Rover P5The Rover P5 is a series of large saloon and coupécars that were produced by Rover from 1958 until 1973. The models were marketed under the names Rover 3 Litre, Rover 3.5 Litre and Rover 3½ Litre. The P5 was a larger car than the P4 which in some respects it replaced. A total of 69,141 examples were built.
Triumph 2000The Triumph 2000 is a mid-sized, rear wheel drive automobile which was produced in Coventry by the Triumph Motor Company between 1963 and 1977. It was introduced on 15 October 1963. It was styled by Giovanni Michelotti. It competed with the contemporary Rover P6 2000, which initially was offered only with a four-cylinder engine. The Rover was also released in October 1963, just one week before the Triumph.
Jaguar Mark 2The Jaguar Mark 2 is a mid-sized luxurysports saloon built from late 1959 to 1967 by Jaguar in Coventry, England. The previous Jaguar 2.4 Litre and 3.4 Litre models made between 1955 and 1959 are identified as Mark 1 Jaguars. The Mark 2 was a fast and capable saloon in line with Sir William Lyons' 1950s advertising slogan: Grace . . . Space . . . Pace, available with all three versions of the advanced Jaguar XK engine: the 2.4, 3.4, and 3.8 litre.
Rover CompanyThe Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company in independent operation between 1878 and 1967, beginning car manufacturing in 1904. It primarily operated from its base in Solihull, Warwickshire. Rover also manufactured the Land Rover series from 1948 onwards, and created the Range Rover in 1970, which went on to become its most successful and profitable product. Land Rover eventually became a separate company and brand in its own right.
British LeylandBritish Leyland was a British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the British government created a holding company called British Leyland, later renamed BL in 1978.
Rover P4The Rover P4 series is a group of mid-size luxury saloon cars produced by the Rover Company from 1949 until 1964. They were designed by Gordon Bashford. The P4 designation is factory terminology for this group of cars and was not in day-to-day use by ordinary owners who would have used the appropriate consumer designations for their models such as Rover 90 or Rover 100. Production began in 1949 with the 6-cylinder 2.1-litre Rover 75.
British International Motor ShowThe British International Motor Show was an annual (bi-biennial after 1976) motor show held by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) between 1903 and 2008 in England. The show was relaunched in 2016 and ran until 2019. The event will return on 26th-28th February 2027 at Excel, London. HistoryBritain's first motor show—for horseless carriages—was held in South Kensington in 1896 at the Imperial Institute under the auspices of Lawson's Motor Car Club.
Jaguar XJThe Jaguar XJ is a series of full-size luxury cars produced from 1968 to 2019 by British automobile manufacturer Jaguar Cars (becoming Jaguar Land Rover in 2013). It was produced across four basic platform generations (debuting in 1968, 1986, 2003, and 2009) with various updated derivatives of each. From 1970, it was Jaguar's flagship four-door model. A two-door Coupé was also available.
European Car of the YearThe European Car of the Year award is an international Car of the Year award established in 1964 by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organising media of the award are (Italy), Autocar (United Kingdom), (Spain), (Netherlands), (France), Stern (Germany) and Vi Bilägare (Sweden). The voting jury consists of motoring journalists from publications throughout Europe.
Sedan (automobile)A sedan (American English), or saloon (British English), is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Variations of the sedan style include the close-coupled sedan, club sedan, convertible sedan, fastback sedan, hardtop sedan, notchback sedan, and sedanet. The sedan name derives from the 17th-century litter known as a "sedan chair", a one-person enclosed box with windows carried by porters.
SolihullTown in West Midlands, EnglandTown in EnglandSolihull ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands county, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 census, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 216,240. The town is located around 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Birmingham and 14 miles (23 km) west of Coventry.
SU carburettorThe SU carburettor is a constant-depression carburettor that was made by a British manufacturer of that name or its licensees in various designs spanning most of the twentieth century. The S.U. Carburetter Company Limited also manufactured dual-choke updraft carburettors for aero-engines such as the Rolls-Royce Merlin and Rolls-Royce Griffon.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.