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	Rover SD1 - Definition, explanation
		Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and Austin Rover Group from 1976 to 1987.
		Rover's plans to use its then fairly new 2.2 L four-cylinder engine was soon abandoned because BL management ruled that greatly redesigned versions of Triumph's six-cylinder engine were to power the car instead.
		The SD1 was intended to be produced in a state-of-the-art extension to Rover's historic Solihull factory alongside the TR7.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ro/rover_sd1.php (843 words)

	Rover SD1 - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and Austin Rover Group from 1976 to 1985.
		Rover's plans to use its then fairly new 2.2-litre four pot was soon abandoned because BL management ruled that greatly redesigned versions of Triumph's six-cylinder engine were to power the car instead.
		Unfortunately for Rover they carried their mediocre build quality over to the new model, a process which had been practised in the past and probably ultimately lead to BMW's ownership of Rover from 1994 to 2000.
	www.music.us /education/R/Rover-SD1.htm (1010 words)

	Rover SD1 Quaife ATB differential - Quaife Engineering
		Rather, the Rover SD1 Quaife ATB differential automatically biases the torque away from the spinning wheel across the axle, to a constantly varying degree, and never locks.
		The Rover SD1 Quaife ATB differential has many benefits over a standard open differential, including maximising traction and minimizing wheelspin, eliminating torque steer and snatching in front wheel drive cars compared to conventional LSD units, and a maintenance-free design which retains the standard oil lubrication.
		The Rover SD1 Quaife ATB differential is proven in circuit and drag racing, rallying and road use, and is produced from Corus steel billets, and is CAD designed and CNC machined, then inspected to ISO 9001 standards.
	www.quaife.co.uk /Rover-SD1-ATB-differential (284 words)

	Rover SD1
		Modellen introducerades 1976 och den sista bilden byggdes 1986.
		Detta var en avart av priset "Årets dragbil" som SD1 erhöll mycket tack vare sina självjusterande bakre stötdämpare.
		Med SD1 släppte man in nya idéer vad gällde produktionskontroll på verkstadsgolvet och minskade på den grupp arbetare som gått under beteckningen kvalitetskontrollanter till förmån för datorer och maskiner.
	www.roverklubben.se /sd1s.html (726 words)

	Rover SD1 development story
		Rover had been quietly working on some interesting projects, such as the P6BS supercar and the P8 “super saloon”, intended to replace the P5 saloon, so oft-used as ministerial transport.
		Rover had priced the 3500 at £4750, which at the time, brought it into direct competition with such cars as the Citroen CX, Volvo 144 and Audi 100, all cars with 4-cylinder engines and cars that could not hope to go as well as the V8 engined Rover.
		The sad fact is that both Jaguar and Rover’s cars were built so poorly only served to tarnish the image of these great marques, especially overseas: at Jaguar the chairman from 1980-1989, John Egan, and then Ford saved that company during the Eighties and Nineties, but MG Rover’s future remains in the balance.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /sd1storyf.htm (6422 words)

	Rover SD1 6 cylinder engine history
		Until than it was the Rover 3500 (P6) with the V8 engine who struggled against the Triumph 2500 TC with the 6 cylinder overhead camshaft.
		Happily the new 'Rover' engine was not to be developed by the former BMC (British Motor Corporation) division that was located in Longbridge.
		In 1977 the SD1 was chosen to be the car of the year and many distinction where won: so the SD1 won a golden medal for the stylish and aerodynamic design.
	www.roversd1.info /2600/engine-history.html (1791 words)

	Rover SD1 index page
		The Rover SD1 was a ground-breaking design with Italian inspiration.
		The SD1 was built under licence in India in the late 1980s as the Standard 2000...
		A collection of images of the SD1, as it appeared in the brochures and contemporary magazines.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /sd1indexf.htm (318 words)

	The Rover Car Club of Auckland
		Rover began its life producing bicycles in the late 1800's, and didn't graduate to cars until the early 1900's.
		Rover's production philosophy was low output-high quality, and the 1950's and 1960's saw the introduction of cars that were to cement Rover's reputation for quality forever.
		A merger between Rover and British Leyland in 1967 gave Rover greater financial and technical strength, and in 1976 the Rover SD1 was unveiled, promptly winning European Car of the Year.
	www.rover.org.nz /pages/nzcc.htm (778 words)

	rover sd1 - veilingkijker - nieuwe en tweedehands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		rover sd1 vanden plas arum white 1:43 vanguards va09005
		rover sd1 3500 vitesse moonraker blue 1:43 vanguards va09007
		matchbox 8 - rover 3500 sd1 [rood] 1/64
	www.veilingkijker.nl /rover_sd1.html (349 words)

