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Pharaoh Gold The 2-litre eight valve TR7 was launched in America in January 1975 and because of fears about upcoming American safety legislation was only available as hardtop. The car's European debut did not come until May 1976, seventeen months later! An ambitious plan that had originally included a sporting estate and three engine options was overtaken by circumstances and the only variant made in serious numbers was the convertible, which appeared in the USA in July 1979. The Speke plant near Liverpool, where the car was originally built, closed in May 1978 after a strike and quality control problems. Production moved to Canley, and when that plant was earmarked for closure as well, to Rover's Solihull factory. Manufacture of the TR7 eventually ceased in October 1981 after just 112,375 cars had been built.
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