Driving Rover's glorious failure

The V8-S was Rover's first try at moving the SD1 upmarket. I drove one to find out why it's a great car even though it was a sales flop. Chapters: 00:00 The Rover V8-S 00:16 The SD1 at launch: Tomorrow’s car, today 02:13 Tomorrow’s car 3 years later 02:47 Enter the Rover V8-S 03:42 Driving the V8-S: Performance 05:21 Handling 07:06 So is it fun to drive? 09:54 All the toys: the V8-S specification 14:48 Ergonomics and comfort 16:27 About those wheels 17:19 What happened next 18:57 Sum-up