@@JohnButler-iq8rlthe only British V8 that the Ford is related to is the Jaguar AJ133. Same deck height, bore spacing, water pump, but different block casting, different firing order...
@@_Professor_Oak There are a lot of cars from the 80s that look their age. This vehicle, a design drawn up in the mid 70s, looks modern. Look at vehicles like the Ford Scorpio that came out over a decade later. They look like they're from the same time period.
If only the trade unions and workers hadn't been such arseholes maybe build quality would have been what the car deserved. Crying shame what happened to the British car industry. The cars were shite, but they needn't have been that way.
I used to know a guy in the late nineties who had a sd1 2600, he made a very cool car out of that even without the V8. He lowered it on vitesse cross spokes, de trimmed and de badged it , mile deep straight black paint and a vitesse boot spoiler, the 2600 sounded alright with a Jan speed back box too. Made a nice cruiser .
Indeed it is 1 of 86 that Mg rover completed before they went under that particular one has done less than 6k miles and is becoming very desirable.. beautiful car designed by Peter stevens
The Mustang driver thought he was cool, nobody show him this video because he was definitely shown what cool is by the sound of that Rover, the MG was second
The one car in my life that I wish I had never sold is my SD1 V8. I converted it to manual trans and completely rebuilt the engine to a 'fast road' spec, can't remember all the details except it ran on quad (that's four, 4) 1 1/2 inch SUs on a specially fabricated manifold. It had enough torque to pull a house. At the time I had it, the Golf VR6 was new out and when the local VW dealer was demonstrating them, I could make themlook silly slow. I once came round one on a large roundabout on the outside, tail out, V8 bellowing and then left the VR6 for dead on the dual carriageway exit. On the one hand it was like driving your lounge sofa around, on the other it was an animal. In truth, my current Saab is probably slightly quicker (see it on my channel) but nowhere near so much fun. I miss it.
Such a nice story....... Probably here's another one. My 1st car was, back in '81, a '77 Opel Kadett 1.2. After that, I wanted to have a fuel injected, 6 cyl. or a turbo car. I drove a Opel Commandore 2.5, Ford Taunus 2.0 v-6 ghia, an sdi 2.6. It all ended up with the Opel Ascona 2.0E in my profile. I started rallying in '89. The car ended at the scrap in '93.
Still looks and sounds epic. What a beast. I was a kid when the SD1 appeared. We couldn’t believe BL had actually made a cool car. And it’s still cool!
I had the regular SD1 3500 V8 VP, 1981 ish, and the low rev grumpy lumpy gargle was to die for. A shame, then, that the hatchback never opened, the ventilation systems was foobarred and the transmission was violently suicidal.
SD1 Vitesse sounds awesome. A neighbour had one of these when I was a kid back in 1983/84 and always loved the looks and the sound even if not the most reliable 80s car.
I couldn't agree more.. that mach 1 is my best friends, but he raves about the sd1, such an iconic British car which should have done better than it did, in saying that such a good car to drive an a definite head Turner... trouble is mustangs are 10 to the dozen these days but still lovely motors with a great reputation 👍
Modern V8's don't sound quite as nice as the old Buick 215ci based Rover SD1 engine. Always admired the Rover SD1, currently peaked out my cars I've ever owned with the Audi TT 3.2 single cylinder head "V6". That sound brings a smile to my face every time i take it out, especially with the DSG paddles gearbox.
Am I the only one that noticed that the MG and the Rover sounded so similar? That SD1 looks and sounds every bit as beautiful as it never needs to, but it is. Imagining that noise coming from a tiny 3.5L (GM) Engine is insane! Great noise, great car!
My stepdad was obsessed with SD1s back in the early 1980s. He started with a 2600, which was a great car. Then he got a slightly second hand 3500 which wasn't so nice, so he bought a brand new Vitesse. It sounded truly awesome, not fast by today's standards but brutal back then for an executive expressmobile. Trouble is, it spent nearly as much time at the local Rover dealership as it did on the road. He gave it back to them after a while, in disgust, and got a brand new Honda engined 825 and that was even worse! He persevered for a while then ended his love affair with BL! He bought a nearly new Merc S class and never looked back 😉
A shame Rover didn't fit the twin plenum Vitesse engine into the Rover P6 as well as the standard ex Buick engine. That would have been an awesome car.
