Note on production figures:

The variance in different sets of equally official production figures compiled within BL or Austin Rover is probably owing to different methods of accounting. However in very round figures we may assume that the total production was in the order of 77,000 cars at Speke, 30,000 at Canley and 8,000 at Solihull, for a total of 115,000.

The actual B.L. figures are reproduced as follows:

a) By financial year, split by factory;

Speke:1973-74 (Oct - Sept)....................88
1974-75 (Oct - Sept)....................8982
1975-76 (15 months)....................38172
1977 (calendar year).....................22945
1974-75 (calendar year)................5894Speke Total = 76081
Canley:1978..............................................833
1979.............................................18869
1980.............................................10623Canley Total = 30375
Solihull:1980.............................................2986
1981.............................................5070Solihull Total = 8056

Grand total for all years and all factories ..................114512

b ) By calendar year regardless of factory, with some (but not complete) model splits, and home/export split:

YEARMODELHOME EXPORTTOTAL
1975TR7 FHC4115,36015,401
1976TR7 FHC6,92325,82032,743
1977TR7 FHC8,40814,52822,936*
1978TR7 FHC1,2655,5176,782
1979TR7 FHC2,45116,20718,658
TR8 FHC63141204
1980TR7 FHC1,174881,262
TR7 DHC3,7376,1999,936
TR8 FHC (DHC?)92,0882,097
1981TR7 FHC1,0164391,455
TR7 DHC1,7811,4213,202
TR8 DHC9405414

Grand total for all years and all models..........................115,090

* Includes 7 TR7 V8 home market coupes, possibly rally cars.

The statistics, b), above are somewhat suspect at least in the respect that under 1980 reference is made to the TR8 FHCs, these should almost certainly be Convertibles. Similarly under 1979 the reference to 63 Home TR8 FHC has never been substantiated

The total number of TR8s produced has been the subject of much speculation. The figures quoted above suggest that there were 18 home market convertibles which (if taken as an approximate figure) seems reasonable enough. It must be borne in mind that none of the figures quoted above are likely to include pre-production or prototype cars, and there could have been further examples of home market TR8s in either of these categories. Nor is it satisfactorily explained whether the works rally cars should be classed as TR7-V8 models or as TR8 models proper. Rally cars could also have started life as TR7's and only have been converted by Leyland Motorsports.

Some of the annual figures are broken down further to show the number of automatic versus manual cars, and others show the export split between North America and non-North America. It is not possible to provide complete figures for either split, but it would be safe to say that automatic TR7 and TR8 cars are very few in number (especially in later years) while the bulk of exports went to North America.