Which is your favourite Rover and why?

[mattyprice4004]

I loved my K series 400, so light and revvy. Felt like a go kart :)

But the Ti is truly a masterpiece of engineering - comfy, elegant and like **** off a shovel! :D

[FDH,N.I]

I always did love my t16 coupe and i had 3 ti's which were fantastic quick and comfy but i have to say my MG ZT V8 with extra added supercharger for super pace and pure comfy reliability has them all beat hands down.

[kamal]

620ti, because i have one.

[MGJohn]

Although I have my favourites, these include all the T16 turbos, SDI V8s and some of the immediate pre and post WWII cars, my all time favourite Rover is/was the Le Mans Rover gas turbine car raced in the 1960s. I saw that in action driven by the late, great Graham Hill ( Damon's Dad ).

Driver Graham Hill, always a joker when not behind the steering wheel, described driving it to driving a Boeing 707 jet liner .... Typical Hill comment that.

Here's a picture of it:~

http://www.classic-wheels.co.uk/classic ... age093.jpg

http://www.classic-wheels.co.uk/old_rov ... urbine.htm

...

[stel338]

The coupe's are my favorite but the GTI T's are looking better each day.

[carl747]

My has to be GTI Turbo great looking car and can still push other cars around

[wolfman]

I love my 218 coupe. Looks great, goes well and the handling isn't as bad as some make out. That said, if you include MG's I'd have to say the ZS180 is the best I've ever driven. Was it Tiff or Jezza (or both) that said it was the best handling front wheel drive car ever? It is truely the best MGR drivers car.........

[Mat_clarke]

I would have to say the Tourer's are the best as they are the perfect work hourse and there easy / cheap to repair,

+ because i have 1

[mike88]

TI. Like a scoob but cheaper to buy/run/insure etc.

[zozzie_9t9]

TI. Like a scoob but cheaper to buy/run/insure etc.

And somehow they are very addictive!

[mike88]

totally agree. i can see the appeal of blasting past people in any car, theres just something about doing it in a rover thats so, so much better.

[zozzie_9t9]

theres just something about doing it in a rover thats so, so much better.

And this is the reason why I'm finding it so hard to try and decide what will replace 620ti's as our family transport!

[mike88]

i hate and despise my Ti as its broken 99% of the time, but for that one minute where everything works beautifully as i fly past someone in a supposidly "Fast" car, i wouldnt want anything else. And that seems to make fixing it and spending lots of money i dont have worth while.

Always bet on the underdog!

[zozzie_9t9]

i hate and despise my Ti as its broken 99% of the time

Really?

Our 620ti's have always been great cars - in the family between five 600's (including a diesel and my 620i) we must have have done towards 300,000 miles and had less than five breakdowns! And in there we have two radioators leaking following, we think, impacts with stones, a flat battery, a dud replacement alternator and a slipping clutch which refused to move the car a day before it was due in for a service and new clutch!

[MGJohn]

Get a sound 620ti now and it will give good service for another ten years provided it is maintained reasonably well. They are extremely reliable if they've been looked after properly and I for one, will never tire of demonstrating to other road users that not all older drivers of old Rovers shall we say ... creep about... far from it. ... very far from it in fact .... :lol:

[Berger]

I like the T engined hatches, loads of lazy torque to trundle along and they will run forever and ever.

Wouldnt mind trying a Vtec or K series 160 hatchback as I bet that would be pretty good fun, would have to be custom done though....

Have had a VVC Coupe, engine was good and handled quite nicely, I prefer the hatchback, its nicer inside without the all glass roof, handles better and its more practical. I looked like a cobbler in Ikea car park trying to get some flat pack in the back of the coupe! The boot is terrible. Hatch, just wazz the boot open and you can get a lot inside if your trying!

[e2jym]

if we include the dark days of bl
1960s p5b coupe v8 stylish and good enough for the queen ted heath maggie thatcher
a car with real class proper car

1970s
dolomite sprint 127bhp 16 valve alloy wheels as standarn in 1973
so technicicly advanced for its time but so badly maintained by untrained dealers
what should have been a great car was so badly let down gat a good one you will bever regert it
get a bad one you will never forget it

1980s mg turbos proper q cars never driven one but must have been good

1990s 420 gsi turbo a car that looked just like your grandads
but would suprise a few people when you wanted to an even better q car than the montego
2000s has to be the 200/25/mgzr/streetwise designed on an r8 floor plan on a budget and still being sold today(in china shame)remember this car was launched over 15 years ago and sill looks good now and proberbly the mainstay of this forum

we all want v8s but gordon wont let us fuel duty etc old cars are to be taken away and scraped
but we get 2000pound toward a ecobox that no_one wants really
the best rovers are the ones we have love and use no matter how batterd rusty unrliable we are there custodians and we must hold onto them and keep them going

[parker2245]

my favourites are the 200 BRM, 200 gti turbo and the original gas turbine car, i dont like the newer stuff like phase 2 zrs and so on because build quality is shocking even for rover standards

[MGJohn]

[quote="tomcat"][quote="CVPiper"]I can't really suggest car but the Rover V8 is the best thing to ever come out of the brand.[/quote]


yes -except originally it was a buick v8!


Got to be the tomcat coupe.
However I recon drivingwise the std brakes were crap and the body flexes way too much!.

