Rover SD1 at 40: the right car made by the wrong company
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Around forty years ago, a new car began to be sighted across suburbia, one that was probably "one of those ‘foreign jobs", such was its exotic appearance.
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Rover SD1 at 40: the right car made by the wrong company
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Lot 128 - 1984 Rover SD1 3500 Vanden Plas EFI
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Rover SD1 at 40: the right car made by the wrong company
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Lot 131 - 1986 Rover SD1 2000