Rover 10

Rover Ten
1947 Ten six-light saloon P2
Overview
Manufacturer	Rover
Production	1927–1947
Powertrain
Engine	straight 4
Chronology
Predecessor	Rover 9/20
Successor	Rover P3

Rover 10/25 Rover Family Ten
Weymann 4-door sports saloon with Riviera folding roof registered July 1928
Overview
Manufacturer	Rover at Tyseley
Production	1927-1933. 15,000 approx made
Body and chassis
Body style	open 2-seater open 4-seater tourer Weymann saloon open 2-seater semi-sports open 4-seater semi-sports chassis only
Powertrain
Engine	1185 cc ohv straight 4
Transmission	dry plate clutch; gearbox 3-speeds and reverse with central control, enclosed drive shaft, worm final drive
Dimensions
Wheelbase	104 in (2,642 mm) Track 48 in (1,219 mm) Track 50 in (1,270 mm)
Length	156 in (3,962 mm)without bumpers
Width	62 in (1,575 mm)
Chronology
Predecessor	Rover 9/20

Rover Ten Special
1933 6-light all-steel saloon
Overview
Manufacturer	Rover
Model years	1932-
Designer	Maurice Wilks
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door all steel saloon or coupé
Powertrain
Engine	in-line 4 as in Family Ten but output 27 bhp @ 3,800 rpm
Transmission	automatic clutch optional, freewheel, 4-speed gearbox-2nd and 3rd constant mesh double-helical, enclosed propellor shaft, spiral bevel final drive
Dimensions
Wheelbase	104 in (2,642 mm) Track 51 in (1,295 mm)
Kerb weight	2,380 lb (1,080 kg)

Rover 10
4-door saloon registered January 1936
Overview
Manufacturer	Rover
Production	1933-1938. 9202 made
Designer	Maurice Wilks and Robert Boyle
Body and chassis
Body style	saloon, coupé, open tourer
Related	Rover 12
Powertrain
Engine	1.4 L straight 4
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	105 in (2,667 mm)
Length	152 in (3,861 mm)
Width	61 in (1,549 mm)

Rover 10
4-door saloon registered November 1938
Overview
Manufacturer	Rover
Production	1939-1947 2,640 made post war
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door 6-light saloon 2-door coupé
Powertrain
Engine	1.4 L straight 4
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	105 in (2,667 mm)
Length	163 in (4,140 mm)
Width	62 in (1,575 mm)

The Rover 10 was a small family car from the British Rover car company produced between 1927 and 1947.

The Rover 10/25 was a small car built by Rover from mid 1927. Some time between March and September 1927 Rover increased the bore of their 9/20hp by 3 mm and renamed the model 10/25hp to indicate the engine's 10 per cent increased capacity but 25 per cent increase in claimed output. The drive shaft was also enclosed. The Rover 9/20 remained available in showrooms.

With the Rover 8 and Rover 9/20 chassis and enlarged 9/20 engine the 10/25 chassis was conventional with rigid axles and leaf spring suspension all round, half elliptic at the front and quarter elliptic behind. The four cylinder, overhead valve engine's capacity had been increased by ten per cent to 1185 cc. Drive was to the rear wheels through a three speed gearbox. There were internally expanding brakes on all four wheels. Its magneto ignition was replaced by coil ignition in 1929.

Available bodies either 2-seater or 4-seater were: open tourer or semi-sports tourer or as a 4-seater saloon.

The 4-seater saloons were provided with a Weymann fabric body built by Rover under licence at Parkside. A standard Paris body with a folding roof was rebranded Riviera. The saloon windows were given double sliding panels for ventilation.

Equipment in the Paris body included: leather upholstery, five lamps, two electric horns, eight-day clock, automatic screen wiper, roof ventilator and lamp, companions, rear blind controllable from the driver’s seat, folding luggage grid etc. The Riviera model had the same fittings but in addition the roof was flexible. It folded back like an ordinary hood over about two-thirds of its length.

In October 1928 the bonnet was lengthened and a Weymann Sportsman's Coupé was added to the range. Seating four it had two 40 inch doors.

A high-line Regal model available on all bodies was introduced in 1928. Priced at a 12 per cent premium it came with a sliding roof, bumpers (buffers) front and rear, safety glass, vacuum servo braking, two spare wheels and special mats.

The existing Weymann bodied Riviera and Sportsman's Coupé models were joined in August 1930 by a "coachbuilt" model. Pressed Steel supplied these all-steel bodies to Rover, painted and trimmed, for a much lower price than the cost of Rover's in-house Weymann bodies but Rover charged the same price for the three models fully equipped with safety glass windscreen, an electric windscreen wiper and a luggage grid. The bodies were new, roomier and they had a new shape. Wire wheels were £5 extra.