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1979 Rover 3500 [SD1]

1979 Rover 3500 [SD1] in Top Gear, Non-fiction TV, 2002-2015 Ep. 4.08

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin:

1979 Rover 3500 [SD1]

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
crazyforcars12 ◊ 2007-10-11 19:49	1977
sd1 ◊ 2007-11-28 19:31	RIP this car. Despite it's rarety, condition (it was very good, if not mint) and history following Top Gear, some muppet decided to scrap the car for it's interior!
crazyforcars12 ◊ 2007-12-17 17:44	No sorry, 1976
takumi ◊ 2009-06-15 00:27	Just magnific, my favorite rover
DolomiteFan ◊ 2009-09-30 18:09	Lovely Car especially in Gold stupid guy who scrapped it this is a special car with a special engine the awesome mother of british motoring the former GM V8 the Rover V8
sixcyl ◊ 2009-09-30 19:40	Agreed, one of my favourite Rover too
TheHeartbreakKid15 ◊ 2020-03-29 20:36	1979 model, registration was KYA922T
dsl ◊ 2020-03-29 21:50	We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided ROVER 3500 SD 1979 Registration number: KYA 922T Body type: Saloon Colour: Gold Date of first registration: April 1989 ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 1 April 2005
TheHeartbreakKid15 ◊ 2020-03-30 15:57	Must have been re-registered at some point, but still a 79 model.
the sad biker ◊ 2020-03-30 16:29	TheHeartbreakKid15 wrote Must have been re-registered at some point, but still a 79 model. More likely someone at Swansea has fat fingers.
San ◊ 2026-02-06 18:01	Last seen in 2021 for sale at eBay (around the time it's latest V5C was issue) https://www.aronline.co.uk/opinion/keiths-rover-sd1/ Keith Adams wrote Back in September 2002, I bought this car from fellow journalist David Price and, at the time, it was in amazing condition. I still remember the drive back to the East Midlands from his place in Cumbria, and absolutely fell in love with this fine example of the breed. After that, I lost touch with the car, but was shocked to see this advert on eBay in February 2006, which seemed to show the car in a partially broken-down condition, with quite a bit of its interior missing. Piecing together what I can, it looks like the man I sold it to had trouble re-registering it (something to do with it originally being registered overseas), and he eventually sold it on. I am not sure why that was an issue, as I certainly had no issues with its registration. From there, the car appears to have been sold as described in the advert, having donated its interior to the pre-production Rover SD1 that regularly pops up for sale. (And for the record whoever decided to use this SD1 for spares is an absolute bloody moron )

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