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Rover 75 advert. Created back in about 2001/2002, it played on the Rover 75s upmarket strength. The 75 cost over £2 billion to develop, was smaller than the Jaguar S-type - but the Rover 75 had more going for it. The Jaguar S type was a retro car of the old 50's S-type, where as the Rover 75 took inspiration from Rovers glorious history, using bits from the P4, P5 and P6 (all world beaters in their day). Sadly, the British public and the British media never understood the car, even in the superb MG form. The Rover 75 - a gem of a car.

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[smilersmiling]

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?

[andycarr75]

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]

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.

[TopGearrules]

What a fantastic car it was!

[jamesrover75CDTI]

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.

[langhard1]

mwa

[malcstag]

@langhard1 You stalking me, gay boy? Your Nazi mums cock needs sucking, you better go before its too late or you wont feed tonight....

[langhard1]

@malcstag we do attract pigs from all over the world ,when do you arive?

[malcstag]

@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?

[langhard1]

@malcstag only with the help of the god blessed germans

[theotendleeey]

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.

[malcstag]

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!

[ladomiroff]

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

[EccentricRichard]

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.

[kikddabottle]

i love my beige 2000 75!and shamefully i listen to this song in it with enthusiasm....