I've got 2 216 gti's a tomcat coupe,an sd1 an austin metro and a rover 114, I collect them as they're soon gonna be a thing of the past. I've never had any problems with them don't forget they had a Honda collaboration before BMW buggered it all up and they made good carsAustinrovercollection.co.uk
@untensil I had a 216 and I loved it until the automatic gearbox died and no mechanic in this country dares to repair it (it's toooo complicated they say). So I sold it and bought a Mazda and haven't looked back.
As a mechanic with 17 years MG Rover experience I can assure you that Head gasket failure of K-series engine was a major problem affecting alot of cars. Porous heads, oil gallery in wrong place, poor quality control...these were poor cars, hence MG Rovers demise. If any ex-rover franchise mechanic with long experince of these cars doubts my claim, they are lying and they know it. Build and design quality was poor for the money asked.
I've owned Austin, MG and Rover's all my life and never had a problem with them, which is why I kept buying them. My current car is a 2005 MG ZS 2.0 and touch wood, I've not had to replace a thing yet - it has passed each MOT - though I do keep it regularly serviced. The only thing I can find that I might have to replace for the next MOT is one of the front tyres - AFTER 6 YFEARS AND 37,00 MILES!!
It's brilliant, but then again it's an MG Rover. It's why I'm getting a new MG6 this Spring...
Rover 25's are good cars, just because the press give them bad reviews about headroom and back seat room, dosen't mean there bad, I like my Rover 25, and in fact I remeber a Daewoo we where unfortunate enouth to own several years back and that had even less space in the back than my Rover
@LightningT5 The press are bullshitting, my sister has a 200 SDi and I have a Seat Leon FR and we do regular car swaps between us. The Rover 200 is fine for headroom and legroom at the rear for a small car, I'd say the passenger cabin room is the same as my Seat Leon. Its just that my Seat obviously has a bigger boot but the initial passenger room is the same. My dads 1995/N Audi A4 is worse for passenger room then the Rover 200 is and I know this for a fact because I drive all 3 cars.
@1ns4ne1d10t I feel perfectly inclined to agree with you, I mean my dad has a little trouble in the front driving but thats because his quite a tall guy, mind you they are pretty damn decent cars for a 1995 design as you point out
@LightningT5 I'm tall but its not a really problem for me, I have found a way to carefully position the seat so there is good enough legroom for people at the rear and there is enough room for me to drive. The only thing I hate is the lack of height adjustment, it feels like I am always jacked up high in the sky instead of down inside the car. But it is a cheap cheerful car and a 1995 design so I can't moan. Not bad, its still bags roomier than Fiestas and Corsas of that same year.
@LightningT5 Come to think of it my sisters Rover 200 might be a little bit lower in headroom at the rear compared to my Leon but it isn't noticable unless you are wearing a baseball cap or you have your hair spiked up high. But then the Rover has a much smaller boot with a chopped off back end so you can expect it toi be lower. Apart from that, the main seating area for the passengers is pretty much the same with the same legroom. Damn good for a 1995 design, Better than Fiestas and Corsas!
not bad for a car designed with old honda parts in 1994. why are people saying these cars are chinese?? giving us brits an undeserved bad name. the mg/rover cars up here crash quite well, especially considering their age.
@CAESARbonds i wouldn't say they failed, they made great cars up until their last days when the company wen't bad. but they're not chinese cars as they wern't destined for use or designed in china.
@CAESARbonds Actually, Rover still exists I believe the brand name is owned by an Indian Company. Roewe is a similar named company that started producing the 75 after buying the creative licence and design. Roewe has since expanded its range on the values of Rover, at least in part, of cutting edge and luxury. The Rover name could be re used but different rights and conditions went all over in the break up and it could be a potential mine field.
