Model record
Rover 800 Series
Background
The Rover 800 series is an executive car range manufactured by the Austin Rover Group subsidiary of British Leyland, and its successor the Rover Group from 1986 to 1999. It was also marketed as the Sterling in the United States. Co-developed with Honda, the 800 was a close relative to the Honda/Acura Legend and the successor to the decade-old Rover SD1.
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Specification
- Produced
- 317,126 units
- Dimensions
- 4,882 × 1,730 × 1,393 mm
Still on UK roads
231
licensed vehicles · 2025
2014 ▼ 80% since 2014 2025
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Production years
Sources
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1955
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Matched on body class, era and origin from register data — never hand-picked.
Same marque
Other Rover models
- 10 P2 —
- 12 —
- 14 —
- 16 —
- 20 —
- 200 —
- 200 Coupé —
- 400 / 45 —
- 6 —
- 75 R40 —
- 8 —
- 9 —
- Light Six —
- Meteor —
- P3 —
- P4 —
- P5 —
- P6 —
- Quintet —
- Two-litre —
- 60 1947
- 75 1948
- 2000 SERIES 1951
- 90 1953
- 100 series 1956
- 95 1956
- 80 1957
- 3 LITRE 1959
- SD1 1961
- 3.5 LITRE 1964
- V8 1967
- RANGE ROVER 1970
- VITESSE 1977
- 400 SERIES 1983
- 200 SERIES 1984
- MINI 1984
- STERLING 1986
- METRO 1987
- MAESTRO 1989
- MONTEGO 1989
- 600 Series 1993
- COUPE 1994
- 25 1999
- 45 1999
- CityRover 2003
- Streetwise 2003