Rover Cars 1945 to 2005

After graduating from Oxford and pursuing further academic studies at Reading, James Taylor spent 12 years working in central government. However, the lure of writing about cars – which he was doing in his spare time – proved too great and he decided to turn it into a career. James has now written well over 100 books in all, and among them have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles. He has written for enthusiast magazines in several countries, has translated books from foreign languages, and even delivers effective writing training in both the public and private sectors. He spent the best part of ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine and has always counted the products of the old Rover Company and of Land Rover as his favourite subject. He also co-organised the “15 Years of Rover V8” event at Donington in 1982.

• Introduction: Who owned Rover and whenChapter 1The 1940sChapter 2The P4Chapter 3The P5 and P5BChapter 4The P6 and P6BChapter 5The lost prototypes (P6BS and P8; possibly also P7)Chapter 6The SD1Chapter 7The Austin inheritance: Metro, Maestro, Montego, Mini; Rover 100 (R6)Chapter 8The Honda alliance: 200 (SD3), 800, 400, 200 (R8), 600Chapter 9The new wave: 200 (R3); 75, 25 and 45Chapter 10MG Rover: Streetwise, CityRover (possibly also planned new models)Index

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