The Rover (Buick) V8

[t-tony]

If you didn't know but wanted to, here's the story,

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Tony.

 

[AleNod]

There were a few of those at the show yesterday (I really should have taken some photos). I didn't know production of the P5B and the P6 overlapped (is that correct - my first car was a 15 year old 1966 2000 P6 with 45,000 miles on the clock).

Interesting article - thanks for sharing.

Edit: ChatGPT says yes:

The **Rover P5B** was produced from **1967 to 1973**. The "B" in P5B stands for the Buick V8 engine that was used in this model.

The **Rover P6** was produced from **1963 to 1977**. It was also known as the Rover 2000, 2200, or 3500, depending on the engine size.

 

[Z Victor 1]

And of course, they should have put it in the Triumph Stag rather than wasting money on producing another V8 . No wonder the British car industry collapsed, poor management.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

And of course, they should have put it in the Triumph Stag rather than wasting money on producing another V8 . No wonder the British car industry collapsed, poor management.

And extremely poor designers. Not surprising there were so many worker disputes and strikes, imagine spending all day assembling Allagros.

 

[Pond]

And of course, they should have put it in the Triumph Stag rather than wasting money on producing another V8 . No wonder the British car industry collapsed, poor management.

Apparently Triumph/BL had the good idea of making a bespoke lightweight V8 for the Stag to make it more 'special' and better to drive.
Unfortunately, being BL, they spent £10 and half an hour developing it.

Still...every cloud......it has kept an aftermarket industry doing very nicely for 50 years now.