Old car ads from magazines & newspapers

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[ruhall]

Great thread, thanks for updating.

I remember the adverts for the red Rover Vitesse - and the vast majority of the early Vitesses I saw were red.

[Jex]

Miglia 888 said:

Apparently the design was inspired by the Ferrari Daytona

[Miglia 888]

Jex said:

Miglia 888 said:

Apparently the design was inspired by the Ferrari Daytona

More than a passing resemblance indeed, especially around the headlamps / sidelights / indicators.
And the Rover stylists did a pretty good job of stretching the Daytona profile into a spacious 5 door hatchback without making it look hideous too, imho, unlike today's 5 series GT & GLE Coupe efforts from BMW & Mercedes...

[Miglia 888]

ruhall said:

Great thread, thanks for updating.
I remember the adverts for the red Rover Vitesse - and the vast majority of the early Vitesses I saw were red.

Many thanks for your appreciation.
My late father's early Rover Vitesse was a blue one, but the Rover V8-S Janspeed Twin Turbo SD1 we had before that, was red.
Many very happy memories in both of those.

[P5BNij]

Miglia 888 said:

And the Rover stylists did a pretty good job of stretching the Daytona profile into a spacious 5 door hatchback...

Whatever he was doing to his hair at the time must have had an amazing effect upon his imagination...

[testosteronefuelledmeathead]

Very clever advertising

[nobrakes]

P5BNij said:

Miglia 888 said:

And the Rover stylists did a pretty good job of stretching the Daytona profile into a spacious 5 door hatchback...

Whatever he was doing to his hair at the time must have had an amazing effect upon his imagination...

It looks like a scene from a Monty Python sketch.

[williamp]

nobrakes said:

P5BNij said:

Miglia 888 said:

And the Rover stylists did a pretty good job of stretching the Daytona profile into a spacious 5 door hatchback...

Whatever he was doing to his hair at the time must have had an amazing effect upon his imagination...

It looks like a scene from a Monty Python sketch.

"...I turned the ignition key and the dials just fell into my lap....."

[AMG Merc]

Caption contest...

"Well we fitted the Carmen Rollers into the dash like you asked but where do you want this?"

[CS Garth]

AMG Merc said:

Caption contest...

"Well we fitted the Carmen Rollers into the dash like you asked but where do you want this?"

Call me Helmet Hair again Tony and I'll have your balls here

[soxboy]

Miglia 888 said:

I remember having a poster with that Rover Vitesse and an MG Metro Turbo on it, they were launched at the same time (1982 on a Y IIRC).

[Leins]

P5BNij said:

Whatever he was doing to his hair at the time must have had an amazing effect upon his imagination...

"Well we'd have had the interior finished a long time ago David if you didn't keep using the cloth for your suits"