Sd1 sounds bad ass. Looks cool af too. We got a 3.9 with stainless exhaust, love em, sick! Yank tank bore off, no class. Would rather take the flake n a 99. And the red franc shed..... lol!!!🤡🤘👍
Back in the day I was stationed in Berlin. My Mate had a fastback and it was christmas eve. We had to make the Calais Ferry and hit the Autobahn.. Boy did we shift. Awesom car.
@@richardharrold9736 yep, I knew that .. I was referring to the initial comment from Geoff Crabbe about a “good set of SU carbs, well set up”. You do know that until 1982, SD1s came with twin SUs?
That SD1 just made a lovely sound, but didn't really look like it was moving very quickly, but I have driven a lot of them back in the day and the 3.500L could get down the road swiftly and the 2.6 was nice to drive as well. Love the 80s
SD1 sounds better than the Mustang
Ice cream truck sounds better than the Mustang.
And weren't the 2 engines related in some way or am I thinking about buic-----?.
In your opinion
@@JohnButler-iq8rlthe only British V8 that the Ford is related to is the Jaguar AJ133. Same deck height, bore spacing, water pump, but different block casting, different firing order...
I’d rather have the rover than the stang . Had 3 sd1 v8’s - loved em all!
Amazing how modern the SD1s still look.
Modern? Nah, they definitely look their age lol
@@_Professor_Oak There are a lot of cars from the 80s that look their age. This vehicle, a design drawn up in the mid 70s, looks modern. Look at vehicles like the Ford Scorpio that came out over a decade later. They look like they're from the same time period.
If only the trade unions and workers hadn't been such arseholes maybe build quality would have been what the car deserved. Crying shame what happened to the British car industry. The cars were shite, but they needn't have been that way.
I used to know a guy in the late nineties who had a sd1 2600, he made a very cool car out of that even without the V8.
He lowered it on vitesse cross spokes, de trimmed and de badged it , mile deep straight black paint and a vitesse boot spoiler, the 2600 sounded alright with a Jan speed back box too.
Made a nice cruiser .
@@_Professor_Oak I agree - I think it would be more accurate to say the design has aged well. And it definitely has.
Icecream van sounds best all day, can't get a 99 from rover!!🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, but it'll be 5 quid nowadays not 99p
yeah but you wont get many 69s in the icecream van :)
Even less chance of getting a '69'
Brilliant 😆😆😆
A rover v8 engined Ice cream van!
The sound of Britain in the 70's
The mg second to last …. Rare as hens teeth
Possibly rarer (saying that I think I've seen two on the road before)
Indeed it is 1 of 86 that Mg rover completed before they went under that particular one has done less than 6k miles and is becoming very desirable.. beautiful car designed by Peter stevens
What model MG is it?? I have thought it was a TVR at first glance
Nevermind hen's teeth, it's rarer than rocking horse sh*t.
@@joebloggs8422MG SV/SVR
I had the SD1 2.6 Van Den Plas, what a car that was and it flew. I have to agree there that the Rover did sound meatier than the Mustang.
I always loved the SD1. Such an unique, and underestimated car.
The Mustang driver thought he was cool, nobody show him this video because he was definitely shown what cool is by the sound of that Rover, the MG was second
The one car in my life that I wish I had never sold is my SD1 V8. I converted it to manual trans and completely rebuilt the engine to a 'fast road' spec, can't remember all the details except it ran on quad (that's four, 4) 1 1/2 inch SUs on a specially fabricated manifold. It had enough torque to pull a house. At the time I had it, the Golf VR6 was new out and when the local VW dealer was demonstrating them, I could make themlook silly slow. I once came round one on a large roundabout on the outside, tail out, V8 bellowing and then left the VR6 for dead on the dual carriageway exit.
On the one hand it was like driving your lounge sofa around, on the other it was an animal. In truth, my current Saab is probably slightly quicker (see it on my channel) but nowhere near so much fun. I miss it.
Such a nice story.......
Probably here's another one.
