighties
@vitorskoda14 жыл бұрын
Nice tune from early 80's ;)
@AlexSpalex114 жыл бұрын
So which car do you think is worst? Triumph Acclaim or Plymouth Acclaim?
@wildizer14 жыл бұрын
I had one of these - it was great at the time. Until my stupid glaswegian alcoholic bi-polar nutcase girlfriend jumped in it pissed and drove into 5 or 6 houses before wrapping it around a lamp-post. God - I loved that car. Needless to say I steer clear of scottish girls these days....
@GingerPhilG14 жыл бұрын
@FrightfulAccountant I presume you mean the Stag V8 at that, but how was the engines obsolete that it was based around?
@cuddlesducks14 жыл бұрын
does the synth come with the car?
@volkswin14 жыл бұрын
It's a pity that BL did not try and base it's mainstream austin products on Honda designs during the late 70's and 80's, what BL needed were mass market cars that were resonable well built, reliable and modern instead we got the Metro, Meastro & Montego all under developed and based on old designs which were compounded by poor build quality and poor reliability issues throughout the 80's so much so that the austin brand becaome a joke word for crap cars