Editing Rover SD1 (section)

====Production shift====
Major restructuring of BL following the Ryder Report resulted in the SD1 production line being moved to the former [[Morris Motors|Morris]] plant in [[Cowley, Oxford|Cowley]] in 1981. The Solihull plant was turned over to produce [[Land Rover]] models, following on from that marque's separation from Rover in 1978. The hugely expensive extension to Solihull, which had been built specifically for the SD1 and Triumph TR7, was mothballed, and was finally brought back into use in 1997 for the [[Land Rover Freelander]] and in 2016 for the [[Jaguar XE]] and [[Jaguar F-PACE|F-PACE]].

1981 also saw the beginning of "Project XX" – a venture between BL and [[Honda]] for a new executive car expected to replace the SD1, although it was not anticipated for production until the mid-1980s.  Project XX ultimately emerged as the [[Rover 800 Series]] in 1986 and would be the replacement for the SD1.