Overview
With a strong background in touring car racing winning it the accolade of BL’s most successful competition car of the Seventies, by rights the Dolomite Sprint should be valued as highly as its old rivals: Alfa GTV, BMW 2002tii or Escort RS2000. But it’s not, which must make it a bargain. Those others may all be two-doors, but the Dolly is the only one with a 16-valve head. Well equipped in street trim, they come with plenty of wood trim, tinted glass, overdrive as standard from May 1975, plus that most 1970s of items, a vinyl roof. With around 400 UK survivors, choice is good.
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Production
Span: 1973-1980
Quantity: 22,941
Price
Cost when new: £1740
Market Value Guide
Performance
Acceleration: 8.7secs
Top speed: 115mph
Power: 127bhp
Torque: 124lb/ft
MPG: 24mpg
Engine
Configuration: in-line four
Aspiration: Normal
Fuel: Petrol
Fuel delivery: carburettor
Chassis
Front suspension: Independent, coil springs
Rear suspension: Beam axle, coil springs
Drivetrain: front-engine RWD
Steering: rack and pinion
Bodyframe: metal monocoque
Transmission: Four-speed manual with overdrive
Dimensions
Length: 4125mm
Wheelbase: 2454mm
Width: 1588mm
Height: 1372mm
Kerb weight: 1004kgs