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- Rostyle_wheel abstract "Rostyle wheels are a notable design of automobile wheels of American origin but made under licence by the British firm of Rubery Owen. The Rostyle wheel was especially popular during the 1960s and 70s. The wheels had a characteristic pressed steel form with raised 'spokes', and were painted aluminium-grey on the spokes and rim and black between the spokes to imitate the open space of true magnesium alloy wheels. They were designed for use without the need of hubcaps or wheel covers but usually had a centre cap carrying the emblem of the car manufacturer. In the USA, the wheel style was manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Motor Wheel Corporation and found fame in the 1960s and 70s on Muscle cars like the Pontiac GTO, Ford Torino, Shelby Mustang, Plymouth Barracuda and AMC Javelin. In an American context the wheel style was known as the \"Magnum 500\". Hence, the first British cars with \"Rostyle\" wheels were referred to in early road tests as having \"Magnum style\" wheels. The first appearance of Rostyle wheels on the Rover P5B met with descriptions of them by some testers as \"raffish\" and \"gaudy\" and ill-befitting a luxury saloon. At that time, some Rover road testers also referred to the wheels as \"Ro-style\", suggesting that the name, if not the style, may have first been developed specifically for wheels fitted to Rovers. Although this surfaces as \"fact\" on forums it is not correct. The name \"Rostyle\" is a portmanteau word deriving from \"R-ubery O-wen\" (the manufacturer of the wheels) and \"Style\": \"ROstyle\": \"Rostyle\". The firms MG and Rover, amongst other British sporty cars in the 1960s often specified Rostyle wheels as original equipment instead of ones made of light alloy or wire spoked wheels. Chromium plated Rostyle wheels were made for Jensen, Rover and, famously, the Ford Cortina 1600E, originally designed for Ford Chairman Len Crossland's wife. Rostyle wheels were the only wheel option on the Range Rover for many years following its introduction. These 16-inch Rostyles where used on the Range Rover until 1986 when they were replaced by alloy wheels. The Rostyles then became optional fitment to the short wheelbase Land Rover (the wheels were not strong enough for use on the long wheelbase models). The Land Rover maintained its optional Rostyle wheels until 1995, becoming the last vehicle to offer them from new. As well as in Britain, similar wheels were made under licence in Germany and Argentina. Special masks must be made to paint the wheels of restored cars to resemble the originals. Max Sinclair, the sales manager for Rubery Owen in the 1960 to 1980 period has stated that \"We changed the face of motoring, and Mag wheels followed us as their reliability improved.\"".
- Rostyle_wheel thumbnail 1975_MG_B_convertible.jpg?width=300.
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- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageOutDegree "29".
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageRevisionID "687886059".
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink AMC_Javelin.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Alloy.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Alloy_wheel.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Auto_parts.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Center_cap.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Chrome_plating.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Ford_Cortina.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Ford_Torino.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Hubcap.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Jensen_Motors.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Land_Rover_Defender.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Lansing,_Michigan.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink MG_Cars.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Michigan.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Motor_Wheel_Corporation.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_car.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Plymouth_Barracuda.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Pontiac_GTO.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Range_Rover.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Rover_Company.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Rover_P5.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Rubery_Owen.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Shelby_Mustang.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Steel.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink File:1970_Rover_P5B_rear-quarter.jpg.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLink File:1975_MG_B_convertible.jpg.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ro-Style".
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rostyle wheel".
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rostyle".
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Powertrain.
- Rostyle_wheel wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Rostyle_wheel subject Category:Auto_parts.
- Rostyle_wheel hypernym Design.
- Rostyle_wheel type Technology.
- Rostyle_wheel comment "Rostyle wheels are a notable design of automobile wheels of American origin but made under licence by the British firm of Rubery Owen. The Rostyle wheel was especially popular during the 1960s and 70s. The wheels had a characteristic pressed steel form with raised 'spokes', and were painted aluminium-grey on the spokes and rim and black between the spokes to imitate the open space of true magnesium alloy wheels.".
- Rostyle_wheel label "Rostyle wheel".
- Rostyle_wheel sameAs Q7370079.
- Rostyle_wheel sameAs m.09l6c_.
- Rostyle_wheel sameAs Q7370079.
- Rostyle_wheel wasDerivedFrom Rostyle_wheel?oldid=687886059.
- Rostyle_wheel depiction 1975_MG_B_convertible.jpg.
- Rostyle_wheel isPrimaryTopicOf Rostyle_wheel.