COMFORT, NOT SPEED

ROVER P4 (1949-1964)

hese solid, separate-chassis cars with torquey engines and rugged, long-travel suspension made for a superb and utterly British tourer. Named by its horsepower, the 75 was first; a 2.1-litre inlet-over-exhaust (IOE) six was mated to transatlantic, Studebaker-aping styling, with a third ‘Cyclops’ driving light, dropped by 1952 together with the early car’s column gear change, followed by a facelift in 1954 which included a larger rear window, A year later, the range broadened to encompass an entry-level four-cylinder 60