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THE ROVER STORY: A CENTURY OF SUCCESS

Written by Graham Robson
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited in 1977
ISBN: 0850592798

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Front cover

Cover of THE ROVER STORY: A CENTURY OF SUCCESS by Graham Robson

Contents

  • 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 and turbine cars
  • Chapter 7 A Rover for the farmer
  • Chapter 8 The young generation takes over
  • Chpater 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 SD1 - the end of the beginning?
  • Chapter 13 Ryder and rationalisation - the future?
  • Appendix 1 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 The Rover Owners' Association
  • Appendix 5 The Rover pedigree