Category: Rover
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rover 216 GTi Twin Cam
The Rover 216 GTi Twin Cam was a quietly serious hot hatch: British styling and chassis tuning wrapped around one of Honda’s finest naturally aspirated four-cylinder drivetrains. It arrived just as Rover was rebuilding its image and remains one of the rarest sporting R8 models. 1. Its engine and gearbox came from Honda The 216…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rover 200 BRM
The Rover 200 BRM may look like a styling department’s eccentric farewell to the 1990s, yet it was much more carefully engineered than its orange nose suggests. Beneath the Brooklands Green paint sat a VVC engine, close-ratio gearbox, Torsen differential and a chassis tuned to make Rover’s small hatch genuinely entertaining. 1. It began as…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rover 620ti
The Rover 620ti was the executive saloon nobody expected from the Honda-based 600 Series. Its styling remained restrained and its cabin retained traditional Rover warmth, yet beneath the bonnet sat the same 197bhp turbocharged T-Series engine that made the 220 Coupé famous. 1. The 600 was developed from a Honda partnership Rover created the 600…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rover 800 Vitesse Sport
The Rover 800 Vitesse Sport was the unlikely final flourish of Rover’s big executive hatchback. It looked formal enough for the office car park, yet its turbocharged T-Series engine produced almost 200bhp and drove the front wheels through a manual gearbox. Here are ten details that explain why the late Vitesse Sport deserves far more…