	Rover Torque - for all Modern Rover Owners'
		The Rover 800 was designed in conjunction with Honda Motor Company of Japan, they sold their version of the vehicle under the 'Legend' name tag.
		Staff at Rover, formerly demoralised by the 'badge engineering' exercises, were more than surprised to learn that the designing and building of the new vehicle wouldn't just be a case of Honda showing Rover how to build cars.
		Rover were still known as The Austin Rover Group (ARG) when the 800 was first launched.
	www.rovertorque.co.uk /hist800.html (944 words)

	Rover SD1 development story
		Rover had been quietly working on some interesting projects, such as the P6BS supercar and the P8 “super saloon”, intended to replace the P5 saloon, so oft-used as ministerial transport.
		The existence of the upcoming SD1 was possibly the worst kept secret in the history of the British Motor industry up to that point and yet it still did not lessen the impact of the car's launch, when it finally came in July 1976.
		Rover had priced the 3500 at £4750, which at the time, brought it into direct competition with such cars as the Citroen CX, Volvo 144 and Audi 100, all cars with 4-cylinder engines and cars that could not hope to go as well as the V8 engined Rover.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/sd1f.htm (4220 words)

	Homepage
		The Rover SD1 was introduced to the public in 1976 to rave reviews from the motoring press who voted it European car of the year in 1977.
		Originally only available with the tried and tested 3.5 litre V8 engine previously used in the P5 and P6 range of cars, The range was extended in 1977 with a totally new straight six engine available in either 2.3 or 2.6 litre form.
		The last SD1 left the assembly line in 1986 to make way for the 800 series, designed and built in conjunction with Honda.
	www.geocities.com /nickv8uk/home.html (201 words)

	Rover Sedans in Miniature
		The pre-war platforms were finally displaced by the P3 of 1948; however, although Rover had injected a considerable amount of new technology beneath the surface, the cars had to soldier on with late 1930s styling inherited from the earlier cars.
		The SD1 was a British Leyland rationalization project that hoped to consolidate the separate and unrelated models being built by Triumph and Rover into a single, one-size-fits-all motorcar.
		Although spearheaded by BL, the SD1 was essentially a Rover from its very inception: most of the design team were former Rover engineers, much of the company's pre-existing outlines for a P6 replacement were employed and it was decided early on that the new car would use Solihull's trademark light-alloy V8.
	www.breithaupts.com /totc397.htm (2554 words)

	SD1
		Both Rover and Triumph had started work on a replacement for their range of cars before the amalgamation had really started.
		The Rover Specialist Division 1 or as it later became known the SD1, was a car developed using the combined skills of the Rover and Triumph engineering teams which had by this time been amalgamated into the group.
		Replacing the Rover (P6) 2000/2200/3500 cars and the Triumph 2000/2500/2.5PI, the SD1 was a landmark model.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /william.whittaker1/sd1.htm (649 words)

	Classics: Rover SD1 - Independent Online Edition > Features (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The SD1 pulled together all sorts of themes and made them work: photographed parked under the nose of Concorde when the SD1 was Car of the Year 1976, this Rover really was a captain's carriage.
		Then Rover had a brain wave: lumber the car with some wheezy 2.0, 2.3, and 2.6 litre, crackpot engines as economy specials with thinner wheels, delete the Dunlop Denovo run-flat tyres, and, according to Rover's adverts, "success" would "breed success".
		Rover shipped 12,000 SD1 kits to Madras, and there, the old SD1 was put back together, but with a 40-year-old 1991cc Standard engine, as found in India's ancient Ambassador taxi fleet.
	motoring.independent.co.uk /features/article337540.ece (887 words)

	All about rover sd1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		SD1 series 1 and 2 manufactured during the years 1976 to 1986.
		SD1 was a ground-breaking design with Italian inspiration.
		SD1 estate was developed by Solihull but never reached production,...
	www.searchsmarter.co.uk /directory/Cars/Rover/rover-sd1.html (133 words)

	Rover SD1
		When Rover released what is called the SD1 in daily speech, the inherited tradition of the company was broken in several ways.
		With the SD1 a certain date was decided to end the P6 no matter what happened to the new line.
		With the SD1 new ideas regarding quality control were introduced unto production and this reduced the group of people known as quality-controllers in exchange for computers and machines.
	www.roverclub.se /sd1e.html (766 words)

	WWW.ROVERSD1.INFO
		Do you have any Rover parts for sale, or are you looking for Rover parts, visit the classified adds.
		Rover never supplied cars to Argentina, certainly not in the 80's.
		Started as “the” web site for 6 cylinder Rover SD1 cars it now also included history on the Sd1 cars, the various models, background information, and the idea behind all this is to share information on all the Rover SD1 models ranging from 2000, 2300, 2400TD, 2600 and V8 models the 3500 and Vitesse.
	www.roversd1.info (499 words)

