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In this definitive history of the Rover company, Graham Robson traces the history of the iconic British car brand right back to the Starley family's Coventry-made bicycles of the 1870s, through to 1988. Delving deeply into the records and talking to many people who have been connected with Rover cars since the 1930s, he unfolds a fascinating account of the men who directed the company's fortunes, of their vision and of their occasional lapses. The company's impressive record is analysed here in this probing, truthful yet affectionate look at one of the greatest names in the British motor industry.
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Author's introduction
Chapter 1 From a humble bicycle...
Chapter 2 Birth, growth, crisis
Chapter 3 Wilks brothers to the rescue
Chapter 4 Underground, overground-Rover's war machines
Chapter 5 One of Britain's fine cars- the 'Auntie' era
Chapter 6 World pioneers-the gas turbine cars
Chapter 7 A Rover for the farmer
Chapter 8 The young generation takes over
Chapter 9 Carving a new image-racing and rallying
Chapter 10 Modern times-vee-8s and Range Rovers
Chapter 11 Mergers and manoeuvres-Alvis, Triumph and Leyland
Chapter 12 British Leyland and SDI-the end of the beginning
Chapter 13 Nationalisation and expansion-a bright future?
Chapter 14 Rover in the 1980s
Chapter 15 Full circle-the birth of the Rover Group
Appendix I Blind alleys and oddballs-the Rovers that got away
Appendix 2 Rover since the start. Who has run the company?
Appendix 3 The important milestones-who, what, when and where?
Appendix 4 One-make clubs for Rover enthusiasts
Appendix 5 The Rover pedigree
Index
