Designed as the successor for the upmarket variants of the front-wheel drive designs, and also to replace a sporting relative of the Herald, the 6-cylinder Triumph Vitesse, the Triumph Dolomite was unveiled at the London Motor Show in October 1971.
Initially, the only version available used the new slant-four 1854 cc engine, which mated an alloy OHC head to an iron block, providing which offered sprightly performance.