@stonee206 …what is ugly about the Rover 25/200? They, to my mind still look good compared to the Ford Fiesta, along with the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa, all the models of both cars up untill the latest model which is a pair lovely looking cars, Seat Leon, VW Polo Mark 2 and 3, the Saxo, 106/205/206, Clio, the list could go on. Just that people were blinded by what the press said about the car! For the record I have driven most of aforementioned those cars!
i got one, drove 26000 miles without even changing the oil, no brake or engine problems. so all the crap about reliability is shite. its on 80000 miles now, nothing spent on it, drives like a dream. the only thing about them is a clunky gearbox, but that can be forgiven, the original design is 1989
These cars were bad enough when they were British. Now they're made in China I wouldn't even sit in one without a crash helmet and fireproof overalls.
This isn't a new car & it isn't technically a chink car either, it was a Rover 25 made in Longbridge Birmingham UK until 2005... im not going to take up for it because Nanjing or Rover doesn't matter... they were all a pile of English built crap anyway. Their H/Gaskets blew every 30-40 thousand miles & the car stopped like the brakes were made of tissue paper! If anything its probably a better car now that its Chinese
This is the Euroncap test from 2000, and bugger all to do with the Chinese... The 25/200 wasn't entirely outclassed at that time in crash tests (this merited 3 stars, the 1999 Escort got 2, and the 2000 Corsa got 3 too).
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my parents had an 800 that they hated, a friend had a mg zt that caught fire and another wrote off an tf when it spun out on a roundabout in the wet. so no, i have never owned one but my experiences have put me off. rover was a failure and the only profitable part has been kept by bmw.
Hes not a twerp, I have borrowed enough Rovers & MGs off my close friends & family to know that they are crap. The 200/25 & 400/45 are just as horrible to drive as any Fiat Brava except they get more of the headgasket failures. I have borrowed a 25 1.4 impression a 416 SLi & a 214 bubble. They were no better to drive than my old poorly built shit-box Fiat Bravo. Id trust the Fiats more because the gearboxes are slick & 16v engines are just as nippy as Rovers but much better with reliability!
@1ns4ne1d10t Your probably right to be honest, I'm not a mechanic and I havent really researched them much. I never have driven a 200 (though my dad had a 214 brand new back in like 95)
I would have expected a Ford gearbox to be better than the one in my 25, as all the fords I've driven (mondeo mk3, focus mk1 & 2, Ka) had pretty nice gearboxes (and drove nicely, especially the Ka compared to what I expected)
@bobbystar101 Ford gearboxes were never the best Tbh. I used to have a Transit Connect 1.8 TDi with the endura diesel when I worked for RAC. and I drove Fords at enterprise rent a car. My connect had a Focus/Fusion transmission and gearstick unlike the others and it was a hard fight to get to reverse sometimes and it would pop out of gear occasionally. It started biting and crunching in 4th but then most Ford vans started to do that. It happened to the last of enterprises Mk1 Ford Ka's too.
@1ns4ne1d10t Actually 2003 and newer rovers didn't suffer headgasket problems, and they only really affect 1.8's anyway unless you happen to be personally too dumb to check oil and coolant levels regularly like every car manufacturer recommends.
@mynameisleeyesitis I left that comment over a year ago. My sister has a Rover 200SDi and I don't mind them now. I would have a Rover and I would definately have one over Ford but I wouldn't have a k-series Rover as I don't trust them. I don't like petrol anyway
My sisters Rover is fine to drive apart from the biting points, the accelerators very stiff to push down and the clutch creaks and doesn't come up smoothly. Mind you, I've driven Fiestas which are worse.
Doesn't matter much. NAC/SAIC maintain an assembly plant in longbridge england. Not to mention the british identity of the brand. If the national identity of a company depends upon who owns the brand current, then jaguar is an indian company that used to be american, lotus is a malasian company, TVR is russian, mazda was american, Chrysler was germain etc. Doesn't qute work that way.
lol honestly some of these maybe dressed up actual imported cars crashed to pass inspection. Trust me not bias, im chinese myself. hahahaha these cars are just death traps.
you JUST had WHIPLASH?! Whiplash can be fatal! Or at least cause serious brain damage. Whiplash possibilities would make a car fail in an American crash test, or at least it should.
