Rover 2000 P6 (Rover 2000 P6) was the first small car of the company. Having absorbed the latest technological solutions, he was an ideal car for the new generation of “penetrating” performers who had great ambitions and the desire to possess a machine that combines the qualities of both the sports and the representative class, but remaining compact. The sedan, which developed the speed of 160 km/h, in appearance, in appearance, reminiscent of the dawn of the British motor industry, which could belong, unlike the previous, very prestigious models of Rover, not only gray -haired leaders in soft boiler rooms.
The car immediately became popular, quite favorably accepted throughout the world. The magazine “Car and Driver” called it “The best sedan of all those ever presented on our pages”. Active participant in the road safety campaign, American Ralph Nader enthusiastically spoke about the 2000 model, calling it the “perfect car”. The model inspired many domestic companies to create such machines, which were sold, according to Rover, in huge quantities. By the way, buyers were not only young ambitious performers, but quite wealthy venerable citizens: large -level managers, bank employees, successful doctors, lawyers. But especially to the taste of the model, it was the “middle class”. “Rover 2000 P6” was sold out in thousands, just like BMW now.
Rover 2000 P6 Security in your hands
For the first time, Rover sold a safe car much earlier than this quality has become popular. It was a magnificent car that allowed passengers to survive in any accident – with a massive cell for the “basic structure” (it was a steel skeleton to which all external panels that were not exposed to loads were attached), disc brakes on all four wheels and an excellent, successfully complementing technical Solutions in the inside. But first of all, the 2000 model made it possible to avoid an aviation. The “De Dion” suspension was made in the back in the same way as for a racing car, so “2000” not only rode softly, but had an amazing adhesion to the road. The model easily competed with the considered ideal car equipped with a 3.5-liter V-shaped eight-cylinder engine, and in 1968, Yaguaru was very serious competition. How the motorists joked, Rover P6 easily “ate it”. For this, the quality of “P6” was adored by the police, who now gained the opportunity to overtake violators on “jaguars”.
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