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Yesterday, 6:28 am

Nice to see you posting again mate


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Yesterday, 6:59 am

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Nice to see you posting again mate


See train thread...



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Yesterday, 9:25 pm

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Very unique and interesting choice,

This must be a rare Canadian model because it's left hand drive, I don't believe Rover cars were ever sold in the US.

I believe the engine in these V8 Rover P6's were derived from an early 60's Buick design that was later sold to Rover. I think the original engine was called the Buick 215 V8. I'm not a expert on British vehicles so don't quote me.



One slightly puzzling thing about the car that's featured here is that it's billed as a 1976 model, yet the front grille was only seen on cars made until about 1970. I have a feeling that it is in fact one of the earlier Series 1 models, and that the creator of the video may be mistaken. This is also suggested by the leather upholstery, which was much less common in the 1970s, probably for reasons of economy. The 1970s Series 2 cars had a very distinctive and different honeycombe grille.


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Today, 12:07 am

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I've occasionally wondered what car can be heard at the start of this song.


My best guess is a british sports car from the 60's or 70's.



I wouldn't be too sure about that. Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music very much projected the image of a wealthy, sophisticated cosmopolitan 'Man of the World' and it wouldn't surprise me too much if the car in question were a Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari or something of that sort.


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Today, 1:42 am

DeepHour wrote:
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I've occasionally wondered what car can be heard at the start of this song.


My best guess is a british sports car from the 60's or 70's.



I wouldn't be too sure about that. Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music very much projected the image of a wealthy, sophisticated cosmopolitan 'Man of the World' and it wouldn't surprise me too much if the car in question were a Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari or something of that sort.


There is no way that is a Lamborghini or Maserati, the car in question sounds like a inline 4 cylinder not a V12 or anything exotic like that.

Have another listen.



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Today, 1:55 am

^ Well, I don't know enough about this subject on a technical level to disagree with you, so I'll defer to your verdict in this case!


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