Ballade!!

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:45 pm

Saw a young guy driving one of these today & it was lowered with bling alloys - respect!

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Sat May 19, 2012 11:37 pm

if im mistaken thats a triumph aclaim not a ballade, i had a 1.3 hle twin carb one as my second car.

Post by **indigolemon** » Sun May 20, 2012 1:43 am

I really want one of these as a project. The last Triumph, and the first rebadged bl Honda

Pot_147 · Post by **Pot_147** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:17 pm

The bonnet, the chrome trim on it, the headlights, the bumper, the indicators are the same as on the 1g Prelude. The mirrors too.
Nice car. Proper boxy.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:28 pm

Sam's right, that's an Acclaim.

It was Hondas first joint venture (later was rover) and the Acclaim had a 1335cc engine. The Accord has twin headlights and a 1602cc Honda engine

The Acclaim was a big boost for the Accord as Honda were pretty much unknown as a car maker in the uk at the end of the 70s. When the Acclaim was released, sales of the Accord took off as people who looking at the Triumph Acclaim realised that for a few hundred quid more you could get an Accord with a bigger engine and every bell and whistle known at the time (lecky windows all round, PAS, I think it may have even had a lecky sunroof).

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:32 pm

I think the 1335cc acclaim engine was a gen 1 civic engine? Sam may remember.

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:38 pm

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Acclaim - explains the origins of he Triumph

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:50 pm

Bah, there were no Ballades in the uk at the time, the man on the street thought of the Acclaim as the poor man's Accord.