i think that rover as a brand was salvageable. look how volkswagen managed to turn skoda around. if you build a quality car and market it well, people will buy it regardless of the badge.
@langhard1 Certainly no Dutch they can only make pig growth hormones and feed it to their population who live in a reclaimed swamp they call home, do they actually make or do any thing I wonder?
The car is much better than this adv. shows. It is in my dream for years, adn I hope some day I would sit behind it's steering weel (even the 2nd hand), it is my dream.
Marvelous piece of engineering work. The enterier will remain untouchable for ages.
Bravo Great Britain, it would be your the best product in both 20 and 21 century
The problem was that, whereas the P6 and SD1 (and even the old P5) were bang up-to-date, modern, even groundbreaking cars in their time, the 75 took some very clever engineering (and dodgy head gaskets) and clothed it in the most ridiculous pseudo-retro get-up, which rendered it a grandad's car. If it had only looked more like the Alfa Romeo 156/159... and been rear-wheel-drive. Front-wheel-drive = wrong-wheel-drive.
The company needed to drop the rover brand it bared terrible with the buying public. Reviving the MG brand was good option, but a little too late.
I was tad bemused why govt bought nothern rock we promote a free market system so why not let another private investor buy it for a bargain price. BUT... 6bn invested into an already failing car company and highly competitive market would be waste of money. What would it achieve?
I think it was the other way round. They were stupid by focussing on the MG marque and leaving Rover to die. MG could never obtain similar sales to that of Rover cars.
i love the rover 75 we have 1 a connoisseur SE CDTI tourer and its brilliant if you want to buy 1 get the diesel (CDT=116bhp) (CDTI=131BHP) YOU WONT REGRET GETTING 1.
What I mean is that cars like the CityRover and the Streetwise just didn't deliver what the 75 did. Personally, with the exception of the 75 and ZT, nothing matched the SD1 or it's predecessors. I mean what was with that 1980s 'Ronda' 200? "Mind the pedestrian, Richard"
Very nice car - interior was award-winning as well (can remember the first advert for the car). It's a pity that by the time the 75 came around, years of badge engineering had given Rover a bad image.
Don't think it was the cars or badge engineering, more to do with the british menality trying to be cool in crap french cars, and all the tv snide coments, Geremie clarckson The 75 size mg "0 to 60 6.2 secs is too slow, it's got too much grip it just goes where you point it, it's boring" isn't that the idea geremie???
Oh yea ..if they where made in france or germany with a different name we would of been importing them and selling them like hot cakes? bit like that marvelouse
Hona engine I had in my Accord that isn't as powerfull or economical as the same 2.0ltr in my 800
mwa
langhard1 1 month ago
i think that rover as a brand was salvageable. look how volkswagen managed to turn skoda around. if you build a quality car and market it well, people will buy it regardless of the badge.
theotendleeey 3 months ago
sad times, no more english cars! Still we make 1.1m cars last year and export most of them so under foreign ownership we still make good motors!
malcstag 1 year ago
@malcstag only with the help of the god blessed germans
langhard1 1 month ago
@langhard1 Certainly no Dutch they can only make pig growth hormones and feed it to their population who live in a reclaimed swamp they call home, do they actually make or do any thing I wonder?
malcstag 1 month ago
@malcstag we do attract pigs from all over the world ,when do you arive?
langhard1 1 month ago
@langhard1 You stalking me, gay boy? Your Nazi mums cock needs sucking, you better go before its too late or you wont feed tonight....
malcstag 1 month ago
The car is much better than this adv. shows. It is in my dream for years, adn I hope some day I would sit behind it's steering weel (even the 2nd hand), it is my dream.
Marvelous piece of engineering work. The enterier will remain untouchable for ages.
Bravo Great Britain, it would be your the best product in both 20 and 21 century
ladomiroff 1 year ago
The problem was that, whereas the P6 and SD1 (and even the old P5) were bang up-to-date, modern, even groundbreaking cars in their time, the 75 took some very clever engineering (and dodgy head gaskets) and clothed it in the most ridiculous pseudo-retro get-up, which rendered it a grandad's car. If it had only looked more like the Alfa Romeo 156/159... and been rear-wheel-drive. Front-wheel-drive = wrong-wheel-drive.
EccentricRichard 2 years ago
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kikddabottle 2 years ago
I saw this on tv! Ages ago though! I think ITV 1?
thomashome05 2 years ago
The company needed to drop the rover brand it bared terrible with the buying public. Reviving the MG brand was good option, but a little too late.
I was tad bemused why govt bought nothern rock we promote a free market system so why not let another private investor buy it for a bargain price. BUT... 6bn invested into an already failing car company and highly competitive market would be waste of money. What would it achieve?
smilersmiling 3 years ago
I think it was the other way round. They were stupid by focussing on the MG marque and leaving Rover to die. MG could never obtain similar sales to that of Rover cars.
andycarr75 2 years ago
What a fantastic car it was!
TopGearrules 4 years ago 13
i love the rover 75 we have 1 a connoisseur SE CDTI tourer and its brilliant if you want to buy 1 get the diesel (CDT=116bhp) (CDTI=131BHP) YOU WONT REGRET GETTING 1.
jamesrover75CDTI 5 years ago 10
I agree about the pheonix mob. Talk about "Faulty" Towers!
anbrjd 5 years ago
Well, at least we still have Morgan
rexroyale 5 years ago
cool!
pacukonis 5 years ago
Yes you are all right, yep I forgot obout the Phoenix mob...why arn't they in JAIL ????
nosret 5 years ago
With regards to the pension of the P4 - it equated to about 11 million. Not enough to keep the plant turning over for one week.
THe 25 and 45 were great IMO. Tehy were out classed by newer models, but it took a long time for the competition to catch up.
andycarr75 5 years ago
If all the MG and Rover cars were as good as the 75 and ZT, and if the Pheonix 4 didnt have huge pension plans, MG Rover would still be going today.
Bourbons3 5 years ago 3
What I mean is that cars like the CityRover and the Streetwise just didn't deliver what the 75 did. Personally, with the exception of the 75 and ZT, nothing matched the SD1 or it's predecessors. I mean what was with that 1980s 'Ronda' 200? "Mind the pedestrian, Richard"
rexroyale 5 years ago
Very nice car - interior was award-winning as well (can remember the first advert for the car). It's a pity that by the time the 75 came around, years of badge engineering had given Rover a bad image.
rexroyale 5 years ago
Don't think it was the cars or badge engineering, more to do with the british menality trying to be cool in crap french cars, and all the tv snide coments, Geremie clarckson The 75 size mg "0 to 60 6.2 secs is too slow, it's got too much grip it just goes where you point it, it's boring" isn't that the idea geremie???
nosret 5 years ago
Oh yea ..if they where made in france or germany with a different name we would of been importing them and selling them like hot cakes? bit like that marvelouse
Hona engine I had in my Accord that isn't as powerfull or economical as the same 2.0ltr in my 800
....it was made in longbridge by Rover !!
nosret 5 years ago
yaaa!
pacukonis 5 years ago
great video and a fantastci car!
CPproductions 5 years ago