@derwilli87 Only the look of the car was designed in 1994. The 75 and ZT had BMW suspension, K-Bus electrics, brakes, had one of their engines, BMW robots were used to build it. Its a long list. The 75 is as much BMW as the new Mini. Both the 75 and the mini were designed by Rover using BMW technical assistance and access to the parts bin.
Rover was owned by BMW but it wasn't DESIGNED by BMW. It was developed and designed by Rover group designers Richard Woolley, Geoff Upex and Wyn Thomas at Gaydon (once Rover Groups research and development centre). The only BMW bits in it are some electrical bits and bobs, the diesel engine and the rear z-axel (although slightly redesigned for the 75).
actually i am right...mgs were never very safe no jokes so dnt go being so arrygmentive and stop being a jerk....and i have seen plenty of chinese car crash tests.
Depends what MG you're talking about. If you drove a 1936 MG PB into a brick wall at 40mph, yes, you would probably end up with your brains splattered all over the scuttle and the steering column through your spleen. The MG ZT, though, is a very safe car indeed. And even the ZR (the MG version of this Rover 25) wasn't half bad for such a small car - you'd get out of that crash alive, which is the main thing.
What crap you talk they were far better than the tripe that comes out of Chine, thats why they bought the company, to improve the image, and i suggest you look up real crash test results from Chinese cars, they are lethal....
AND that crash test is so OLD, and is nothing to do with NAC at all... get your facts correct
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use your dummy head, this video was about the english made MG 25. chinese MG don't produce this type. shame on this piece of british shit! all your english car brands are sold worldwide: BMW-RR, BMW-Mini, SAIC-MG, SAIC-Rover, TATA-Landrover and etc... that's the fact of undergoing of your poor island country. arme Inselaffen~ =)
Our "poor island country" managed to hold you clowns off pretty much single-handed for two years until the Americans pulled their fingers out and waded in to help. Plus we beat you in a world cup final - I know it was only once, but that's once more than you've beaten us. And anyway, if it wasn't for the British much of your car industry would not have survived the War - does the name Major Ivan Hirst mean anything to you? You Krauts think you're so superior, it really does get irritating.
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use your dummy head, this video was about the english made MG 25. chinese MG don't produce this type. shame on this piece of british shit! all your english car brands are sold worldwide: BMW-RR, BMW-Mini, SAIC-MG, SAIC-Rover, TATA-Landrover and etc... that's the fact of undergoing of your poor island country. arme Inselaffen~ =)
I've got 2 216 gti's a tomcat coupe,an sd1 an austin metro and a rover 114, I collect them as they're soon gonna be a thing of the past. I've never had any problems with them don't forget they had a Honda collaboration before BMW buggered it all up and they made good carsAustinrovercollection.co.uk
derwenthotel 1 month ago
I know ppl hate rovers. but i like my rover 75, nice and comfy!
untensil 4 months ago
@untensil I had a 216 and I loved it until the automatic gearbox died and no mechanic in this country dares to repair it (it's toooo complicated they say). So I sold it and bought a Mazda and haven't looked back.
Still miss the old 216 though.
marutidriver 4 months ago
OMG
IsoGrifoGL350 4 months ago
As a mechanic with 17 years MG Rover experience I can assure you that Head gasket failure of K-series engine was a major problem affecting alot of cars. Porous heads, oil gallery in wrong place, poor quality control...these were poor cars, hence MG Rovers demise. If any ex-rover franchise mechanic with long experince of these cars doubts my claim, they are lying and they know it. Build and design quality was poor for the money asked.
mushroomscouser 1 year ago
I've owned Austin, MG and Rover's all my life and never had a problem with them, which is why I kept buying them. My current car is a 2005 MG ZS 2.0 and touch wood, I've not had to replace a thing yet - it has passed each MOT - though I do keep it regularly serviced. The only thing I can find that I might have to replace for the next MOT is one of the front tyres - AFTER 6 YFEARS AND 37,00 MILES!!
