onsdag 28 mars 2012

Rover 2000 - a real classic but also a surprisingly modern car


An early advertisment for Rover 2000 from spring 1966 - just the same time
as my own car was produced in Solihull.

If you are not familiar with the Rover 2000 (also called the P6 model) perhaps I should provide some compressed history. You can find much more information on Wikipedia and many other sites. Of course I recomend Rover Club of Sweden (some pages in english) where I have been a member since the club was founded in 1986 and the P6 Rover Owners Club.

Rover 2000 was launched on Earls Court October 1963 as a completely new saloon car that inherited almost nothing from the earlier Rover P4 and P5 models. It was and still is unique with many unusual technical solutions and very much with safety in mind. Rover 2000 was the first car in 1964 to win the european "Car of the Year" award and now, almost 50 years later, it can still be used as an everyday car for almost any purpose.

Most tests in the magazines from 1963 and on praised the Rover 2000 in almost all respects and it was very much a drivers car. Rover 2000 was an instant sales success and for a number of years the factory could not produce enough to satisfy demand. In 1966 Rover 2000 was joined by two more models - the 2000TC (Twin carburator) and 2000 Automatic. At the same time the basic model was now being renamed the 2000SC (Single carburator).

In Sweden the previous importer Gjestvangs AB gave up and the new agent was Harry Karlsson Bil AB in Gothenburg. This change is one reason why the oldest Rover 2000 in Sweden was not registered until April 1965 - there are no known cars of 1964 model year!

2 kommentarer:

  1. The Rover 2000, belongs to my children dreams. I think he keeps a very elegant car. Thank you for teaching me so many things about this beautiful Rover model!

    SvaraRadera
  2. The Rover 2000, belongs to my children dreams. I think he keeps a very elegant car. Thank you for teaching me so many things about this beautiful Rover model!

    SvaraRadera