The poor man’s Ferrari Daytona, as this spectacular English car has been named. A model that really made history
Now you can find this Rover SD1 up for auction, inspired by the famous Ferrari Daytona, with a respectable engine and a classic 80s look. For an amount between 10 and 15 thousand euros you can take home a pretty good piece of jewellery.
It was a symbol for all sports car enthusiasts in the 70s. There Ferrari 365GTB/4 was produced by the house of Prancing Horse between 1968 and 1974. In honor of the success achieved in 1967 by the 330 P4 on the US circuit, the new sports car was nicknamed dayton. From that moment everyone has known it with this wording, particularly appreciating it in the American market.
Now today we want to tell you about a model (of many) that was inspired by the Daytona, but which has an English matrix. Going to scan themarket.bonhams.com portal, this magnificent is available for auction rovers SD1. The car has just under 70,000 kilometers and is located in Zwanenburg, with Dutch owner. List value is included between 10 and 15 thousand euros and at the moment there are no offers in progress.
The poor man’s Ferrari Daytona, as this spectacular English car has been named
The British Leyland/David Bache designed Rover SD1 dates from 1976 and boasted a 3.5-litre V8 engine. Six-cylinder engines (2.3 and 2.6 liters) were also developed over the years.
It won the European Car of the Year title in 1977depopulating throughout Europe. Over the years, some updates of the model have arrived, always quite successful, up to the Vanden Plas from 1984. They have been produced well 113,966with engine V8 and new specs in the frame. Not having a very high resistance rate, the car hasn’t 2survived” on the streets for very long and finding one today is very difficult.
This one we want to show you today was purchased in Belgium fresh from the factory in 1987and remained there for 12 years before being sold to a Dutch owner. Since that time, Mr Nadim Masricurrent owner, kept in a garage with other collector’s cars roverswithout ever going out.
The poor man’s Ferrari Daytona, as this spectacular English car has been named
With just 69,995 kilometers on its odometer, this rovers it is truly a jewel for collectors. “Unfortunately the space in my garage is needed and not having time to drive it in the near future the time has come to sell it”let Mr. Masri know.
There is no doubt that this SD1 Vanden Plas has been very well cared for, not presenting those problems of deterioration and rust that usually characterized these models.
Given the optimal conditions, it would not be wrong to attribute them a value of up to 15,000 euros. Obviously those who were to buy it could make it purely for display or use vintage car. Perhaps to take part in some rallies or indulge in some driving pleasure on the roads with little traffic outside the city. The ecological parameters for emissions required by current models are a distant reference for an engine born of the 1980s.