It's brilliant, but then again it's an MG Rover. It's why I'm getting a new MG6 this Spring...
simonburnley 1 year ago 2
That's fair enough, but by whom? You?
NCW250 1 year ago
every part of it even the tacho needles are english
Lightwader3338 1 year ago
poor hubcap
TheOtherStig 1 year ago
MG is MG...Nanjing MG is another thing
MgZrClubItalia 1 year ago
@MgZrClubItalia no its not its the same tink mg ang rover and land rover its the same company
pedrocid25 1 year ago
@pedrocid25 yea many many years ago but not recently
mynameisleeyesitis 1 year ago
Rover 25's are good cars, just because the press give them bad reviews about headroom and back seat room, dosen't mean there bad, I like my Rover 25, and in fact I remeber a Daewoo we where unfortunate enouth to own several years back and that had even less space in the back than my Rover
LightningT5 1 year ago 5
@LightningT5 The press are bullshitting, my sister has a 200 SDi and I have a Seat Leon FR and we do regular car swaps between us. The Rover 200 is fine for headroom and legroom at the rear for a small car, I'd say the passenger cabin room is the same as my Seat Leon. Its just that my Seat obviously has a bigger boot but the initial passenger room is the same. My dads 1995/N Audi A4 is worse for passenger room then the Rover 200 is and I know this for a fact because I drive all 3 cars.
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
@1ns4ne1d10t I feel perfectly inclined to agree with you, I mean my dad has a little trouble in the front driving but thats because his quite a tall guy, mind you they are pretty damn decent cars for a 1995 design as you point out
LightningT5 1 year ago
@LightningT5 I'm tall but its not a really problem for me, I have found a way to carefully position the seat so there is good enough legroom for people at the rear and there is enough room for me to drive. The only thing I hate is the lack of height adjustment, it feels like I am always jacked up high in the sky instead of down inside the car. But it is a cheap cheerful car and a 1995 design so I can't moan. Not bad, its still bags roomier than Fiestas and Corsas of that same year.
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
@LightningT5 Come to think of it my sisters Rover 200 might be a little bit lower in headroom at the rear compared to my Leon but it isn't noticable unless you are wearing a baseball cap or you have your hair spiked up high. But then the Rover has a much smaller boot with a chopped off back end so you can expect it toi be lower. Apart from that, the main seating area for the passengers is pretty much the same with the same legroom. Damn good for a 1995 design, Better than Fiestas and Corsas!
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
omg FAIL!!! Quadripalegic for sure
Headshot426 1 year ago
not bad for a car designed with old honda parts in 1994. why are people saying these cars are chinese?? giving us brits an undeserved bad name. the mg/rover cars up here crash quite well, especially considering their age.
binary1001011 1 year ago 2
@binary1001011
they are chinese. rover is now roewe. the company was sold to the chinese, because the british managers failed. then bmw took it and failed to.
CAESARbonds 1 year ago
@CAESARbonds i wouldn't say they failed, they made great cars up until their last days when the company wen't bad. but they're not chinese cars as they wern't destined for use or designed in china.
binary1001011 1 year ago 2
@CAESARbonds Shame, us Brits were good at making cars in the 50s and 60s.
Then it all went downhill, it wasn't just the management's fault.
Strikes mean fewer cars made, fewer cars made means no profits, no profits means you go out of business.