	YouTube - Ken Wood & Peter Brown rallying the Rover SD1
		A compilation of clips from the Scottish Rally...
		A compilation of clips from the Scottish Rally Championship 1983/4 in the Golden Wonder Rover SD1.
		Richard Hammonds Top Gear Rover SD1 by RPI Engineering.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=Qp1JJYtigEk (345 words)

	Rover SD1 Vitesse Car Spares and Information on Rovers, SD1 Vitesses etc
		This section on OCC is for the owner driver who perhaps has a particular part that he/she has on their 'bits needed' list.
		Simply go to the relevant page for your Rover - see the menu on the Classics Free Ads homepage if this isn't it - and post your ad for free.
		Terms of Service Inclusion of a car, parts or other vehicle for this sale on OldClassicCar is not an endorsement of the vehicle, the seller, or the legality of the contact as owner of the item(s).
	www.oldclassiccar.co.uk /freeads/rover_sd1_vitesse.htm (1172 words)

	Rover SD1 4.2 V8 Featured on BBC Top Gear For Sale - Race Prepared and Road Legal - V8 Engine Power : about this sd1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This Rover SD1 Vanden Plas, was originally built in 1985.
		She was fully restored in 1998 by RPi Engineering and given a new specially built 4.2 litre Rover V8 Engine to replace the tired 3.5 litre unit.
		On the 4th July 2004 car was raced by Richard Hammond for the BBC Television's TopGear programme with the Classic Touring Car Racing Club at Snetterton Race Track.
	www.sd1.co.uk /about_this_sd1.html (321 words)

	autoclassic.com :: the history of classic cars : 1976 Rover 3500 SD1
		First they built staid and dignified saloons, then Land Rover 4x4s were added to the range, they dabbled with gas-turbine powered cars, and finally turned to the technically advanced Rover 2000 range.
		Designed under the guidance of Spen King, the new ‘SD1’ (the acronym stood for ‘Specialist Division, Project 1’) was a big five-door hatchback which effectively took the place of two older cars –; the Rover 2200/3500 range, and the Triumph 2000/2500.
		As with many modern cars, this Rover was not just one model, but a complete range, and by 1982 the original V8 had been joined by a 2-litre four, 2.3-litre and 2.6-litre six, and a 2.4-litre diesel power unit.
	www.autoclassic.com /features/classic_car_history/rover_3500_sd1.html (548 words)

	Motor Books - Rover SD1- The Original Rover Films 51 mins.
		The SD1 (Specialist Division One) was a totally new departure for Rover.
		Raymond Baxter arrives at a mysterious location in the Midlands in a Rover P6 3500 and reviews the potential rivals for the new Rover before being given a sneak preview of a prototype SD1.
		We are taken briefly through the design and prototype-testing stages before being shown Rover's idea of potential customers enjoying the benefits offered by the new Rover both in the UK and Europe.
	www.motorbooks.co.uk /notes.asp?bookid=36558 (258 words)

	Ровер - История автомобилей Ровер. Rover SD1
		Rover SD1, заменивший на конвейере сразу две модели (Rover P5 и Rover P6), с дизайном, навеянным агрессивным обликом Ferrari Daytona, предстал публике в 1976 году в виде непривычного хэтчбека с 155-сильным 3,5 литровым V8 под капотом.
		Также уверенно Rover победил в немецком чемпионате DTM 1986 года, разгромив BMW и Mercedes на их собственном поле.
		К слову, для того, чтобы новый "болид" прошел омологацию, компании пришлось, на радость всем поклонникам марки, выпустить "заряженную" модификацию Rover SD1 Vitesse, отличавшуюся развитым аэродинамическим обвесом, форсированным 190-сильным мотором V8 с новейшим инжектором Lucas, заниженной на 25 мм спортивной подвеской и 4-х поршневыми дисковыми тормозами.
	www.mg-rover.ru /history_rover_7.html (265 words)

	The Specialist
		The 3.5 litre V8 originally fitted to the early model Defender was a low tune version of the V8 as fitted to the Range Rover.
		Note the distinction - LandRover V8s tend to be of the lower 8.13:1 compression ratio, whereas the Rover V8s tend to be sourced from the old Rover SD1 saloons of the 1980s.
		Rover SD1s did not have this constraint, and so were able to be tuned a little.
	www.british4x4.nl /TheSpecialist/8cyl.htm (572 words)

	RPi Engineering - V8 Engines (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As you may be aware, it has become almost impossible to find a Rover SD1 (LT77) 5-speed transmission in good condition, in fact we have found it almost impossible to find them even in 'reconditionable condition'.
		These are all the late-date very strong ones with larger bearings and shafts etc. The latest box as used in the Rover SD1 saloon Car was the 'D' suffix, so these later boxes are difficult to come by and are not guaranteed to be much better.
		The input shaft of the Rover 5-speed is held into the front casing of the transmission and is mounted using a 'Tapered Roller bearing'.
	www.rpiv8.com /transmission-3.htm (1184 words)

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