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PRE-PRODUCTION
VIN	Rego No	Colour	Comments
Unknown	Unregistered	Diamond White	Hood Developments
900003	K 574 FKV	Black	Durability Testing
900004	Unregistered	Diamond White	Pav'e Testing
Unknown	Unregistered	Diamond White	Slam Testing
900009	K 139 COU	Carribbean Blue	Specification Testing
900010	K 317 EHP	Nightfire Red	Brake Testing
900011	Unregistered	Carribbean Blue	Homologation Car & Service Testing
900012	K 398 FDU	Woodcote Green	Durability & Team Usage
900013	Unregistered	Le Mans Green	Belfast Motor Show & Demonstration
900014	K 60 MGR	British Racing Green	Japan Specification & A/C Testing
900015	K 60 MGR	British Racing Green	Used for Sales Operations
900016	K 6 MGR	Old English White	Used for Sales Operations
900017	K 14 MGR	Woodcoote Green	Used for Sales Operationss
900018	K 18 MGR	Nightfire Red	Used for Sales Operationss
900019	K 16 MGR	Le Mans Green	Used for Sales Operations
900020	K 20 MGR	Le Mans Green	Used for Sales Operations
900021	K 11 MGR	Nightfire Red	Used for Sales Operations
900022	Unregistered	British Racing Green	VIP Car/Australian Specification to Rover Australia. Re-Exported by Rover to New Zealand
900023	K 90 MGR	Oxford Blue	Used for Sales Operations
900024	K 70 MGR	Oxford Blue	Used for Sales Operations
900025	K 17 MGR	Oxford Blue	Used for Sales Operations
900026	K 50 MGR	Le Mans Green	Used for Sales Operations
900027	K 19 MGR	Le Mans Green	Used for Sales Operations
900028	K 13 MGR	Carribbean Blue	Used for Sales Operations
900029	K 12 MGR	Nightfire Red	Used for Sales Operations
900030	K 15 MGR	White Gold	Used for Sales Operations

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Significant Dates Concerning the MG RV8

June 1991:	Rover grants approval for RV8 project to proceed.
January 1992:	first MG RV8 prototype is presented to Rover Dealers.
June 1992:	First Brochures of MG RV8 are released.
20th October 1992:	MG RV8 unveiled to Rover Chairman John Towers at Press Preview of the Birmingham Motor Show.
31st March 1993:	First MG RV8 completed at Cowley Chassis No 251 Metallic BRG VIN SARRAWBMBMG000251 destined for the British Motor Heritage Museum.
October 1993:	MG RV8 makes its Japanese debut at Tokyo Motor Show, Rover swamped with orders.
13th January 1994:	First Batch of RV8's Leave England bound for Japan.
22nd November 1995:	Last MG RV8 Chassis No. SARRAWBMBMG002233, Woodcote Green leaves England bound for Japan with plague proclaming the Chassis No. 002203 which will no doubt trip up historians in the future.

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RV8 Distribution

The final figures from Rover showed that, of the 2000 cars sold, the vast majority went to distant markets.

John Bolt (Nightfire Red 1218) from Buckinghamshire has been doing some research at the Heritage Museum at Gaydon and has produced an interesting chart setting out authoritative details on the number of RV8's produced in each colour which will be interest to RV8 enthusiasts.
The following chart is an amendment to the previous published figures and will finally settle many disputed claims.

Colour	UK	%	Europe	%	Japan	%	Totals	%
Black	12	3.9	5	5.4	1	0.1	18	0.9
BRG	139	45.3	65	70.7	1	0.1	205	10.3
Caribbean	16	5.2	3	3.3	0	0.0	19	1.0
Flame Red	15	4.9	1	1.1	0	0.0	16	0.8
Nightfire Red	41	13.4	1	1.1	108	6.9	150	7.6
White Gold	12	3.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	0.6
Optional Colours ( At Extra Cost )
Le Mans Green	28	9.1	2	2.2	0	0.0	30	1.5
Old English White	3	1.0	1	1.1	1	0.1	5	0.3
Oxford Blue	36	11.7	8	8.7	214	13.5	258	13.0
Woodcote Green	5	1.6	6	6.5	1258	79.5	1269	64
Totals	307		92		1583		1982
Percentage		15.5		4.6		79.9		100

For full details visit http://www.v8register.net/subpages/RV8NOTE216.htm

RV8 Enthusiasts are reminded complete sets of RV8 Notes in PDF format are available for RV8 enthusiasts in Europe and Overseas delivered using the online digital files transfer system called WeTransfer. The RV8 Notes series is supported by contributions from fellow members and is supplied & compiled by the V8 Register a branch of the MG Car Club.

The V8 Register was formed in 1978 and has become the leading group for MG V8 Enthusiasts.
The group includes MGBGTV8's, MGBV8 Conversions including Costello MGv8's, RV8's and MG VS has over 2800 members in UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and across mainland Europe.
Contact : [email protected]
This is a group any MG V8 Enthusiast should join!

The first production car being 00251 (the final digits of a very long VIN), and the last on 22 November 1995 being 02233,
we therefore had a production total of 1983 cars; this means that if Rover’s figures are correct, 17 pre-production cars were also sold off.

The huge Japanese figure has fallen somewhat as RV8s have been re-exported to Australia, New Zealand, the UK and elsewhere. In Australia there are currently 268 RV8's which have been imported from Japan and no doubt this number will continue to increase.

Disclaimer: Much of this information was acquired from the MG Car Club safety fast Magazine.
This information is copyright by the respected parties.

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VEHICLE VIN CODE

RV8 Production Indentification Plate: consists of a large number of letters.
SARRAWBMBMG then 2 or 3 Zeros and the number 000251 - 002233.

VIN No.	CHARACTER	MEANING
1	S	Global geographical are Europe
2	A	European Geographical area UK
3	R	Manufacturer Rover
4 & 5	RA	Vehicle Type Rover "Adder"
6	W	Class of Vehicle
7	B	Body type Soft Top
8	M	Engine V8 3.9 litre
9	B	Transmission Manual & Steering R H.
10	M	Model and Model Year
11	G	Plant Cowley LVA MG
12	000251 - 002233	Sequence (started at 251 ended 2233)

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BODY COLOUR VIN CODES

Three digits, normally representing Basic Colour, Marque Indentifer nad lastly the Colour Shade / Name. IE HPE for Woodcotes Green

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TRIM COLOUR VIN CODE

There is only one factory Trim Colour, Stone Beige. VIN Trim Code SMJ

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