Rover P5 MKII 3-Litre

Manufacturer	Rover
Production	1962 to 1965
Produced	21,158
Class	Motor car
Body	Saloon,Coupé
Layout	FR layout
Wheelbase	110.5 in (2,807 mm)
Length	186.5 in (4,737 mm)
Width	70 in (1,778 mm)
Height	61 in (1,549 mm) Saloon 58 in (1,473 mm) Coupé
Kerb weight	3,498 lb (1,587 kg) (3.5 litre saloon)
Designer(s)	David Bache

The Rover P5 Mark II 3-Litre was a luxury British car from the 1960s and the second P5 built from 1962 to 1965.

History

The Rover P5 series, was a group of large 4-door saloon and 4-door coupé coupé automobiles produced from 1958 until 1973. Models were marketed under the names Rover 3 Litre, Rover 3.5 Litre and Rover 3½ Litre.The P5 was a much larger car than the P4 which in some respects it replaced. It was extremely popular with United Kingdom Prime Ministers and government officials of its day. Queen Elizabeth II is said to have favoured driving her P5. 

The chassis type a box-type with long members and cross members on steel body, the suspension independent at the front with wishbones, laminated torsion bars, anti-roll bar, telescopic dampers the rear arigid axle. semi-elliptic leafsprings with telescopic dampers. 

The car was fitted with a 3-litre engine with cast iron cylinder block and light alloy cylinder head fitted with 1 SU horizontal HD 8 carburettor the power output of 134 hp at 5000 rpm.Gear box was mechanical with 4 speeds reverse and overdrive with the option for an Borg-Warner automatic gear box,

PERFORMANCE:

• Engine capacity: 183.17 cu in, 2995 cu cm;
• Fuel consumption: 21 m/imp gal, 17.5 m;US gal, 13.4 1 x 100 km;
• Max speed: 115.0 mph, 185.1 km/h;
• Max power (SAE): 134 hp at 5000 rpm
• Max torque (SAE): 169 1b ft. 23 kgm at 1750 rpm
• Specific power: 44.7 hp/l
• Power-weight ratio: 26.7 1b' hp, 12.1 kg 'hp
• Acceleration: standing mile 19.6 sec, 0—50 mph. {0-80 km/h) 11.2 sec

Media appearances

In the 1970 film The Man Who Haunted Himself Roger Moore plays character Harold Pelham who is seen driving another Bordeaux red P5B at speeds well in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h) before crashing in a serious accident. Later in the film a replacement car is involved in a pursuit before being forced to crash through a bridge into a river.

Claire drives (and rolls) a P5B Coupe in the 1991 film Until the End of the World. It survives the rollover and she continues on her journey, with the aid of expanding foam to seal the windscreen.In 2003 Richard Hammond did a piece featuring the P5 on Top Gear (2002 TV series) Series 2 Episode 2.A Bordeaux red coloured example is seen in the 2004 biographical film, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.In the 2007-2010 BBC series George Gently, Inspector George Gently (played by Martin Shaw) drives a Rover P5 Mark II. The quarter-pane windows are used when flicking cigarette ash out of the car.

 Rover P5B in The Man Who Haunted Himself, Movie, 1970