Cultural References
A white Dolomite Sprint, plate POK 79R was mainly driven by the Bodie character in the early episodes of The Professionals before being replaced by a Ford.
A green Triumph Dolomite 1300 appears in Ashes to Ashes as Alex Drake's car (Episode 5).
In Series 10, Episode 07 of Top Gear (airdate 25 November 2007), presenter Richard Hammond bought and drove a green Triumph Dolomite Sprint in the £1200 British Leyland cheap car challenge. The challenge was to prove that British Leyland did make a few good cars, because the producers believed otherwise.
A red Dolomite appears in the 1982 animated film "The Plague Dogs".
A green Dolomite appears in the video for Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind, a song by English singer Badly Drawn Boy.
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