Rover

The Rover 800 was the Cowley-built executive car developed with Honda that replaced the SD1 in 1986, was reskinned as the R17 in 1991 and ran until the Rover 75 took over in 1999. A guide to the 820, 825 and 827, the Sterling and the Vitesse, the fastback and the coupé, the American Sterling disaster, what to check, and what the survivors are worth.

The Rover SD1 wrapped a V8 executive car in Ferrari-inspired fastback lines, won European Car of the Year, dominated motorway patrols and touring-car grids, and fought Leyland-era build quality all the way. A guide to 2000 to Vitesse, the racing record, buying checks and values.

The Rover P6 rethought the executive saloon from its skeleton outward, won the first European Car of the Year award as the 2000, and gained the V8 to become the 3500. A guide to the base-unit engineering, 2000 to 3500S, what the advanced design asks of buyers, and values.

The Rover P5 was Britain's establishment car, the 3-Litre saloon and coupe that carried ministers and monarchs, transformed in 1967 by the Buick-derived V8 into the P5B. A guide to saloon and coupe, the state-fleet story, the V8's arrival, buying checks and values.

The Rover P4 was the dignified saloon Britain's professionals trusted for fourteen years, from the Cyclops-eyed 75 of 1949 through the 60, 90, 105 and the final 95 and 110. A guide to the Auntie Rovers, the numbers decoded, the gas-turbine connection, buying checks and values.

Rover built the cars the British establishment actually drove, from the dignified P4 to the Prime Ministers' P5B and the radical, twice-awarded P6 and SD1. A guide to the classic Rover cars we cover, the company that also created the Land Rover, and what its saloons are like to own now.