My 1st car was, back in '81, a '77 Opel Kadett 1.2. After that, I wanted to have a fuel injected, 6 cyl. or a turbo car. I drove a Opel Commandore 2.5, Ford Taunus 2.0 v-6 ghia, an sdi 2.6. It all ended up with the Opel Ascona 2.0E in my profile. I started rallying in '89. The car ended at the scrap in '93.
It looks so modern. Jenson Interceptor, Ro 80, SD1, Ford Capri.....
Lovely SD1
Still looks and sounds epic. What a beast. I was a kid when the SD1 appeared. We couldn’t believe BL had actually made a cool car. And it’s still cool!
106 5 door, nice 👌
I can still remember my neighbour's new SD1. That was 45 years ago. 😂
Not often you see one of the MG SV’s about!
They only made about 80 😅
I had the regular SD1 3500 V8 VP, 1981 ish, and the low rev grumpy lumpy gargle was to die for. A shame, then, that the hatchback never opened, the ventilation systems was foobarred and the transmission was violently suicidal.
SD1 Vitesse sounds awesome. A neighbour had one of these when I was a kid back in 1983/84 and always loved the looks and the sound even if not the most reliable 80s car.
If the SD1 had been better made it would have been a better car than a BMW and a Merc.
Old school V8's, even small blocks like the Rover, sound so much better than their modern counterparts!
Ice cream van sounded the nuts
0:46 Was this designed by Leepu??? What an absolute horrible design
That rover sd1 looks and sounds amazing, I'm a big fan of Mustangs but wow that rover looks cool and different 👌👍
I couldn't agree more.. that mach 1 is my best friends, but he raves about the sd1, such an iconic British car which should have done better than it did, in saying that such a good car to drive an a definite head Turner... trouble is mustangs are 10 to the dozen these days but still lovely motors with a great reputation 👍
@@gazzaf8720JLR needs to bring it back! Make an XF, and an SD1 based on it.
Sd1 even looks better 100%
Modern V8's don't sound quite as nice as the old Buick 215ci based Rover SD1 engine. Always admired the Rover SD1, currently peaked out my cars I've ever owned with the Audi TT 3.2 single cylinder head "V6". That sound brings a smile to my face every time i take it out, especially with the DSG paddles gearbox.
Am I the only one that noticed that the MG and the Rover sounded so similar? That SD1 looks and sounds every bit as beautiful as it never needs to, but it is. Imagining that noise coming from a tiny 3.5L (GM) Engine is insane! Great noise, great car!
Can I have an oyster? I mean….that SD1 sounded epic
My mate had one in the 80's they were cheap as chips back then but always sounded great ❤
My stepdad was obsessed with SD1s back in the early 1980s. He started with a 2600, which was a great car. Then he got a slightly second hand 3500 which wasn't so nice, so he bought a brand new Vitesse. It sounded truly awesome, not fast by today's standards but brutal back then for an executive expressmobile. Trouble is, it spent nearly as much time at the local Rover dealership as it did on the road. He gave it back to them after a while, in disgust, and got a brand new Honda engined 825 and that was even worse! He persevered for a while then ended his love affair with BL! He bought a nearly new Merc S class and never looked back 😉
I thought the Mustang was playing the tunes at the beginning......then I saw the ice cream van 🤣😂
same..
That 106 is in lovely condition.
SD1 wins hands down- looks better too, and the Mustang is pretty tasty.
A shame Rover didn't fit the twin plenum Vitesse engine into the Rover P6 as well as the standard ex Buick engine. That would have been an awesome car.
First time ive seen a video of a mustang leaving a meet, and not ending up in the kerb/trees/hitting another car.....
Now you have 😁
The SV didn't sound bad but that Rover! Would have one tomorrow...
SD1 sounds awesome
Pure Class.
What a beast. Quick as anything. Lovely car
We all know the Sprinter made the best sound!
Mr Whippy sounds awesome!!! :)
The irony is that the Rover V8 has American roots as well... Biuck/Oldsmobile 215
Yup, lol. That's a US Engine, that's where they stole it from.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine
The history of Rover V8 engine
@@AntonisHL Thx, mate.
You never see videos of cars arriving.....
