Literature & History
Corgi’s Rover 2000: the first Car of the Year
The first European Car of the Year was a Rover. In 1964, the Rover 2000 took the award ahead of the Mercedes-Benz 600 and Hillman Imp. Behind the restrained saloon body was an unusual chassis: independent front suspension and a De Dion rear axle. The four-cylinder 2000 came first; the better-known V8 version belonged to a later stage of the P6 story. Corgi chose the 2000 for model no. 252.…
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