DOLOMITE1850/SPRINT

In a competition to choose the most confusing model range of all time, the small Triumph saloons that comprise the Dolomite family have to be near the top of any list. Front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, two engine families, two body lengths, two and four-door options, two noses, two tails, two different headlamp arrangements – and seemingly a model for each. There’s no side-wheel-drive hatchback, but that’s about all that’s missing! That and a convertible or an estate...

However, for all the complexity of the range, there’s little complex about owning or running one. We’re going to focus on the slant-four-engined cars here, the 1850 and the Sprint launched in 1972 and 1973 respectively. All of those were four-door saloons with RWD, though some