Projects and prototypes: Rover P6

Front and rear suspension

The front suspension design was highly unusual from the outset, as this Gordon Bashford sketch reveals...The front suspension design was highly unusual from the outset, as this Gordon Bashford sketch reveals...

The front suspension design was highly unusual from the outset, as this Gordon Bashford sketch reveals...

P6 suspension sketch

P6 suspension sketch

Styling sketch

The P6, as sketched in 1957...

The P6, as sketched in 1957...

Scale models

 Fins were the order of the day in this dramatic proposal

Fins were the order of the day in this dramatic proposal

Model making the traditional way...

Model making the traditional way...

Front-end styling takes shape...

Front-end styling takes shape...


Interior schemes

Early suggestion with pod-like dials

Early suggestion with pod-like dials

The more production-friendly final solution...

The more production-friendly final solution...

Full-sized clays


The final stages…

The first wooden full-scale model

The first wooden full-scale model

March 1959 and the first running Rover P6 prototype is undergoing testing.

March 1959 and the first running Rover P6 prototype is undergoing testing.

The P6/7 prototype - seventh out of 15 or 16 produced...

The P6/7 prototype - seventh out of 15 or 16 produced...

All pictures supplied by Ian Nicholls



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