I was working at a garage whilst studying design, back in the early 70s. We had lots of interesting cars in the showroom , including a Lancia Zagato, Jensen Interceptor and an E-Type. Lucky enough to drive them all, there was only one car I wanted to take home with me and that was a two tone grey P5 Coupe. A beautiful car made all the more desirable by the name in the logbook: Matt Busby.
Who wrote this script. The Rover P6 was introduced in 1963 to replace the Rover P4 that was introduced in the late 1940's. It's main rivals in the UK were Jaguar, Humber (a truly forgotten car manufacture who's car were of high quality, as was the P5 and also the BMC Vanden Plas 4 Litre. Rover was taken over by Leyland Motors, which in turn was told by the Wilson government to merge with the ailing BMC to form British Leyland. If this hadn't happened the British motor manufacturing might still exist, we might of still had Triumph, Rover and Leyland Trucks. Also if the Rootes Group were allowed to build their factory in Coventry instead of Linwood in Scotland, we might still had Hillman, Humber, SInger and Sunbeam, as well as Commer and Karrier commercial vehicles. Please get the fact right. When the P5/P5B were built the British Pound was worth alot more the US Dollar, which did not help matters.
My dad had a P5B (auto - I think they all were?) white with black Everflex roof +Rostyle wheels. It was like driving around in a sitting room! But the burbling V8 was intoxicating and she could certainly lift her skirt 🤣
@@thevauxhallman7157 the P5B coupe was a good looking car in the metal (that sloping rear roofline with black E/roof + R/wheels) but the Wolseley 6 auto he got later (in deep burgundy red) was a much better family car
Well, I remember the Rover well. With that Buick V8 and creamy automatic transmission it was utterly gorgeous. My neighbours had one and it was a joy to travel in. It felt very special, and the coupe version was definitely the one to have. Better than any spivvy Jaguar.
The P5 was Margaret Thatcher's official car, ad she refused to use a then-new SD-1... Also, it is not much forgotten in the UK. Nor the SM is really forgotten in France.
At one time, tbere wss a luxurious area of Brooklyn in the 1950's and early 60's We had TWO Facel Vegas and Two Dual Ghia's in our area!!! And that Facel, if you put a roller cam in that Hemi and a good blower was a real Porsche, and some GT Ferrari's killer....One owner used to amazing blocks long burnouts in 1959/60...
technically a gas turbine - once saw + heard the Rover BRM driving the Birmingham inner ring road in a motor cavalcade to promote Monaco-style racing in the city (1980s)
From 1950 my dad had 7 Rover cars. Also a P5. How much did it cost ? My dad had a building business (The Netherlands) and it cost as much as building a complete house. The last Rover a 3500 I sold for an antique price in the 80s.
Says the same thing about Bristol, Facel and Iso. Why advertise when your production is so low. He seems to confuse the company, Iso, with a particular model, the Rivolta, and talks about it over footage of the Iso Grifo. “The 1960s saw various economic fluctuations including the oil crisis in 1973.” Well that wasn’t in the 1960s was it. About sums up the quality of this video.
At 5:24 the two pieces of chrome with a gap is kind of unsettling. It looks like it was parked for a few minutes in New York City and some of the chrome was repatriated. Plus they look like they are at different heights on the body. It would have looked better with one line of chrome from front to back.
Fasciel,,Fossil instead of Facel,,you mean computer writes according to what it hears lol,,that Rover and Citroen I like,,but they weren't imported to North America
How come l knew about some of these and l live in Australia l have known about them before the internet and you don't know how to spell lead but the spelling you used was LED which means light emitting diodes got it and talking about the down turn in the 1960s economy when the oil crisis was in 1973 and there no Rover P6 it was th SD1
The Rover P6 did NOT replace the Rover P5. They were manufactured concurrently, the P5 from 1959 to 1974 and the P6 from 1964 to 1976.
I am realy starting to hate these AI UA-cam Channels. What about a human reading a script, is it so hard? 44 seconds in and I'm gone.
I was working at a garage whilst studying design, back in the early 70s. We had lots of interesting cars in the showroom , including a Lancia Zagato, Jensen Interceptor and an E-Type. Lucky enough to drive them all, there was only one car I wanted to take home with me and that was a two tone grey P5 Coupe. A beautiful car made all the more desirable by the name in the logbook: Matt Busby.
