The TR7 was cool looking at the time. The TR8 was a little better. I think they used a US made V8.
This was the final gasps of British Leyland which was a govt owned motor car company like......Obama Motors 1 & 2.
Top Gear had an episode where they tested UK “commie cars” against 1970s eastern european commies cars. A British Leyland Austin Marina versus a Russian Lada I think.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLW4tVGgz9o
Lada Riva which had been a Fiat 124.
Yeah, the TR-7 Wedge was a “cool” look as long as you weren’t sitting behind the wheel dead in traffic, which was pretty much a daily occurence.