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Rover 3500

Car Sedan 🕰️ Classic

1 production run · 5 variants · 3 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Rover 3500 on record.

Netherlands
1968–1986
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1979–2018
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands New Zealand Norway Switzerland United Kingdom

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history & variants

1 production run · 5 variants · 3 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/rover/3500/full

Registration history

1968: 1 vehicle 1969: 22 vehicles 1970: 31 vehicles 1971: 24 vehicles 1972: 58 vehicles 58 1973: 57 vehicles 1974: 29 vehicles 1975: 34 vehicles 1976: 9 vehicles 1977: 8 vehicles 1978: 6 vehicles 1979: 6 vehicles 1980: 4 vehicles 1982: 2 vehicles 1983: 2 vehicles 1984: 2 vehicles 1985: 3 vehicles 1986: 1 vehicle 1968 1986
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1979: 1 vehicle 1983: 2 vehicles 2 2008: 1 vehicle 2010: 1 vehicle 2018: 1 vehicle 1979 2018
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1968 1
1969 22
1970 31
1971 24
1972 58
1973 57
1974 29
1975 34
1976 9
1977 8
1978 6
1979 6
1980 4
1982 2
1983 2
1984 2
1985 3
1986 1
Finland
1979 1
1983 2
2008 1
2010 1
2018 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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The Rover 3500 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "car/rover/3500",
  "name": "3500",
  "make": {
    "id": "rover",
    "name": "Rover"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/rover/3500-auto",
    "car/rover/3500-s",
    "car/rover/3500-sdi",
    "car/rover/3500-van-den-plas",
    "car/rover/3500-vanden-plas",
    "car/rover/3500-vitesse",
    "car/rover/3500s"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": "classic",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

On Developer and up, enrichment carries production runs, variants, related models, powertrain counts, reference links and make facts.

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