Scott[/quote]

Folks do forget that after a few years, that "Buick V8" was a bit like Triggers Broom. All the handles and brushes had been replaced and upgraded but, it's still the same old broom....:lol:


Best Rover I ever saw in action was the Le Mans car driven by Graham Hill (Damon's Dad). It was the Rover BRM Gas turbine IIRC. Sleek, elegant racer experiment ~ reminded me of a Lotus. Does not really count but, Rover car Company did much work on gas turbine car engines ~ like the car JET 1.... google that if you fancy a butcher's ... and the Le Mans car.

Remarkable.

The P6 (P5?) Coupe and the final incarnation of the Rover SD1 V8 were cracking looking cars. Only ever a passenger in the former, but drove a SD1 V8 back in the eighties.... Both very nice cars in their day and still highly regarded to this day.
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[total_eclipse]

Robver 216 Gti, with the twin cam honda engine - sounds soooooooo good.

would have been the coupe, but they decided only to fit a SOHC engine in this country.

[dubyoo]

I always liked my old landlord's V8 SD1 but for looks its always gonna be an Amaranth coupe.

[procta]

i know this thread is a little old but saves making another one doesnt it.
i have two favourite rovers
1st one is the Rover 800 mk1, my mum had one of these 20 years ago and it stuck to the road like glue! plus i like the retro look of them. i never drove one thats due to them been like rocky horse shite now! even the mk2 rover 800s have some how gone aswell from the roads up here! i have sat in one tho in the scrappy last year and it was really comfi to sit in.
id say id have one for a motorway cruiser.
the second rover is the metros,
nice and nippy little cars, felt like driving a mini but on a bigger scale! i loved mine to bits, going round a tight arounderabout with the choke still out was scream and a half as i was a learner at the time.
another reason i like these is that they make excellent little sleepers up here as there are so few about. with the shite i used to get on the road i think its only fair to build a vvc powered metro sleeper so i can turn the table on them and give them some logger for a change.

[rover-45]

i think its the rover 45, (not because i own one or anything)

[mike88]

mine, because its mine.

[beef]

mine has to be a SD1 3.5 when they have been sorted out theres not much that will touch it in bend and the noise they make on a open pipe singing @ 7000 rpm

[RoverChris]

Not so sure I agree about you with the SD1 being untouchable in the bends once sorted, they are a pretty wallowy beast at the best of times, still love them though, got a 3500se at home, bought by my dad the same day I was born, will never sell the old girl and even want to get cremated in her!!

Jet 1 has to be my favourite Rover of all time, beautiful looks and so revolutionary, Jools Holland got a replica made, looks pure heaven on earth, search for it on youtube, theres a TV program about it

[davethetekkie]

Has to be a toss-up between a 400 Tourer and a last-gen facelifted 45 (basically my next car shopping list once the 414 has had enough)

Why? The 45 for the purrty factor and the Tourer for practicality!

[tyke71]

Got to be, 220turbo coupe. I once drove too Portsmouth from Newcastle when the rush hr finished, 5.5 hrs and 355miles later enjoyed every minute of the journey and cruised at 80mph but pulled straight away if any traffic built up.

[greenfli]

I guess it will be the coupe turbo, but love the limited edition gsi t and gti t, still looking for a nice one to come along before they are all gone

[mr shifter]

Mg maestro/montego turbo for me. Huge grin factor but a bit scary in the wet, way too much torque steer. I believe the mg maestro was the fastest 4 door production car at the time.
I also had a 216 coupe, and thats a very pretty car and the 220 gti is also a fave of mine.
Plenty of v8 p6s, and with the boot mounted spare they look lovely.
Oh and the mg metro turbo, looked great with the body kit, not that fast though but nice anyway.
The mgf, still available today and it still looks good.
Those are my faves.

[Chipper]

Another mention for the coupe, my dad bought a 1999 216SE in White with cream and red interior with the 5 spoke alloys, and it looked absolutely breathtaking.

Others include:

Late 80's 800
MG Montego
SD1

And of course, my Luxobarge 75, or if I was really pushing it, one of the MG ZT V8 Tourers in flip paint!

[Readie86]

mg metro 6R4 just purely because its a group b monster

[yalvach]

620 ti!...

[beef]

[quote="RoverChris"]Not so sure I agree about you with the SD1 being untouchable in the bends once sorted, they are a pretty wallowy beast at the best of times, still love them though, got a 3500se at home, bought by my dad the same day I was born, will never sell the old girl and even want to get cremated in her!!

Jet 1 has to be my favourite Rover of all time, beautiful looks and so revolutionary, Jools Holland got a replica made, looks pure heaven on earth, search for it on youtube, theres a TV program about it[/quote]

yea they can be a bit wallowy in std from i agree with you there but when they are sorted out like the racers and have over 300 bhp they go really well and you can do silly things with them i have lots of gd memorys of my dads old sd1 it was a rocket ship :) he was a one of founder members of the sd1 club i miss that car so much

[jmurray01]

Rover 200! Simply because it is the best at everything.

Roomy - So it can carry five people easily.
Powerful - So it can take you to the shops and back in less time than your average "run around"
Looks - For 1998, it looks really modern, and the plastic wood on the dash board ads some class
Reliability - The K-Series engine starts first time every time