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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Back in the 1970s and 1980s British drivers most likely felt a small shiver down the spine when approached by one particular model – the Rover SD1. That’s because the Police loved the big executive ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...