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The Triumph Acclaim was a compact automobile made by BL Ltd., the successor to British Leyland, from 1981 to 1984. It was based on the Honda Ballade and used a Honda-designed engine, but met UK content requirements.
The Acclaim was significant as it was the first Japanese car to be built within the European Economic Community to bypass Japan's voluntary limit of 11 per cent market of the total number of European sales. The Acclaim was also a major turnaround point for BL itself, the car sporting good reliability and build quality from the outset. It paved the way for the Honda-based Rover badged range of cars which BL (and its antecedents) would develop throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
The most notable outward change was the appearance of a central badge on the grille. At the time, the Japanese model had 'Honda' to the right-hand side of the grille.
All Acclaims were powered by the 1,335 cm³ engine found in the Honda Civic and the interior was nearly identical. The usual Austin Rover trim levels were offered: HL, HLE and HLS.
It replaced the Triumph Dolomite of the 1970s and was succeeded by the first Rover 200-series, based on the Honda Civic.
It was the last car to wear the Triumph badge.
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