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The Austin 1100 and Rover SD1 from the MPHVC at an event at the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton in 2017. The Morris Minor from the MPHVC on the South Bank, 2015.. The Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection (MPHVC) is a collection of motorcycles and 14 historic cars owned and used for outreach events by the Metropolitan Police.
The Metro is a supermini car, later a city car that was produced from 1980 to 1998, first by British Leyland (BL) and later by the Rover Group.It was launched in 1980 as the Austin Mini Metro (styled AUSTIN miniMETRO).
Historically, cars such as the Wolseley 4/50 & 6/80, Jaguar Mark 2, Rover P6, Rover SD1, Rover 800 and Vauxhall Senator were commonly used. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During the 1960s-70s, many police forces started buying foreign cars due to the unreliability of domestic vehicles.
Various Metropolitan Police vehicles attending a protest in 2021 A restored Rover SD1 traffic car in the Metropolitan Police's 'jam sandwich' livery first introduced in 1978. As of 2023, the Met operates and maintains a fleet of around 5,200 vehicles. [66] In 2018, the fleet covered 46,777,720 miles (75,281,440 km). [67]
A West Midlands Police Rover SD1 circa 1979, featuring "jam sandwich" livery encompassing most of the vehicle's midline. The term "jam sandwich" came into common use in the 1970s, as police cars changed from block colour schemes such as the blue and white "panda car" to broad fluorescent sidestriped liveries on white or grey base paint.
In 1971, Rover, at that time a part of the British Leyland (BL) group, began developing a new car to replace both the Rover P6 and the Triumph 2000/2500. The designers of both Triumph and Rover submitted proposals for the new car known as the Triumph Puma [3] and Rover P10 [4] respectively, of which the latter was chosen.
The cars currently used are armoured, custom built Range Rover Sentinel supercharged 5.0 litre V8 models and armoured Audi A8L models. [1] [2] Prime ministerial and ministerial limousines are operated and administered by the Government Car Service, an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and stored and maintained at 10 Downing Street.
The name Rover 100 may refer to one of two different British motor vehicles: Rover P4 100 ; produced by The Rover Co. Ltd. from 1960 to 1962 Rover Metro , at various times also known as the Austin Mini Metro and Rover 100, amongst other names; produced by Austin Rover Group and MG Rover Group from 1980–1998