The Rover P4 range, designed by Gordon Bashford and built by the Rover Company from 1948 to 1964, incorporated a true sense of Britishness which happily remains to this day.

In a P4 one can rejoice in the luxury of leather, wood and a quality of workmanship, which perhaps accounts for their longevity and the charming ‘Auntie’ nomenclature affectionately attached to the model.

Initially offered with an engine from the 1948 Rover 75, subsequent development offered both four and six cylinder engines, mostly with manual gearboxes and some with the benefit of an overdrive.

The P4 had a separate chassis with independent suspension and a steel body with aluminium doors, boot lid and bonnet made by the Pressed Steel Company.

Not perhaps intended as a sports saloon, it is nonetheless a motor car which can be driven with some exuberance as some classic rally and circuit racing participants have discovered! The Hundred was available from 1959 to 1962 and had a powerful six cylinder 2638cc eng...