Nice MG don't see many of them
When at school around 1980 a teacher had a 3•5 litre Rover. It was black had a gold stripe with dark green windows. Somethings you never forget.
Sd1 was a Manuel very rare and the sound was excellent
Nice 👍👍👍👍
The Vitesse does sound very nice….
SD1 Vitesse all day
Ooh babay yeah!!
5 drs, 5 spokes AND a tow hitch🤩106😍
Rover V8 ❤
Pop a five litre in there,
amazing car the SD1
Sweet
OLD SD1 BEAST 💪💪
Love the rover
ROVER WINS... wow been a long time since iv said that.. 😢😅
Lovely manual change. ?
She's definitely a manual can't beat human response... so good to drive even to modern standards 😂
A think the 106 sounds the best tbh, the others sound terrible. Rover is just about listenable.
So the Clowns all disobeyed the 30MPH sign??
Funny looking 30mph, guys. 🙂
(But the cars sound mint!)
Bloody hell that Rover sounds mint!🤙
Sounds pretty good for a 106🤣🤣🤣🤣
We had a alleged drug dealer up our street, even always had a think for the Rover SD1, his was blue & he drove it in a very similar manner.
Even now, I think the SD1 is a cool looking car
Mustang driver is thinking “ gently does it, it’s make or break at this point” 😬
Peugeot all day long
An SD1 Vitesse is still an imposing looking beast
Sensible Mustang stopped at the top of first gear instead of changing into two and sliding into the crowd!
SD1 sounds great!
Nice one! The 106 🤭
Rover sounds brilliant, better than the Mustang
My fave was Mr Whippy 🤣
Thank god this Crap aint made anymore!
So many illegal plates. Plod would have a field day.
Mustang got owned by BL!
Nice cars with a sad history. The 3.5 Vitesse was a great car. I had one.
It’s also better looking
Rover engine is a discarded GM V8
Who the hell parked their car at the end of the drive
Imagine if that 106 had a v8 in it
😂
Rather have the ice cream van
Its a Ford Labrador
SD1 sounded sick.. what a car.. bringing back some memories
Mmmm, twin plenum 👂🤛😎
That SD1👊
My SD1 never sounded that good. And it looked to have the standard exhaust
That's because it's a stainless steel exhaust system from rimmers
Sd1 sounds bad ass. Looks cool af too. We got a 3.9 with stainless exhaust, love em, sick! Yank tank bore off, no class. Would rather take the flake n a 99. And the red franc shed..... lol!!!🤡🤘👍
Back in the day I was stationed in Berlin. My Mate had a fastback and it was christmas eve. We had to make the Calais Ferry and hit the Autobahn.. Boy did we shift. Awesom car.
Just a one…. Cornetto, give eet to meeee; delicious ice a cream! 😅
*the SD1 sounded amazing too
Daisy Can you remember when Billy threw up in the back of your SDI going to work😂😂
On my Rover SD1 it would shed bits and drop the window glass into rhe doors every time I drove it!
Thay can stick the E Blooby V any day.just give me a good set of su carb,s well set up,and that is what i call Class..
Well set-up SUs … and set them up well the next day … and the next day ….
But you’re right, the SD1 was all class.
@@axelknutt5065 you do both know this SD1 is EFI?
@@richardharrold9736 yep, I knew that .. I was referring to the initial comment from Geoff Crabbe about a “good set of SU carbs, well set up”. You do know that until 1982, SD1s came with twin SUs?
@@axelknutt5065 I know about those early 3500s, yes. But Vitesses and particularly Twin Plenums were all EFI.
Its the Vitesse aswell. I saw one of these when I was a kid and wanted one ever since
Beast
Class
What is the car after the Rover?
It's an MG X-Power SV
That SD1 just made a lovely sound, but didn't really look like it was moving very quickly, but I have driven a lot of them back in the day and the 3.500L could get down the road swiftly and the 2.6 was nice to drive as well.
Love the 80s
1st car I ever drove aged 14..
SD1 . Fantastic, underated classic. 😊
Remember, when you need to have a car as loud as these guys, it's always a sign you are confident with women.
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Good old BRITISH LEYLAND for you 👍