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1963 The Rover B.R.M. Gas Turbine Car was shown at the [[1963 Motor Show]]
1963 The Rover B.R.M. Gas Turbine Car was shown at the [[1963 Motor Show]]


A scaled version of this power plant, the Rover 2S75, was the basis of the [[Rotax Motor Accessories Co|Rotax]] CT2023 unit and [[Joseph Lucas Ltd|Lucas]] CR201 unit.
A scaled version of the S2 power plant, the Rover 2S75, was the basis of the [[Rotax Motor Accessories Co|Rotax]] CT2023 unit and [[Joseph Lucas Ltd|Lucas]] CR201 unit.


The gas generator section of this engines formed the basis of the Rover TJ125 minijet engine
The gas generator section of this engines formed the basis of the Rover TJ125 minijet engine

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1965.

Part of Rover Co

of Solihull

1950 Rover built the first gas-turbine powered car

Rover/Lucas S2, a twin shaft engine, was developed from the famous Rover P6 gas turbine, the engine that almost made it as the world's first automotive gas turbine. The engine was used as a compressor unit for the Nimrod aircraft and also as an Auxiliary Power Unit in the HS748 aircraft.

1963 The Rover B.R.M. Gas Turbine Car was shown at the 1963 Motor Show

A scaled version of the S2 power plant, the Rover 2S75, was the basis of the Rotax CT2023 unit and Lucas CR201 unit.

The gas generator section of this engines formed the basis of the Rover TJ125 minijet engine

1968 Launch of the T.J.125 turbo-jet engine [1]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer of 9th February 1968 p251
  • Rover Lucas S2 [1]