Rumblings, November 1943
Bravo, Ettore! Those beautiful products of be Patron of Molsheim are generally conceded to be without equal in everything except reliability. So that it only remains to prove the Bugatti…
THE ROVER Too SALOON
Engine : Six cylinders, 77.8 92 mm. (2,625 c.c.). Overhead inlet valves operated by push-rods, side exhaust valves. 7.8-to-I compression-ratio. 104 (net) b.h.p. at 4:750 t.P.m.
Gear ratioS 1st, 14.51 to 1; 2nd, 8.78 to 1; 3rd, 5.92. to I: top, 4.3 to ; OVCI-driVe top, 3.35 to s.
7:vres : 6.0016.40 it Avon ” H.M. Ribbed” on bolt-on steel disc wheels.
Weight :I ton 9 cwt. 3 qtr. (without occupants but ready for the road, with approximately of a gallon of petrol).
Steering rat, : lock-to-lock. b’ttel capacity iiA-gallons, inclusive of approximately 1-gallon reserve. (Range approximately 276 miles.)
Inge/base. : 9 ft. 3 in.
Track : Front, 4 ft. 5 in.; rear, 4 ft. 3& in.
Dimensions : 14 ft. tot in. 5 ft. 5i in.., 5 ft. 2i in. (high). Price : r,,105 (LI,53 los. 7d., inclusive of purchase tax). Makers : The Rover company, Ltd., Meteor Works, Warwickshire, England.