page_title: Rover 20
section_title: Engine controls
hierarchical_section_title: Rover 20 / 1907 model / Engine controls
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Ernest Curtis, sur Rover 20 hp, vainqueur du RAC Tourist Trophy 1907, La Vie au Grand Air, 15 juin 1907, p. 403
context_page_description: The Rover 20 was a new medium sized car announced by Rover in June 1907. It was a production version of the car which won the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race in 1906. However artillery wood wheels were fitted instead of the wire wheels used in the race and the longer wheelbase allowed the engine to be kept out of the passenger area. The prototype's engine came back beneath the petrol tank.
  With a few breaks Rover kept a premium 20 tax horsepower car in their catalogue until the outbreak of war in 1939. In the early 1950s an equivalent model returned to the market, the 2.6-litre Rover 90 and later Rover's 3-litre.
context_section_description: A pair of Autoloc levers move over the top of the steering wheel. They operate the throttle and ignition. A pedal controls the engine braking system. Road tests as late as 1911 noted how Rover cars lacked accelerator pedals.
caption: Winning the RAC Tourist Trophy 1907
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