Reviewing a 1983 Triumph Acclaim HL

[@davidhathaway8271]

Brilliant cars, good spec, excellent fuel consumption and reliable. I bought a second hand HL in blue ( can't remember the proper BL name) in 1987. Owned it for 5 years, never let me down only sold it as I got a company car. Happy days!

[@lordbrennanofsealand5772]

I used to get picked up from school in one of these, it was very smooth and reminded me of my dads same era Honda Accord. Great review 👍

[@Roverjoe]

They drive really well to say it’s a car from the early 80s defiantly on par with my 200!

[@darrensmith6999]

I worked at an Austin Rover dealer from 1982 to 1991 and remember the Acclaim well. We sold loads of these the combination of Japanese reliability and hi speck and performance coupled with the flack they were quite happy to run on cheaper 2 star fuel of the time was a winning package. Performance was good due to the twin choke Webber carburettor , making short work of 1.6 fords of the time. (:

[@estebanvasquez2307]

Nice review! Always enjoy seeing an Acclaim, especially one in such great condition and with such commentary!

[@Roverjoe]

Ahh thank you ever so much, im glad you enjoyed watching the review! more to come soon :)

[@chickyb27]

The boot in the Acclaim looked far more practical with those cubby spaces than my SD3. Loving the colour inside and out. I think it's high time shades of brown made a come back.

[@Roverjoe]

You cannot beat brown on an 80s car, it’s the best colour for them! Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! 😁😁

[@chickyb27]

@@Roverjoe Always enjoy your content Joe. Fingers crossed you make the final cut at the Festival of the Unexceptional with your R8 in a few weeks.

[@Roverjoe]

@@chickyb27 I have a few videos planned for the FOTU prep, rear pumper respray, headlining fix, and a few other things to tidy it up!

[@markonmotoring]

Great to see this review Joe. My Grandfather had an Acclaim though I'm not sure which trim, possibly a mid spec like this one. It set the president for the next decade with two SD3's, two R8s and an HHR to follow.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

Love the Triumph Acclaim. I've had mine for just over a year now, and it's without doubt the most satisfying car I've driven for a very long time. If you can find a nice one, it will absolutely delight you. Parts availability however, not so much. Like the car in the video, mine has a gaffer taped up air intake hose as well. Nobody makes or sells them!

[@vernonmatthews181]

The Breakers in New Zealand 🇳🇿 was / is Strong Brothers, bright green sign writing, this was when I use to live in Auckland fifteen years ago.👌👍💚🍺🍻🥃🌎🗽

[@vernonmatthews181]

Should say Honda breakers, but close enough to say Honda Ballade vs Triumph Acclaim. 👌👍🤔

[@WANDERER69H8]

A perfect sedan 💚

[@vernonmatthews181]

The Triumph Acclaim for 1983 is ahead of its time, really just a fill in till Triumph got their own inhouse design together ❤ The Japanese were ahead with their dashboard design and appointments, plenty of parts available for twenty years from a reputable company such as Honda. Front & rear bumpers no doubt compliant with federal ( US ) specs with the exception of rear fog guard lamps which is purely EEC countries only. I would have been over the moon 🌙 had I had one back in the day of 1983 ! Love your presentation, and thanks for Honda & Triumph stepping up to the mark with twin carburetors. 👌👍💚🍺🍻🥃🌎🗽

[@frothe42]

Very nice review Joe!

[@Roverjoe]

Thank you! :)

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

Good review. I remember first seeing the Acclaim at the 1981 Motor Show with my late father. My memory of the car was it's good equipment levels. but both dad and I at 5'10 found the rear legroom poor. The collaboration between BL and Honda was very beneficial, mainly for BL and how much different could things have been if the had stayed with them.

[@ianhowat635]

I have the auto version "triomatic" i love it ,its so smooth and easy to drive ,comfortable ,easy to fix ,its perfect and now tax exempt

[@David_H-73]

These were great little cars, seems strange they were on sale next to the Allegro. Although the Acclaim looked old fashioned it would have been light years ahead in terns of driving experience and interior. My first car was a clove brown 83 Metro, it polished up really well.

[@Roverjoe]

They were meant to Overtake the ageing Dolomite but yes very contrasting between the allegro!

[@ProjectNigel]

Nice job of this; plenty of enthusiasm 🙂

[@Roverjoe]

There was plenty of Arm movement 😂, Cheers Mr Nigel of Rovers.

[@paulanderson7796]

I remember the CD model with air conditioning. Belonged to a friend of mine's dad. In 1985 AC was almost unheard of in cars besides seriously upmarket luxury ones.

[@glmm2001]

Great review, some elements were more or less carried into my 1997 216 cabrio!

[@Roverjoe]

Thank you! :) and yes! in actual fact looking back at this video i just realised that the bonnet pull is identical to the one used in the R8 200 and R3s! and probably the SD3 too.

[@glmm2001]

@@Roverjoe great review, invest in a microphone to get them truly great!

[@Roverjoe]

@@glmm2001 Indeed! ive been having a look at some Microphones as i know in some segments of the video the Wind was picking up. Hopefully soon i can get one! :)

[@gwynwilliams4222]

Great car I had a white one best car I had very reliable aswel. Did have rust but not much

[@Roverjoe]

They are really nice cars, rust was prone to kill these off so very few remain but it’s nice to see a survivor like this one!

[@simonbrader8408]

Nice one Joe. A good looking example despite that godawful colour. Definitely the right car for the hat 😉

[@Roverjoe]

Brown is a Marmite colour, personally I like it. I think it goes well on them! :)

[@leonshackleford9585]

I love these Triumph Acclaim Cars I wanna All of the HLS / HL / CD Acclaim. Caes

[@fttp53]

Simple as.

[@Samwiseganja]

DBstyle

[@Roverjoe]

Simple as.

[@mickles1975]

That brown dash. I'm so tired of black or grey.

[@sanelethabethe4149]

I drive a 1.5 1983 its a twin carb

[@markellis4229]

And haven turbo

[@LonesomeTwin]

By review I assumed you meant drive the bloody thing.

[@Roverjoe]

If I was going to drive the Triumph I would have put that in the title. A review doesn’t necessarily mean I have to take it out on a road test.

[@gpo746]

I have just bought this actual car seen here .

[@Roverjoe]

I hope you enjoy it! its a lovely car and it was a pleasure to review it. Good timing too as i reviewed it the Day before you bought it!

[@suffolk759]

Hi there, I was the chap who sold it to you, i hope it's serving you well. I do miss it, my partner wanted it before i sold it. i didn't know she did but apparently shed love one...

[@jjcale1976]

The most reliable British car, because it is a copy of the Honda Ballade🙃