Description Huge history file; one owner from 1974 - 2019; meticulously maintained; recent new tyres, clutch and electronic ignition; overdrive; former multiple show-winner; runs like a sewing machine; highly original; lots to like! As you might imagine, we get to drive a huge variety of cars from all eras in the course of doing this job, but it is always a pleasure to get behind the wheel of a Rover P4.

They really are astonishingly smooth and refined and it is a total mystery why they are still so undervalued today.

Launched in October 1956, the 105 used a high-compression version of the silky smooth 2.6-litre straight-six used in the 90.

Rated at 108bhp and with a top speed of 100mph, it took advantage of the higher octane fuel that had become widely available after years of low octane ‘pool petrol’ – a hangover from the war years.

It was replaced by the 100 in late 1959, a fairly short production run during which time only 10,701 were sold, making it relatively rare by P4 stand...