Dealer Launch Vehicle History Question

[rga1983]

Excuse the slightly long first post, but I’m trying to understand the history of my car a little better and I hope you knowledgeable people might be able to help.

I’ve had my car since November, but I sadly know very little about its past. Based on the chassis number and slightly strange specification, I’m 99% certain it’s one of the dealer launch cars (Serpent alloys were added recently). However, I’m curious about what happened to the car after it was built.



The car has a Northampton number plate (ending 'NV') and the service book shows that the car had its pre-delivery inspection carried out at the Rover Preparation Centre in Rugby. From what I’ve been able to gather so far, these two things could mean it was a Rover staff/management vehicle as these were PDI’d in Rugby and registered via a DVLA office in Northamptonshire.



My question is, were the dealer launch vehicles all PDI’d by Rover themselves and then delivered to dealers? If the dealers did PDI their own launch vehicles, does that mean my car is likely to have been Rover-owned at the start of its life? Or could there be something else going on?

Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed.

[suzublu]

Send reebs a pm with the vin, he may have all the details 😎

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[dave lincs]

Looks like it could be a dealer launch car the build data will confirm it is not freely available on here but Reebs will get it for you as Ronnie has suggested but if you can't wait I can get it easily for you

[rga1983]

I'll drop Reebs a message, thanks for the suggestion

[rga1983]

Originally Posted by dave lincs

Looks like it could be a dealer launch car the build data will confirm it is not freely available on here but Reebs will get it for you as Ronnie has suggested but if you can't wait I can get it easily for you

Do you have a launch car Dave? If you've got the service book, does it say where the car was PDI'd?

[dave lincs]

Originally Posted by rga1983

Do you have a launch car Dave? If you've got the service book, does it say where the car was PDI'd?

Yes I have a launch car but it was registered by a main dealer, the stamp in your book means the car was pre registered by rover

[rga1983]

Originally Posted by dave lincs

Yes I have a launch car but it was registered by a main dealer, the stamp in your book means the car was pre registered by rover

Perfect, that's useful to know. Thank you!

[dave lincs]

Originally Posted by rga1983

Perfect, that's useful to know. Thank you!

You are welcome to join the Lincolnshire rover club and attend the East kirkby aviation Centre meet if you want

[Briodyjl01]

NV is interesting as we own two of the lower spec launch cars and they are LNV.

[dave lincs]

Originally Posted by Briodyjl01

NV is interesting as we own two of the lower spec launch cars and they are LNV.

Maybe Josh you could get the build data as this club does not have it freely available