G1NZOU 1 year ago 3
@CAESARbonds Actually, Rover still exists I believe the brand name is owned by an Indian Company. Roewe is a similar named company that started producing the 75 after buying the creative licence and design. Roewe has since expanded its range on the values of Rover, at least in part, of cutting edge and luxury. The Rover name could be re used but different rights and conditions went all over in the break up and it could be a potential mine field.
toyotasera55 1 year ago
SO FUCKING UGLY
stonee206 1 year ago
@stonee206 …what is ugly about the Rover 25/200? They, to my mind still look good compared to the Ford Fiesta, along with the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa, all the models of both cars up untill the latest model which is a pair lovely looking cars, Seat Leon, VW Polo Mark 2 and 3, the Saxo, 106/205/206, Clio, the list could go on. Just that people were blinded by what the press said about the car! For the record I have driven most of aforementioned those cars!
NCW250 1 year ago
@NCW250 i don't like it, ok? it was also rated the ugliest car in 2003
stonee206 1 year ago
i bet u my smart car is better than the chinese
thebboyfever 2 years ago
Yeah, and you will have more G's put on you to break your neck.
FrozenFirestorm 1 year ago
would this be the same as the MG ZR?
shanew14 2 years ago 2
yep it would they are one and the same
spliffthedog 2 years ago
i got one, drove 26000 miles without even changing the oil, no brake or engine problems. so all the crap about reliability is shite. its on 80000 miles now, nothing spent on it, drives like a dream. the only thing about them is a clunky gearbox, but that can be forgiven, the original design is 1989
portstewartsam 2 years ago
Hmmmmmm well working in the motor trade its not the cars that have the crash just the idiots that drive em!
bumgrape 2 years ago
not to safe
halmirys 2 years ago
These cars were bad enough when they were British. Now they're made in China I wouldn't even sit in one without a crash helmet and fireproof overalls.
mrdiscus66 2 years ago
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UGLY!!!! God it is just so ugly!! Why did anyone make this car??
stonee206 2 years ago
Wow all the names from the car models are taken from other cars... MG Rover...the fuck?
calvinblinkee 2 years ago
Sa doit pouvoir se faire, ils refabriquent la Rover Streetwise, qui reprenait bon nombre d'éléments mécanique de la 25 alors...
deudeuchmania 2 years ago
Glad the companies have ditched those shitty little euro bags.
HenryDiscipline 2 years ago
That was a reasonable performance for a car design that is now 15 years old.
3 stars - more if they add strength to the A pillars and cross members at the front.
tcpnetworks 2 years ago 3
Pour une voiture née en 1996, elle a pas trop mal résisté. Juste que si Nanjing l'a reprit, j'espère qu'ils ont modifiés la structure...
deudeuchmania 2 years ago
Mais maintenant on peut toujours commander des pieces chez Nanjing? ou pas?
koni1314 2 years ago
DO NOT BUY SOMETING WHAT IS BUILD IN CHIN
as u can see this sux... an GOLD VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 3 IS MUCH BETTER THEN THIS NEW CAR
RnBciO 2 years ago
RnBciO
i didn;t buy something that is made in China one night,,, nine month later, you were born.
guess what is it...
Dunken1234 2 years ago
Lmao. XD
WeAllGonnaDieAlive 2 years ago
you get owned right in the ass, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
marantf 2 years ago
Hi u wana buy a safe car? i know good one ;)
RnBciO 2 years ago
This isn't a new car & it isn't technically a chink car either, it was a Rover 25 made in Longbridge Birmingham UK until 2005... im not going to take up for it because Nanjing or Rover doesn't matter... they were all a pile of English built crap anyway. Their H/Gaskets blew every 30-40 thousand miles & the car stopped like the brakes were made of tissue paper! If anything its probably a better car now that its Chinese
1ns4ne1d10t 2 years ago
This is the Euroncap test from 2000, and bugger all to do with the Chinese... The 25/200 wasn't entirely outclassed at that time in crash tests (this merited 3 stars, the 1999 Escort got 2, and the 2000 Corsa got 3 too).
allegrokarl 2 years ago 2
rover - crap when it was british, worse now its chinese.
