Editing Triumph TR7 (section)

===TR8===
{{Main|Triumph TR8}}
For export to the US market, Triumph created a much more powerful [[Triumph TR8]] model in 1977/78, which was a TR7 with a {{convert|135|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}} 3.5&nbsp;L [[Rover V8 engine]]. While some genuine TR8 models stayed in Britain, these examples are exceedingly rare. Most TR8s went to the US, where they did not fare well, owing to Triumph's poor build quality at the time and the unusually strong pound, which peaked at around $2.40 by 1980, making Triumphs fairly expensive compared to competitors.

The TR8 was only launched as a convertible (DHC) model. However, about 400 hard-top (FHC) TR8s were produced at Speke and Canley, as these were needed (possibly with some TR7s converted by BL to TR8 specification) for the Group&nbsp;4 homologation of the TR7V8 rally car.