[ROVERNET - UK] P6 Nomenclature Question

[Drew Egginton]

Okay...

The last 2000 was produced in March 1977 for the Italian market. When 
Rover introduced the 2200, the Italian concessionaires asked if Rover 
would be willing to continue production of the 1978cc engine for their 
market due to the prohibitive taxes applied by the government to cars 
with engines of over two litres. So pretty much up until the end of 
"normal" P6 production, the Italians could still purchase a 2000TC. This 
tax situation also produced such anomalies as the Ferrari 208GT4 and 
208GTB with a 2.0 litre turbo V8.

This perhaps not surprising fact turned up in a recent edition of the UK 
club magazine "P6 News."

Andrew E

Glen Wilson wrote:
> I still might not understand the question, but Taylor's book says the 
> last 2-liter P6 would have been manufactured before the end of 
> September 1973.
>
> From the net:
>
> "The last 2200 came off the production line on 19th March 1977 and was 
> a Left Hand Drive Export version, which was converted back to right 
> hand drive by Tourist Trophy Garage, Farnham."
>
> "VVC 700S was the last Rover P6 off the production line, with a build 
> date of 19th March 1977." It was a 3500S.
>
>
> Paul Smith wrote:
>> 72ish; the 2200 followed it.
>>
>> PVS
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Egginton" <drew at pitstop.net.au>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Nomenclature Question
>>
>>
>>  
>>> I called it the P6 2000 to distinguish it from the SD1 2000 (should 
>>> have
>>> used inverted commas!), but what I meant was when was the last 2 litre
>>> P6 built. I thought calling it a P6 2000 would be generic enough as it
>>> is important to the answer...
>>>
>>> Glen Wilson wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Drew Egginton wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> From an interesting gem I learned the other day... When did the P6
>>>>> Rover 2000 cease production? (Think carefully!)
>>>>>         
>>>> I'd say the last time a model called simply the "Rover 2000" was sold
>>>> was in the 1966 season when the TC was already being marketed but
>>>> before they started calling the single-carb car the SC.
>>>>
>>>> Taylor's book states that at the October 1966 Earl's Court Show, Rover
>>>> displayed two 2000TC's, a 2000, and a 2000 Automatic. Price lists for
>>>> 1966 showed the same three models. Beginning with the 1967 price list,
>>>> a 2000SC model is listed.
>>>>
>>>> So, I would say that the last time a model called simply the "Rover
>>>> 2000" was sold was in the 1966 season.
>>>>
>>>> Technicalities: Rover never marketed a car called the "P6 Rover 2000"
>>>> because P6 was an internal designation.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you ask me, "P6 Rover 2000" is a sufficiently generic term
>>>> to cover the 2000, 2000 Auto, 2000TC and 2000SC. They were all P6
>>>> models with 2-litre engines (unless you're getting really tricky about
>>>> the 1978cc engine size).
>>>>
>>>> But I'll stick with stating that the last time a model called simply
>>>> the "Rover 2000" was sold was in the 1966 season when the TC was
>>>> already being marketed and before people started calling the
>>>> single-carb car the SC.
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Glen
>>>>
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