Samael78 2 years ago
You're a complete twerp. I be you never owned one since you believe everything you read in the press!
TW@T !!
eoslensman 2 years ago 9
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my parents had an 800 that they hated, a friend had a mg zt that caught fire and another wrote off an tf when it spun out on a roundabout in the wet. so no, i have never owned one but my experiences have put me off. rover was a failure and the only profitable part has been kept by bmw.
arsehole.
Samael78 2 years ago
my mum had 3 rover 800s and then never broke did 100,000 miles in europe going on holidays and now shes got a mg zr nothings gone wrong yet
mikiowned 2 years ago 3
Hes not a twerp, I have borrowed enough Rovers & MGs off my close friends & family to know that they are crap. The 200/25 & 400/45 are just as horrible to drive as any Fiat Brava except they get more of the headgasket failures. I have borrowed a 25 1.4 impression a 416 SLi & a 214 bubble. They were no better to drive than my old poorly built shit-box Fiat Bravo. Id trust the Fiats more because the gearboxes are slick & 16v engines are just as nippy as Rovers but much better with reliability!
1ns4ne1d10t 2 years ago
In all of the cars you have driven (most likely on the 25 also) the gearboxes are made by Peugeot. Idiot.
deancarr10 2 years ago
Thats why they are shit. Idiot
1ns4ne1d10t 2 years ago
@deancarr10 No wonder thats the worst aspect of the rover 25 then, its french.
mynameisleeyesitis 1 year ago
@mynameisleeyesitis I thought 200's had Peugeot gearboxes and 25's Ford lB5 gearboxes in them with the high ratio!?
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
@1ns4ne1d10t Your probably right to be honest, I'm not a mechanic and I havent really researched them much. I never have driven a 200 (though my dad had a 214 brand new back in like 95)
I would have expected a Ford gearbox to be better than the one in my 25, as all the fords I've driven (mondeo mk3, focus mk1 & 2, Ka) had pretty nice gearboxes (and drove nicely, especially the Ka compared to what I expected)
bobbystar101 1 year ago
@bobbystar101 Ford gearboxes were never the best Tbh. I used to have a Transit Connect 1.8 TDi with the endura diesel when I worked for RAC. and I drove Fords at enterprise rent a car. My connect had a Focus/Fusion transmission and gearstick unlike the others and it was a hard fight to get to reverse sometimes and it would pop out of gear occasionally. It started biting and crunching in 4th but then most Ford vans started to do that. It happened to the last of enterprises Mk1 Ford Ka's too.
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
@1ns4ne1d10t Actually 2003 and newer rovers didn't suffer headgasket problems, and they only really affect 1.8's anyway unless you happen to be personally too dumb to check oil and coolant levels regularly like every car manufacturer recommends.
Also I have driven 25's that drive nicely.
mynameisleeyesitis 1 year ago
@mynameisleeyesitis I left that comment over a year ago. My sister has a Rover 200SDi and I don't mind them now. I would have a Rover and I would definately have one over Ford but I wouldn't have a k-series Rover as I don't trust them. I don't like petrol anyway
My sisters Rover is fine to drive apart from the biting points, the accelerators very stiff to push down and the clutch creaks and doesn't come up smoothly. Mind you, I've driven Fiestas which are worse.
1ns4ne1d10t 1 year ago
not too bad far a car designed 12 or whatever years ago.
but poor by modern standards.
russefireballs93 2 years ago
rover 200 released 14 years ago rover 25 is same chassis
scheizzerkopf 2 years ago
LOL...THE HUBCAP IS STILL STANDING!
130243007 2 years ago
needs a headgasket now
Greig300 2 years ago 2
it's british car
czxbond 3 years ago
Not anymore.
