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ROVER 'Meteor'
The Top Series
1930 - 1934
The 'Meteor' series offers everything ROVER has to offer. - The picture shows the ROVER 'Meteor' as a four door Weymann saloon. The picture is taken from the test of the magazine 'The Motor' from April 14, 1931.
At the beginning of 1930 ROVER introduces its new top model "Meteor". The car, named after the Rover factory Meteor Works, West Orchard, Coventry, is based on a chassis with a wheelbase of 118 Inch with a 6-cylinder 2-litre engine, which came to 2565 cm³ with a new cylinder head (the Meteor Owners Handbook calls 2580 cm³ - probably a calculation error). With valves on top it was rated 19.3 hp by the RAC, ROVER advertised it as 20 hp. The actual line was probably 65 bhp.
As bodies there were available besides the Coachbuilt "Saloon" a "Saloon" and a "Sportsman's Saloon" with Weymann bodies. On an extended chassis with a wheelbase of 132 Inch a seven-seater chauffeur-driven limousine was offered. The cars were available in a "standard" and a "shelf" version - the latter justified its higher price with additional equipment like servo brakes and direction indicators.both versions could be further upgraded from an accessory list.
The four-speed gearbox and the low final drive ratio allowed good acceleration values, but limited the final speed to a maximum of 115 km/h.
From 1931 the chassis was lowered by 5 cm. The experiences with the "Speed" model probably played a role here.
The early models could be recognized by the idiosyncratic V-shaped headlights, which were only available on the "Meteor".
In 1933 ROVER completed the range with the 16hp model, Sportman's Saloon and Limousine were dropped. In 1934 only the 16hp - model was still available - it was probably traded on vehicles from the stockpile.
Also in 1933, some special bodies for both the 20hp and 16hp versions were available by famous coachbuilders. The are no specifications or figures available about the cars.
Exact production figures are not known; altogether one assumes 1150 20hp cars and 100 16hp cars. Unfortunately only a few survived.
| Price Trend (All prices in £) | ||||||
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| Type | Model / Version | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 |
| 20 hp | Two-Seater | 380 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Four-Seater | 390 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Sportsman's Coupé, Standard | 398 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Sportsman's Coupé, "Regal" | 440 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Sportsman's Saloon, Standard | 398 | 398 | 398 | -- | -- | |
| Sportsman's Saloon, "Regal" | 440 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Coachbuilt Saloon, Standard | 438 | 398 | 398 | 445 | -- | |
| Coachbuilt Saloon, "Regal" | 480 | 438 | 438 | -- | -- | |
| Weymann Saloon, Standard | 398 | 398 | 398 | -- | -- | |
| Weymann Saloon, "Regal" | 440 | 438 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Lmousine, Standard | 495 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Limousine, "Regal" | 537 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Limousine, de Luxe | -- | 548 | 548 | -- | -- | |
| Chassis | -- | 310 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Chassis, Long | -- | 350 | -- | -- | -- | |
| # Drophead Coupé de Ville | -- | -- | -- | 545 | -- | |
| # Four-Door Fast Tourer | -- | -- | -- | 465 | -- | |
| # Limousine / Landaulette | -- | -- | -- | 640 | -- | |
| 16 hp | Coachbuilt Saloon | -- | -- | -- | 395 | 438 |
| # Drophead Coupé de Ville | -- | -- | -- | 525 | -- | |
| # Four-Door Fast Tourer | -- | -- | -- | 445 | -- | |
| # Limousine / Landaulette | -- | -- | -- | 590 | -- | |
| # = These Bodies are made by external Coachbuilders, but offered by ROVER | ||||||
| A l l i n f o r m a t i o n s w i t h o u t g u a r a n t e e | ||||||
| Sources | |||||||
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 Rover Enthusiast Magazine James Taylor June 2008 |
 1930 Rover Brochure |
 1931 Rover Brochure |
 1931 Rover Extras and Accessoires Brochure |
 1931 Rover Brochure |
 1932 Rover New Features Brochure |
 1932 Rover Limousine de-Luxe Brochure |
 1932 Rover Brochure |
 1933 Rover Brochure |
 1933 Rover Brochure |
 1933 Rover Special Bodies Brochure |
 1933 Rover Brochure |
 1934 Rover Brochure |
 1934 Rover Brochure |
 1934 Rover Brochure |
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| No guarantee for the completeness of the list | |||||||
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