Rover SD1
The Rover SD1 is an executive car which was manufactured by British Leyland (BL) from 1976 until 1986 and marketed under the Rover marque. Sold with a variety of names, the code name "SD1" refers to the "Specialist Division" of BL, with the "1" denoting it as the first product of their in-house design team. A large five-door hatchback with fastback styling, the SD1 has a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was sold with various petrol engines, including the Rover V8, as well as a diesel engine.
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- Dimensions
- 4,740 × 1,770 × 1,380 mm
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Contemporaries
Matched on body class, era and origin from register data — never hand-picked.
Other Rover models
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- 200 —
- 200 Coupé —
- 400 / 45 —
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- 75 R40 —
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- 60 1947
- 75 1948
- 2000 SERIES 1951
- 90 1953
- 800 Series 1954
- 100 series 1956
- 95 1956
- 80 1957
- 3 LITRE 1959
- 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