The only thing that gives the TR7 any credibility is it's rallying expolits, Tony Pond won the Ypres 24 Hours Rally and Manx International Rally in 1978 & 1980 in a V8 engined car, beating the cream of European rallying, perhaps more to do with Pond's skill behind the wheel than the car being such a great car.
The futures bright, the futures wedge shaped!
Here is Pond on the 1980 Ypres Rally.