"The Real R3 Story " booklet launch - Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

On the 25th anniversary of its launch, the Rover 200 & 400 Owners is proud to announce the launch of an 80-page booklet "The Real R3 Story"

The R3 Rover 200 has been called 'The last all-British, volume car' but that's not entirely true...

This is a story worth telling and now has been told by many of those involved at the time. They have revisited distant areas of their memories, their lofts and drawers to recover lost parts of a fascinating story. Versions have been told before, but they are based on facts released at the time, and are therefore only partially complete.

The story covers the the genesis of the car, Honda's involvement, the switch to being a Rover-only project, the design and engineering, marketing and launch of, in Quentin Willson's words of the time, "This little Burster!