April 2008 issue is a V8 special issue, a must read for all V8 enthusiasts, Rover or otherwise....
P4 with a chevy V8
P5B
P6
Rover V8 engine stripdown and rebuild (Part 1)
Win a Jenson Interceptor for 24hrs
Aston Martin Lagonda
MGB GT V8
Gaz M13 Chaika
Gordon Keeble
Dodge Challenger
Jenson Interceptor
Bristol 411 S4
Triumph Stag
Porsche 928
Tatra T613-4
Daimler V8 250

....and a very good SD1 buyer's guide featuring a nice looking black automatic Vitesse (badged as a Vanden Plas Efi?) Reg No: B603 EET

The black auto Vitesse is a '85 VDP EFI,its owned by Helen Andrews (SD1 club secretary).It was also used as the basis of the Corgi/Vanguard SD1 models......Cool or what?
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Nice car indeed....

I just speculated it was a Vitesse because in the magazine it has the Vitesse light grey ambience, the soft cloth light grey Vitesse seats, no cruise, no air-con, no leather, all of which I thought was standard kit on the ultimate SD1 (to me the VDP Efi is.... )

Having said that, I have always found the Vitesse seats to be very comfortable items indeed, moreso than the VDP dare I say, so I wouldn't blame Helen for changing them to Vitesse items

But then of course the mag may have used a stock piccie of a Vitesse interior

if it had vitesse seats it was a stock photo. helen's car has the standard velour seats, because her dog ate the leather ones.
the vanden plas efi was, like the vitesse, built to order, so you could specify what you wanted in the way of aircon, cruise etc.
the colour however is not original, it used to be moonraker blue as you will know if you possess the laurence hogg dvds!