Rover Cars of the 1930s In Detail Ford Homologation booklet for racing Alfa

Homologation booklet for racing Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

there were the sporty specials that make the Escort such an everyday hero: the XR3

sheds poetic light on the life and personality of this endearing little car

then the equally eye-catching black and gold of the John Player Special period

not least because for many years it was widely assumed that the company’s records for the period up to 1940 were lost in the Blitz bombing of the its Coventry factory that year

Rover Cars of the 1930s In Detail Ford Homologation booklet for racing AlfaAt the start of the 1930s, the Rover Company was in a precarious position. The slowdown in car sales caused by the Recession compounded the problems of an incoherent model range, and in late 1931 Rovers bank called for an independent investigation into the companys business. That investigation called for nothing short of a re organisation of the Board of Directors. Yet within three years, Rover had established one of the soundest management teams in