Editing Rover SD1 (section)

{{For|1986 onwards large Rover|Rover 800 series}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Rover SD1
| image = 1985 Rover 3500 Vitesse.jpg
| caption = 1985 Rover Vitesse
| alt = Full view from front right corner aspect of a red sporting saloon car with alloy wheels, a rear spoiler and a front air dam against a grassy bank to rear
| manufacturer = [[British Leyland]]<br />([[Rover (marque)|Rover]] marque)
| designer = [[David Bache]] & [[Spen King]]
| production = 1976–1986<br />303,345 produced
| predecessor = [[Rover P6]]<br />[[Triumph 2000]]
| successor = [[Rover 800 series]]
| class = [[Executive car]] ([[E-segment|E]])
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive]]
| body_style = 5-door [[hatchback]]/[[fastback]]
| engine = {{ubl
  | '''[[Petrol engine|Petrol]]:'''
  | 1994&nbsp;cc ''[[BL O-Series engine|O-Series]]'' [[Straight-four engine|I4]]
  | 2350&nbsp;cc ''[[Leyland PE166 engine|Leyland PE166]]'' [[Straight-six engine|I6]]
  | 2597&nbsp;cc ''[[Leyland PE166 engine|Leyland PE166]]'' I6
  | 2622&nbsp;cc ''[[BMC E-series engine|BMC E-series]]'' I6 ([[South Africa|ZA]])
  | 3528&nbsp;cc ''[[Rover V8 engine|Rover V8]]''
  | '''[[Diesel engine|Diesel]]:'''
  | 2393&nbsp;cc ''[[List of VM Motori engines#HR 492 OHV|VM Motori HR 492]]'' [[Overhead valve engine|OHV]] I4
  }}
| assembly = United Kingdom: [[Castle Bromwich]], [[England]]<br />United Kingdom: [[Cowley, Oxford]], [[England]]<br />United Kingdom: [[Solihull plant|Solihull]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]]<br />India: [[Chennai]]<br />New Zealand: [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]]<ref>[http://roversd1australia.com/index.php/the-new-zealand-market/ The New Zealand Market] Retrieved from http://roversd1australia.com/ on 28 December 2015</ref><br />South Africa: [[Blackheath, Gauteng|Blackheath]] (CKD)
| aka = [[Standard (Indian automobile)#Standard 2000|Standard 2000]] (India)
| transmission = 3-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]] [[Turbo-Hydramatic 180|GM TH180]]<br />5-speed ''Leyland LT77'' [[Manual transmission|manual]]
| length = {{convert|185|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|69.6|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
                    Wheel Track {{convert|60|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|54|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|110.8|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
}}

The '''Rover SD1''' is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of [[executive car]]s built by the Specialist Division (later the ''Jaguar-Rover-Triumph'' division), and finally the [[Austin Rover Group|Austin Rover]] division of [[British Leyland]] from 1976 until 1986, when it was replaced by the [[Rover 800 series|Rover 800]]. The SD1 was marketed under various names. In 1977 it won the European Car of the Year title.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rewind to 1977: Rover 3500.|url=http://www.quicks.co.uk/news/2013/rewind-1977-rover-3500/|publisher=Quicks|access-date=23 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117193015/http://www.quicks.co.uk/news/2013/rewind-1977-rover-3500/|archive-date=17 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In "SD1", the "SD" refers to "Specialist Division" and "1" is the first car to come from the in-house design team.

The SD1 was the final Rover-badged vehicle to be produced at [[Solihull plant|Solihull]].  Future Rover models would be built at the former [[British Motor Corporation]] factories at [[Longbridge plant|Longbridge]] and [[Plant Oxford|Cowley]].