Rover Nizam

The Rover Nizam was a small light-weight two seater sports bodied version of the 1931 and 1932 Rover 10/25, with a chassis made by Rover and a body from Carbodies of Coventry. It resembled the Alvis 12/60 and Silver Eagle of the time, but under the enormous bonnet and proud false radiator sat a 1,200 cc push-rod engine, which kept it out of that elite club, and a contemporary advertisement called it a semi-sports two seater rather than a sports car. The body sat on the standard Rover 10/25 chassis and was made of cellulose over a frame of selected seasoned hardwood, which drew mild derision in some quarters but kept the weight down. Two colour schemes were offered, light blue with darker blue wheels and wings, or black with green or red wheels, wings and leather.