Editing Rover SD1 (section)

===Background===
In 1971, [[Rover (car)|Rover]], at that time a part of the British Leyland (BL) group, began developing a new car to replace both the [[Rover P6]] and the [[Triumph 2000]]/2500. The designers of both [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] and Rover submitted proposals for the new car known as the Triumph Puma <ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Keith |title=Triumph Puma - the promising replacement for the 2000, canned by BLMC |url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/triumph-puma/ |website=AROnline |language=en-gb |date=29 October 2019}}</ref> and Rover P10 <ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Keith |title=Rover P10 - the missing link between the P6 and the SD1 |url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/rover-p10/ |website=AROnline |language=en-gb |date=29 October 2019}}</ref> respectively, of which the latter was chosen. [[David Bache]] was to head the design team, inspired by exotic machinery such as the [[Ferrari Daytona]] and [[Ferrari 365 GTC/4|365 GTC/4]], and the late 1960s design study by [[Pininfarina]] for the [[BMC ADO17|BMC 1800]], which also guided the design of the [[Citroën CX]]. [[Charles Spencer King|Spen King]] was responsible for the engineering. The two had previously collaborated on the [[Land Rover Range Rover|Range Rover]]. The project was first code-named RT1 (for Rover Triumph Number 1) but then soon changed to SD1 (for Specialist Division Number 1) as Rover and Triumph were put in the new "Specialist Division" of British Leyland.