Chinese "Nanjing Automotive" owns MG Rover now.
mercjoe72 3 years ago
Doesn't matter much. NAC/SAIC maintain an assembly plant in longbridge england. Not to mention the british identity of the brand. If the national identity of a company depends upon who owns the brand current, then jaguar is an indian company that used to be american, lotus is a malasian company, TVR is russian, mazda was american, Chrysler was germain etc. Doesn't qute work that way.
joness105639 2 years ago
MADE IN CHINA = -5★ = Chinese national flag = death
yotubeider 3 years ago
looks like you have to drive it from the back seat.
hahaha
chicorompecabesa 3 years ago
lol honestly some of these maybe dressed up actual imported cars crashed to pass inspection. Trust me not bias, im chinese myself. hahahaha these cars are just death traps.
wrxjai328 3 years ago
Quite bad! The A pillar is deformed
carljunhong 3 years ago
mg and rover back ;)))
djmoner 3 years ago
i was in a rover 25 wen we crashed it looked exactly the same as tht did after, i just had whiplash so i think there pretty safe cars :)
waza069 3 years ago
you JUST had WHIPLASH?! Whiplash can be fatal! Or at least cause serious brain damage. Whiplash possibilities would make a car fail in an American crash test, or at least it should.
kurtthewurt 3 years ago 2
Dude were is your head it? the Roof blend man... Not save at all.
SuburbanNinja8000 3 years ago
rover is over:)
daewooparts 3 years ago
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The MG ZT or Rover 75 is German
Paintheshed 3 years ago
Bullshit
derwilli87 3 years ago 4
Actually the Rover 75 is a German design, years ago Rover was bought by BMW but they sold it cause it was not bringing up enough money.
FordclubBelgium 3 years ago
The Rover 75 was developed by Rover. Rover was bought by BMW in 1994, at this time the design of de 75 was nearly finished.
derwilli87 3 years ago 12
@derwilli87 Only the look of the car was designed in 1994. The 75 and ZT had BMW suspension, K-Bus electrics, brakes, had one of their engines, BMW robots were used to build it. Its a long list. The 75 is as much BMW as the new Mini. Both the 75 and the mini were designed by Rover using BMW technical assistance and access to the parts bin.
rovex32 7 months ago
@rovex32 The 75/ZT is indeed a BMW under the skin, that's why it's the most troublesome of all the MGR range of cars!!
discocreator76 2 weeks ago
@discocreator76 Yeah, but nothing major, mostly BMWs common faults. Still better than the over rated VW gang. They are troubleseome cars!!
rovex32 2 weeks ago
@derwilli87 but now they're under chinee ownership
jason123456789210 6 months ago
@jason123456789210 yeah, sadly..
derwilli87 6 months ago
Rover was owned by BMW but it wasn't DESIGNED by BMW. It was developed and designed by Rover group designers Richard Woolley, Geoff Upex and Wyn Thomas at Gaydon (once Rover Groups research and development centre). The only BMW bits in it are some electrical bits and bobs, the diesel engine and the rear z-axel (although slightly redesigned for the 75).
andycarr75 3 years ago
Lets not forget this car was designed in 1996, It's old. Compare to a German car from 1996 & there's hardly a difference.
Mini's not British, otherwise it would be popular here. It's too heavy & expensive & uses too much fuel.
And the new Mini estate is he uglyest thing on the road.
And TATA is Indian.
Phaeton is perfection on wheels, how many do you see around??
The French have style, chic & are not over engineered like German cars. I'd rather have a Citroen C4 than a Golf Mk6
Paintheshed 3 years ago 4
this car is an old design (based on the old 1990 R8 Rover, so thats not a bad showing considering the rest of the cars designed at that time!
mickeymoose76 3 years ago
i just got cut up by a fat cow driving one of these whilst she was on the mobile she'll end up crashing just like this the dopey pranet!
fivedinners 3 years ago
the same video is also posted on youtube as a 2001 crash test video of the rover 25. What is correct?
mipmipmipmipmip 3 years ago
It's the same car either way.
lionrampant31 3 years ago
No it isn't. They just bought the design, the choice of materials is different.
mipmipmipmipmip 3 years ago
Nicce! how fast was it acualy going?
