Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing reflects a lifelong fascination with all cars. His love of post-war crime films led him to buy a 1960 police Wolseley, complete with ...

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It was 60 years ago that the first European Car of the Year was unveiled. A technological tour de force, the Rover P6 was a worthy winner, and the next year the Brits scooped gold with the Austin 1800 ...

When it arrived on the automotive scene in 1976, the Rover SD1 caused nothing short of a sensation. Combining hints of Ferrari Daytona styling with a range capable engines and a spacious interior that ...

The panel gaps on this example are good, but in some cars that came off the line buyers could see daylight peeking through the door frames. Assembly quality was on par with British Leyland of the day, ...

Paul Strong doesn't contemplate selling his Rover SD1. Picture / Jacqui Madelin Paul Strong's clearly a bit besotted with his early Rover SD1. Built in Nelson in 1979, and sold in Tauranga on ...

The range-topping version of the SD1 was built for luxury, not performance, despite the S badge. This is the oldest known survivor Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing ...

Welcome to Forgotten Cars, where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost to the passage of time. I have a kind of sick interest in Rovers. Last week, I ...

While Coupe-like SUVs have been around for a long time, if this Range Rover SD1 Concept was real, it could raise the bar for these type of cars. While perhaps futuristic, the front end design is still ...

When the Rover SD1 project was born in 1971, Leyland was in trouble. Few if any of its models were returning a profit, much of its dealer network was threatening to defect to rival brands and the ...

In the late seventies if you wanted a Ferrari Daytona but needed the practicality of five doors and the comedy value of extreme body roll there was little on offer. But Rover saw this gap in the ...