[ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers

[Hank and Sally Manwell]

My father began driving Rovers in 1954 and that's all he drove for the last 
35 years of his life.  He was a university zoology professor.  And there was 
always a second one for my mother to drive one and a third one for his son 
to be servicing while waiting for one of the others to need attention. And 
just for fun, we imported our P2 Tourer from England in the early 70s.

My family needed a more competent hauler, so have been driving Volvo brick 
wagons for the last 30 years.  But for fun and economy I drive the Series II 
P6 in the summer when space isn't needed and, considering the size of car, 
the trunk is large enough - much better than the P4s.

Volvo doesn't make "bricks" anymore.  So what's next?

Hank


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brooks" <restore at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers


> Just as a point of interest....in 1971 the Rover 3500S sold for $ 6,100 
> and I think the us/canadian dollar was at near par.
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glen Wilson" <rovercar at comcast.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers
>
>
>> phing wrote:
>>> Glen
>>> It's a pity Rover didn't invest in competent dealers who were equally , 
>>> "interesting , stylish and better appointed" . The Toronto Rover shop in 
>>> the 60s was manned by a bunch of effettee pseudo " English gents ' who 
>>> looked down on the punters who fought their way through the pottted 
>>> palms to see the ' motors ' .Their  general attitude was  " One invests 
>>> in a Wover , one doesn't need to test drive a superior motor. A 
>>> gentleman does not discuss price ; one's man looks after such sordid 
>>> details "
>>> Their incompetence, Rover's evil reputation for variable quality control 
>>> and the ridiculous size of the P6 trunk were the reasons I bought two 
>>> brick out house Volvos in the 60s
>>> Cheers
>>> Patrick
>>
>> Well, I don't think the P6 trunk was "ridiculously" small. If you want to 
>> give up the styling or and the DeDion rear suspension, you can have a 
>> bigger trunk. It's possible to design a good-looking car with a big 
>> trunk, but there are trade-offs. The original P4 boot was vastly more 
>> sexy than the later P4 rear end.
>>
>> Besides, Patrick, you man will load the fitted luggage for you anyway, so 
>> why complain?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Offering a model line for sale in the United States in 1960's without a 
>> station wagon (estate) probably indicated that Rover was just trying to 
>> sell a few cars as a boutique marque rather than making a serious attempt 
>> to sell a lot of cars in the USA.  Rover automobiles actually sold pretty 
>> well in the USA given the small amount of effort Rover invested in the 
>> undertaking.
>>
>> And, of course, you could buy a lot of car in the USA for the $4300 Rover 
>> wanted for the sporty new 3500S by 1969. The Pontiac GTO hardtop sold for 
>> a base price of $3,080 in 1969.  The convertible model sold at a base 
>> price of $3,553. For a lot of Americans, that was not quite even a 
>> no-brainer. The Buick Electra 225 was about equal in price to the 3500S 
>> at $4,400, if you wanted luxury and trunk space!
>>
>> Glen
>>
>> Glen
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