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What a joke :/The cars have not changed much, right down to the Union flag, which is still displayed proudly on their bodywork.
The cars have not changed much
Bug One said:I hardly think anyone would call the Rover 75 a crap car,
Mr_White said:You'd be mad to buy a brand new chinese Rover 75.
jellybeard999 said:Depends what they cost though...
Mr_White said:They wouldn't of gone broke in the first place if their line-up wasn't a joke.
Sone said:Even though hats off to the pheonix group, bought the company for a few quid, made themselfs millions and still managed to push the blame to the krauts when it went belly up.
Third Opinion said:Hardly blame them. When BMW had the sense to pull the plug they took the only profitable part of the business with them, the Mini. The only decent car left was the 75. Shame it was such an old farts car to be honest.
digitalwolf said:So would have rover just made city cars and the old sporty mg if BMW we're still running the show?
Wouldn't really want the 75 as competition for a 5 series would they??![]()
Mr_White said:Like I've said before, it's an OK car but it has no place in this day and age, it's competition blows it out of the water.
Bug One said:To be honest, for the Chinese this will be an incredible deal. I hardly think anyone would call the Rover 75 a crap car, and I'm sure both that and the TF will sell in bucket loads over in China.
And its not just the car designs we're talking about. They got all the assembly equipment, the robots. Lets face it, they bought Rover for peanuts and now they've got a massive domestic market to sell to.
I can't see them selling back to this country though.
Sone said:Rover 75 was designed afaik under BMW control, size wize it sits between the 3 and the 5 series
Atari said:It's quite amazing to think how many MG's and Rover's there still are at the Longbridge plant. A few mates went down there recently to look around after reading about people who visit abandoned places like it, and they said there were quite a lot of cars still sat there, some with the keys in the ignition.
digitalwolf said:I remember going to a Rover dealer around 2000 it would be and in the factory unit behind the dealership they had atleast 300, Rover 200's doing nothing at all and they could not shift them.
What happens to cars like these then? Is longbridge a secure site?