Bassai70 3 years ago
that was probably survivable BUT the car was on its limits.
matsui2001 3 years ago
it is a british car
czxbond 3 years ago
the car sucks
sharon12223 3 years ago
3stars
Chickenlool 3 years ago
lol death man alive !
TESTRAJAN 3 years ago
lol lame 4 stars with 1 star cut in half
TapTapTido 3 years ago
bad....for a british car
chief78fu 3 years ago
actually i am right...mgs were never very safe no jokes so dnt go being so arrygmentive and stop being a jerk....and i have seen plenty of chinese car crash tests.
japan2234 3 years ago
Then your a prat as the Rovers and MG's had a good test results.... you have no idea what your talking about....
jonboy4969 3 years ago 2
Depends what MG you're talking about. If you drove a 1936 MG PB into a brick wall at 40mph, yes, you would probably end up with your brains splattered all over the scuttle and the steering column through your spleen. The MG ZT, though, is a very safe car indeed. And even the ZR (the MG version of this Rover 25) wasn't half bad for such a small car - you'd get out of that crash alive, which is the main thing.
imbethondion 3 years ago
actually a chinese company bought MG and nwo mg's are built in china...and mg's were never very safe at all anyway.
japan2234 3 years ago
What crap you talk they were far better than the tripe that comes out of Chine, thats why they bought the company, to improve the image, and i suggest you look up real crash test results from Chinese cars, they are lethal....
AND that crash test is so OLD, and is nothing to do with NAC at all... get your facts correct
jonboy4969 3 years ago
british cars were safer than the shit the chinkys make with there $25 design budgets and their recycled tin cans to make them out of!!
mickeymoose76 3 years ago 4
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use your dummy head, this video was about the english made MG 25. chinese MG don't produce this type. shame on this piece of british shit! all your english car brands are sold worldwide: BMW-RR, BMW-Mini, SAIC-MG, SAIC-Rover, TATA-Landrover and etc... that's the fact of undergoing of your poor island country. arme Inselaffen~ =)
sline2008de 3 years ago
Our "poor island country" managed to hold you clowns off pretty much single-handed for two years until the Americans pulled their fingers out and waded in to help. Plus we beat you in a world cup final - I know it was only once, but that's once more than you've beaten us. And anyway, if it wasn't for the British much of your car industry would not have survived the War - does the name Major Ivan Hirst mean anything to you? You Krauts think you're so superior, it really does get irritating.
imbethondion 3 years ago
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use your dummy head, this video was about the english made MG 25. chinese MG don't produce this type. shame on this piece of british shit! all your english car brands are sold worldwide: BMW-RR, BMW-Mini, SAIC-MG, SAIC-Rover, TATA-Landrover and etc... that's the fact of undergoing of your poor island country. arme Inselaffen~ =)
sline2008de 3 years ago
What you talking abhout you tiny minded little Kraut? I ought to give you a good beating for talking such crap...
mickeymoose76 3 years ago
Thats British, Not Chineess!!!
AppleGeekOnline 4 years ago 3
not bad for a small car
ShaolinWarriors99 4 years ago 3
This is not a chinese car.
checobunbury 4 years ago
population control FTW!
faithnomoresucks 4 years ago
Mmmmmmmm
chinacar 4 years ago
It ain't workin. They still have the largest pop in the world.
vk45de 4 years ago
nice car :|
sexyarabgirls 4 years ago 3
2001 Rover25 test. Still...Ouch..that's not good. I hope NAC has already improved it as MG3. No more oops allow for MG.
MrBS4 4 years ago
That crash test result all those years ago was a good one, and far better than the rubbish thats produced by the majority of chinese companies
look at Brilliance, and the crash test results from that
jonboy4969 3 years ago
looks like edge
chery83 4 years ago