We are delighted to offer this increasingly rare 1983 Rover SD1 2600S Automatic, a wonderfully usable British executive classic presented in striking red coachwork and benefiting from long-term dry storage and significant recent mechanical recommissioning.

Few British cars of the 1980s captured the same presence and character as the Rover SD1.

Styled with clear influence from contemporary Italian sporting saloons and often compared visually to the Ferrari Daytona thanks to its dramatic fastback profile, the SD1 remains one of the most recognisable executive cars of its era.

The 2600S variant offered a refined balance between performance and comfort, powered by Rover’s smooth straight-six engine paired here with an automatic gearbox for relaxed cruising.

This SD1 is understood to have spent many years in dry garage storage, believed to date back to the late 1990s, and presents as an honest and remarkably solid example throughout.

Importantly for an SD1, the shell is said to be exce...