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The mg maestro, turbo went like stink, when fitted with the correct suspension, The 6r4 was a brilliantly designed car, suffered at the hands of upper management, as did the computavision touring car metro, then the 200 touring car built by motobild, budget withdrawn, then let's not start with the jaguar bigcat(le mans),
 I could go on, but I won't it was always management that shut the projects down just as they started to produce results.

[TheBoy]

I'll have you know that I had over five years trouble free motoring in my MG Turbo.    Sold it to my brother-in-law who had another five years out of it. The only thing that let go was the front tyres when I hoofed it. 

A mate had one, an absolute hoot to drive, but constantly leaked oil from cam covers/head area, and boy did it rust. Worse than a Fiat.

Admittedly, his wasn't new...

[Nick W]

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So in summary, some Rovers were decent. Some just needed avoiding - Montegos, Meastros, Itals, Marinas, Allagros etc etc.

I'll have you know that I had over five years trouble free motoring in my MG Turbo.    Sold it to my brother-in-law who had another five years out of it. The only thing that let go was the front tyres when I hoofed it. 

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Having never owned a rover were they properly shite cars.

My mate bought a MG Montego turbo for £200, more rust than car but bloody hell it could shift in a straight line if you could stop the front wheels from spinning 

I paid £100 for mine with 6months MOT. The seller couldn't understand why it overheated as soon as it hit boost; he'd changed the head gasket, used double hose clamps and hermetite everywhere but lost patience. I drove it around the corner, and got the AA to recover it home from Margate. After stripping it down, the bow in the cylinder head was visible without  a straight edge! I found a crashed one in a local breakers, and got the head for £25. Spent the same on a gasket, put it back together and tried it out. Fast, yes. Drivable, no. Due to the worn tyres(metric remember), knackered shocks, worn out bushes, saggy springs and knocking CV joints/wheel bearings, if you floored it 70mph in the middle lane of the motorway it took up all three as it accelerated past 120. There was a properly fast car lurking inside, but I couldn't afford to put it right(I stopped counting at £1000 in parts), and the council eventually took it away.


Personally, I thought the Montego was a pretty good car, it certainly compared well to a mk2 Cavalier or Sierra which were its competitors.

[TheBoy]

Personally, I thought the Montego was a pretty good car, it certainly compared well to a mk2 Cavalier or Sierra which were its competitors.

And the estate was huge (compared to its competitors).

But built by a disinterested workforce restrained by pointless pennypinching managers. Far too many ended up as Friday  Afternoon cars.