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    The Rover SD1 is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of executive cars built by the Specialist Division (later the Jaguar-Rover-Triumph...
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    close relative to the Honda Legend and the successor to the decade-old Rover SD1. The first product of the BL-Honda alliance was the Triumph Acclaim –...
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  • injection in 1975. Michael Edwardes was brought in to head the company. The Rover SD1 of 1976 was an excellent car,[citation needed] but was beset with so many...
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    use it. The last Rover-badged vehicle that used the Rover V8 was the Rover SD1, which was discontinued in 1986 and replaced by the Rover 800, which used...
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  • has an aircraft-themed paint scheme. A Rover SD1 was substantially modified by Charlie Broomfield using a Rover Meteor tank derivative of the Merlin.[when...
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  • automobiles from Rover have been called the 3500 both of which are classified as Executive Cars (E): Rover P6, 1968–1977 Rover SD1, 1976–1986 Rover 3.5-Litre...
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    last Rover P6 off the production line, registered VVC 700S, was built on 19 March 1977, when it was phased out in favour of the Rover SD1. The SD1 was...
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    division of British Leyland, and was exclusively used in the Rover SD1 (Rover 2300/Rover 2600) series of vehicles between 1977 and 1986. The engine was...
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  • MG Rover Group was a British carmaker that existed between 2000 and 2005. It was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British...
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  • plc renamed as The Rover Group plc Rover SD1 production ceases after 10 years and the car is replaced by a new model called the Rover 800 – the result of...
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    product lines. Production of the Rover SD1 moved to the former BMC/Morris plant in Cowley in 1982, signalling the end for Rover-badged car production at the...
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  • former Rover plant. Became a Land Rover-only plant in 1981 when Rover SD1 production was moved to the Cowley plant. Survives as a Jaguar Land Rover plant...
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    Austin Montego (redirect from Rover Montego)
    that was produced by British Leyland from 1984 until 1988, and then by Rover Group from 1988 until 1995. The Montego was the replacement for both the...
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    front-wheel-drive Rover 75 platform by MG Rover, following the MG ZT 260, introduced in 2003. It was the first V8-engined Rover since the demise of the Rover SD1 in...
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  • the Rover 800-series, jointly developed with Honda and based on the Honda Legend; Rover SD1 production ceases after 10 years. 1986: BL renamed "Rover Group...
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    like suspension, gearbox and brakes from the Rover SD1. The front and rear wings were widened to match the SD1 axles and suspension. 350 convertible cars...
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    signature "symmetric" dashboard design (also used on the Range Rover and the Rover SD1), where the main dashboard moulding consisted of a shelf onto which...
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    manufactured by Italian VM Motori. The same engine was available in the Rover SD1 passenger car. The diesel project was codenamed project Beaver. During...
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  • from Rover have been called the 2000: Rover P6, 1963-1977 Rover SD1, 1976-1986 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rover 2000...
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  • station for Commodore computers Panasonic HDC-SD1, a digital camcorder Sigma SD1, a digital SLR camera Rover SD1, a British car built between 1976 and 1986...
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    The Rover 400 Series, and later the Rover 45, are a series of small family cars that were produced by the British manufacturer Rover from 1990 to 2005...
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  • Rover Company (and, after their takeover, in the British Leyland Motor Corporation). He is particularly associated with the Rover P6, the Rover SD1 and...
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    BMW acquired Rover Group, they terminated the agreement, and instead funded production facilities at Solihull, making use of the Rover SD1 assembly hall...
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    The Rover Streetwise is a compact British car made by MG Rover. It was based on the Rover 25, but had an increased ride height and chunkier bumpers. The...
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    The Rover 200 Series, and later the Rover 25, are a series of small family cars that were produced by British manufacturer Rover from 1984 until 2005....
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    Solihull plant (category Jaguar Land Rover)
    (1993–1998) Land Rover Freelander (1997–2006) Rover P3 (1948–1949) Rover P4 (1949–1964) Rover P5 (1958–1973) Rover P6 (1963–1977) Rover SD1 (1976–1981) Triumph...
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    both the Rover SD1 and the Austin Metro in later years. The original fascia would later be nicknamed the "Airfix Dashboard" by Range Rover enthusiasts...
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    British Leyland's corporate executive car, the Rover SD1. Six-cylinder 2300 and 2600 versions of the new Rover would nonetheless be powered by engines designed...
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    1980: Rover car production ends at Solihull with the transfer of SD1 production to Cowley, Oxford; Solihull is now exclusively for Land Rover manufacture...
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    extent a car that bridged the gap between the smaller Morris Ital and the Rover SD1, sales were low and the model was discontinued in 1984 with 43,427 cars...
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