Club Arnage

So farewell then Rover (or Austin or Morris or whatever your name was). They've put you out of your misery at long last. We'll regret your passing, though perhaps not some of the crap cars you produced.

and worse...

 then... argh...

Who would buy such a vehicle? I did! It was awful!

Last but not least, this is why they went bust. Selling overpriced sh it like this. Apparently they paid the indians £1800 each for these and had the gall to try and flog them to us for £9000. I think they sold half a dozen to various grannys.

Still, I learnt to drive on one of these so it wasn't all bad.

Another old dog, yesterday.

Sad for all the poor buggers who worked at Longbridge - but it seemed a pretty hopeless cause. The cars were shoite, in the main, it has to be said. I had the misfortune to run a Metro Turbo, a Montego and a Rover 800 at various points in my chequered motoring career - none of them were highlights. The Metro I remember for being more wheezing than my wife's Fiesta. The Montego was memorable for being the car which I ran over a gypo in and the 800 was the nastiest clunker I've ever had - and I've had plenty!
I do wish I'd got my hands on an SD1 Vitesse however. As a spotty faced school kid, I figured it was a poor man's Vantage. I also remember Tony Pond crashing one into a tree in Sutton Park, which was a kind of undignified start to it's rally career.

Ahh the good old days of the british motor industry - they dont angle plan for profit like they used to - no wonder they went broke.

 :'(

while i admit they are pretty boring motors,my missus has had a 600 for 6 years,its done 65000 miles and apart from part of the exhaust system,I havent replaced or repaired one thing.If fact I dont even check the oil between services.
PM

ohh - but i did have one of those old Rover 100 tanks with the leather bench seat n white wall tyres.... i think it was older than my dad and almost as thirsty!

What i could never understand with rover is they are a small manufacturer in a big market.
Why not bring back some of the old names they have the rights to and instant niche market.
Imagine a new cheap mg 2 seater, a hairy chested Triumph, perhaps a fire breathing Healey.
They don't have to be weighed down with gadgets just put a smile on your face.
Was it to much to ask.

Gutted.

My "Dead Dog" is an awesome car, its simple, starts every time and does what i want and a bit more from a car.

I dont want a car to tell me to belt up, stop my wheels spinning or changing gear for me.

I good drivers car, not a sofa on wheels.

Mine maybe an MG version, but its a Rover 45 with bodykit and some nicer handling parts.

Oh well.

time to support Germany or Poland, say Zig Hile, bowe at Hitler and forget i am british.

So you like it that much, eh PM?

Land of hope and glory, glug, glug glug. It's all turning to ratshit Robbo, get out while you still can! Be an Law Enforcement Officer over here - you can shoot the bad guys and get a slap on the back for your effort. England's 'ad it. Last one out, turn the lights off and give the keys to the Armenians and Kazakstani's.  

I agree a new Healey or Triumph would be a good idea, but BMW retains the rights to the Triumph, Riley and Rover names.

When The Phoenix Consortium bought the Rover Group from BMW, BMW retained the rights to the marque names of Rover, Triumph and Riley, while Phoenix gained the names, MG, Morris, Wolseley and Austin, along with rights to the Vanden Plas name outside the North American market, where it is used by Ford-owned Jaguar. Phoenix used the Rover name under a licence agreement drawn up with BMW.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/bullocks/rover.jpg)

Sad but True :o

still some fight in the old dog

Robbo, I'm not one to make fun at this time, but I had an early Rover 400 (which begat the 45). I think it was the most disappointing car I've ever owned. Priced the same as the then-new Modeo, it was a woeful and lazy effort by Rover especially after the quite brilliant Rover 200/400, of which I owned two and enjoyed every minute driving. If it had been as good as your MG on day one and priced accordingly, it might have sold better. And if they'd stuck with Honda instead of whoring themselves to BMW, they might just have avoided the current mess. You'd now be raving about your V-tec engined Honda Civic Type R with an MG badge and I might well have bought one myself.

Oh well, we won't miss these though:

Looks like you could get a grand piano in the back of that thing (probably improve it's handling aswell). I wasn't aware that advertisers were allowed to use the venerable fish-eye lens to make something appear more capacious than it really was. BL - bloody liars, perhaps?

Hmmmm, why is it, the old dog is the only one which has not managed to stay on the tarmac?  :D

 ;D

A friend of mine lives in Birmingham and he told me he saw a car flying a big England flag with 'Save Rover' written on it. The car was a Peugeot.

Says it all really.  :(