About Rover

Rover was a British automobile manufacturer and later a marque based at the former Austin Longbridge plant in Birmingham. In recent years it was part of BMW and the MG Rover Group. However, in April 2005, production stopped when the company became insolvent. In July 2005 the Nanjing Automobile Group acquired physical assets/tooling, although SAIC already owned certain intellectual property, with plans to resume production in China and at Longbridge, in 2007. On September 18, 2006 Ford bought the rights to the Rover name from BMW for approximately £6 million. Ford had acquired an option of first refusal to buy the Rover brand as a result of its purchase of Land Rover from BMW in 2000.

MG Rover Group

MG Rover was the last British-owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. The company was formed when BMW sold some of the original Rover Group in 2000 to the Phoenix Consortium. MG Rover later went into administration and was eventually purchased by the Nanjing Automobile Group in 2005, with Nanjing restarting MG sports car and sports saloon production in 2007 and the Rover marque being sold to Ford, who have yet to use the badge on any production models.

Rover models

• Pre-War
  • 1904-1912 Rover 8
  • 1906-1910 Rover 6
  • 1906-1910 Rover 16/20
  • 1912-1923 Rover 12
  • 1919-1925 Rover 8
  • 1924-1927 Rover 9/20
  • 1925-1927 Rover 14/45
  • 1927-1932 Rover Light Six
  • 1927-1947 Rover 10
  • 1929-1932 Rover 2-Litre
  • 1930-1934 Rover Meteor (16HP/20HP (12/15 kW))
  • 1931-1940 Rover Speed 20
  • 1932-1933 Rover Pilot/Speed Pilot
  • 1932-1932 Rover Scarab
  • 1934-1947 Rover 12
  • 1934-1947 Rover 14/Speed 14
  • 1937-1947 Rover 16
• Small
  • 1989-1990 Metro - Called Metro for a year when Austin was dissolved in 1989.
  • 1990-1994 Rover Metro
  • 1994-1998 Rover 100 (111/114/115)
  • 1986-2000 Rover Mini - Originally called the Austin Seven/Morris Mini Minor in 1959, but renamed Rover Mini in 1986.
  • 2003-2005 CityRover
• Compact
  • 1989-1994 Maestro - Never branded a Rover but sold through brand.
  • 1984-1999 Rover 200 (211/213/214/216/218/220)
  • 1992-1998 Rover 200 Coupe (216/218/220/220 Turbo)
  • 1999-2005 Rover 25
  • 2003-2005 Rover Streetwise
• Midsize
  • 1948-1949 Rover P3 (60/75)
  • 1949-1964 Rover P4 (60/75/80/90/95/100/105/110)
  • 1963-1976 Rover P6 (2000/2200)
  • 1976-1986 Rover SD1 (2000/2300/2400/2600)
  • 1989-1994 Montego - Never branded a Rover but sold through brand.
  • 1985-1989 Rover 416i - Australian Market
  • 1990-2000 Rover 400 (414/416/418/420)
  • 2000-2005 Rover 45
• Large
  • 1958-1973 Rover P5 (3-Litre/3.5-Litre)
  • 1963-1976 Rover P6 (3500)
  • 1976-1986 Rover SD1 (3500/Vitesse)
  • 1993-1999 Rover 600 (618/620/623)
  • 1986-1998 Rover 800 (820/825/827) and Sterling
  • 1998-2005 Rover 75
• Van
  • 2003-2005 Rover Commerce