Rover 214Si 16v - 105bhp, 0-60mph

Awww poor little Rover, got a beasting before it got sold on, not a bad little car considering it's only a 1400cc.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• rover
• 214
• si
• 200
• 16v

[dan2e2]

Off the line, those little 214's are great, very economical too - nothing after about 70 though.

The 218vi is a cracker...

[deanobeanobeano]

@adamadam11998855 would you say they're quicker than fiesta zetec s 1.6?

[Tait011]

@dan205

Not to start an argument, but it was only beaten old rovers that had bad body roll, i recently got a 214SEi with 109k on the clock, quite a sturdy ride round corners, and had a 214i before hand which handled like a 3 legged donkey. I have driven 306's inbetween then and now, so its not a bias, and like you said you went from a 205GTI (lush cars IMO with amazing handling..) to a rover (pretty average handling .. )

S'all i gotta say :)

[dan205]

I loved my L reg 214 sli, had a slight leak of oil into the coolant channels but it never got worse than that in the time I had it and I was never any good at looking after it!

It was a proper grandad mobile in met gold/beige but on dry roads with 2mm tread on the fronts it was almost good round corners, despite the body roll.

Just a shame it came after owning a 205 GTI (times were tough), from one of the best handling fwd's to one of the worst is quite a leap!

[georditony]

loved my 214si, shame about the gaskets tho... mine went and a was gutted, pretty nippy for a 1.4 aswell, raced my m8 in his 1.6 focus n ate him till he caught me top end, great cars, ad hav anotha1 any day

[blaster2012]

I got an early 214si on an H plate,been on SORN for 8 months and it just started no probs at all.Sitting inside it made me realise how much i hate my much newer Hyundai.Tis now my task to get it back on the road!

[adamadam11998855]

im 24 and have s reg 214 si 16v 2300 to insure with six points tho pulls 90 in 3rd gear 125 top end

[stefman909]

cheap, im 17 and it costs me £500 a yr which is half what it was to insure a 1.0 8v 40bhp nova lol. k-series engines push out a lot more power than othe cars in their range 105bhp 4 a 1.4 is amazing

[pastytit]

i agree rapid shame about the gasket probs.

iv bought about 20 of em and atleast 18 where gasket failures after 1day, but i was killin them up forestry and they didnt cost more than £100 each, i found fiat engines got tha same rapid power for small engines.

and fuckin standard fords are under powered pieces of shit

[rcracer4191]

I want my old 214 back!!! so much fun. Have an audi a4 2.4 now, great car, quicker than the rover, over 40, though not sure about 0-30! the rover has no end of character!!!! lovely cars!

[deanobeanobeano]

What are these like to insure?