The Rover P4 series was a group of mid-size luxury saloon cars which
Rover produced between 1949 and 1967, all designed by the company’s
designer Gordon Bashford. The P4 designation was the in-house factory
terminology and the consumers usually referred to the cars by their
particular designations, in this case the Rover 90. Produced between
1953 and 1959, nearly 36,000 were sold worldwide. Classed as a top-end
vehicle, it had a powerful 2.6 litre engine with a top speed of 90 mph.
Modifications over its predecessors included a bigger boot, wide rear
windows and flashing indicators.
Its speed would have made it a natural for use by the Police and here we
see the four-door Rover as used by the Cornwall Constabulary,
registered appropriately UCV 999 and decorated in black with dark red
interior. With silver trim, the model features the famous Rover Viking
badge on the bonnet above the distinctive Rover radiator and the Rover
90 ‘signature’ across the boot.