Who wrote this script. The Rover P6 was introduced in 1963 to replace the Rover P4 that was introduced in the late 1940's. It's main rivals in the UK were Jaguar, Humber (a truly forgotten car manufacture who's car were of high quality, as was the P5 and also the BMC Vanden Plas 4 Litre. Rover was taken over by Leyland Motors, which in turn was told by the Wilson government to merge with the ailing BMC to form British Leyland. If this hadn't happened the British motor manufacturing might still exist, we might of still had Triumph, Rover and Leyland Trucks. Also if the Rootes Group were allowed to build their factory in Coventry instead of Linwood in Scotland, we might still had Hillman, Humber, SInger and Sunbeam, as well as Commer and Karrier commercial vehicles. Please get the fact right. When the P5/P5B were built the British Pound was worth alot more the US Dollar, which did not help matters.
My dad had a P5B (auto - I think they all were?) white with black Everflex roof +Rostyle wheels. It was like driving around in a sitting room! But the burbling V8 was intoxicating and she could certainly lift her skirt 🤣
My father had a Wolseley 6/110 MK2 I'd rather have one like it than a P5 or P5B. The P5 was good on the banger tracks I believe.
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the P5B coupe was a good looking car in the metal (that sloping rear roofline with black E/roof + R/wheels) but the Wolseley 6 auto he got later (in deep burgundy red) was a much better family car
@@jaywalker1233 I was referring to the 'Big Farina' saloon not the 'Landcrab' but I had lots of these as well, they were excellent cars.
P5 coupe is a beautiful car in its own right. Definitely has a place in my dream garage. Ripe for a Chip Foose type make over too.
Well, I remember the Rover well. With that Buick V8 and creamy automatic transmission it was utterly gorgeous. My neighbours had one and it was a joy to travel in. It felt very special, and the coupe version was definitely the one to have. Better than any spivvy Jaguar.
P5Bmy all time favorite.
My brother in law here in Australia had a P5B manual. We assume it had been a UK police vehicle but he converted it to an auto. It was great car.
The P5 was Margaret Thatcher's official car, ad she refused to use a then-new SD-1...
Also, it is not much forgotten in the UK.
Nor the SM is really forgotten in France.
At one time, tbere wss a luxurious area of Brooklyn
in the 1950's and early 60's
We had TWO Facel Vegas and Two Dual Ghia's in our area!!! And that Facel, if you
put a roller cam in that Hemi
and a good blower was a real Porsche, and some GT Ferrari's killer....One owner used to amazing blocks long burnouts in 1959/60...
Innovation? They put a jet engine in it!
technically a gas turbine - once saw + heard the Rover BRM driving the Birmingham inner ring road in a motor cavalcade to promote Monaco-style racing in the city (1980s)
@@jaywalker1233 Indeed, a gas turbine. Registration JET 1.
How do you get away with using Jay Leno image? Why have huge subtitles when we can hear every word!
The P5 will never be forgot.... ru kidding!
From 1950 my dad had 7 Rover cars. Also a P5. How much did it cost ? My dad had a building business (The Netherlands) and it cost as much as building a complete house. The last Rover a 3500 I sold for an antique price in the 80s.
Click Bait. Actually a rip-off. Jay Leno has nothing to do with this YT Channel.
You are mixing the Facel Vega Exellence with the Facel Vega II, a most beautiful car of it's time.
Says the same thing about Bristol, Facel and Iso. Why advertise when your production is so low. He seems to confuse the company, Iso, with a particular model, the Rivolta, and talks about it over footage of the Iso Grifo. “The 1960s saw various economic fluctuations including the oil crisis in 1973.” Well that wasn’t in the 1960s was it. About sums up the quality of this video.
Utter twaddle video which tells us next to nothing about some great cars.
At 5:24 the two pieces of chrome with a gap is kind of unsettling. It looks like it was parked for a few minutes in New York City and some of the chrome was repatriated. Plus they look like they are at different heights on the body. It would have looked better with one line of chrome from front to back.
Citroën DS was the bees knees. Not the SM.
I think he needs to do some homework on rover
Legend ???? How about the 2CV Best car ever. Great in the summer, Great on snow.
The Bristol shown is a 603 not a 411 as talked about.
What about the NSU Ro 80?
Nice, but getting parts is the issue... Orphan cars.
Fasciel,,Fossil instead of Facel,,you mean computer writes according to what it hears lol,,that Rover and Citroen I like,,but they weren't imported to North America
Do we haVE A COMPUTER VOICE?
American AI with an English accent, "Jagwar" was the give away. Jaguar with a U.
good night bro 😴😴
Why captions?
Do you think people won't understand English Received Pronunciation?
You're repeating yourself. I stopped at 8 mins.
How come l knew about some of these and l live in Australia l have known about them before the internet and you don't know how to spell lead but the spelling you used was LED which means light emitting diodes got it and talking about the down turn in the 1960s economy when the oil crisis was in 1973 and there no Rover P6 it was th SD1