Hammonds Rover V8 Race day Tribute SD1 | Top Gear | BBC

Hammond bids a fond farewell to the long lived and widely employed Rover V8 engine, originally a compact Buick V8 that was sold by GM to Rover after initial technical problems. Hammond then sends off the engine by entering a Touring car race in an unmodified Rover SD1. ► Subscribe to our channel for future posts! A VIDEO MADE BY ‘BBC’ POSTED BY ‘MG ROVER HERITAGE’. EXPLORE OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IT’S FULL OF GREAT CONTENT FROM OUR ARCHIVES AS WELL AS NEW EXCLUSIVE CONTENT MADE BY OUR CHANNEL. ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mgroverheritage/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mgroverheritage ► Twitter - https://twitter.com/MGRoverHeritage ► Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKs-G3doUuIQGiowQyz6H5w?view_as=subscriber ‘MG Rover Heritage’ is the Number One heritage page for Rover & associated marques (1878 - 2005). Recently verified on Wikipedia as the recognised official page, We are now working on an online archive available to the public. This includes associated marques such as Rover Marque, Austin Rover, British Leyland, The Rover Group, MG Rover & more! Do you have content affiliated with any of the Rover marques you'd like to share? Please get in touch! ► MGRoverHeritage@gmail.com