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The cars : Rover 600 development history

Keith Adams — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:36:49 +0000

Replacing the Montego with a Honda-based product was never going to be straightforward… …and in the end, the Rover 600 never replaced it at all. A new era begins THE fifth major Honda collaboration with Rover was a project to replace the upper Montego models, whilst opening up new markets for Rover – to produce [...]

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Buy parts with AROnline and Rimmer Bros

Keith Adams — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:01:30 +0000

KEITH ADAMS Rimmer Bros sponsored AROnline‘s Polish SD1 restoration… Buying parts for your Jaguar, Rover, Lands Rover, Triumph or MG has never been easier through AROnline… HERE at AROnline, we receive a large numbers of emails from people all over the world looking for parts for their cars MGs, Rovers, Landies and all manner of [...]

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Unsung heroes : Rover 620ti

Mike Humble — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:05:25 +0000

We take yet another look at the cars which once littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. This one is often regarded as a talented machine which was handsome, refined, well built and astonishingly capable when driven hard. Mike Humble explains all – and gets emotional. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury… The Rover 620ti The quiet [...]

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The Moss Rover 600

Keith Adams — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:35:58 +0000

We all know just how much of an underrated sporting saloon the Rover 620ti is – but back in the 1990s, Moss International tried to raise its profile by starting a sideline offering tuning parts… at a price. Kevin Davis tells the story, and recounts a failure in bonded plastic and carbon fibre. A kitch [...]

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Rover 600 : It’s not who you know, but what!

Keith Adams — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:39:34 +0000

Mike Humble bags a Rover 620ti shaped bargain, and loves the experience… …but now he wants another one. Words and pictures: Mike Humble A turbocharged bargain BACK in the days when I had some disposable income, I was flicking through the pages of the local paper motors section when I spotted a friend-of-a-friend’s garage selling [...]

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Rough guide to : Buying a Rover 600 diesel

Keith Adams — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:00:11 +0000

Now very much in the bargain basement, the 600 is perhaps the most reliable and dependable of all the Rover diesels left on the second hand market. The bargain diesel Rover’s tie-up with Honda was yet another of those squandered golden opportunities handed to the British motor industry. By the time the 600 arrived in [...]

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Rover 600 : Buying guide

Keith Adams — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:19:41 +0000

ROVER’S 620ti is currently the best-value used performance saloon you can buy. Thanks to contributions from Matt Hicks of the MG-Rover.org and various members of the AROnline forums, we have been able to piece together the pros and cons of buying one of these Q-Cars. Availability Years produced: 1994-1999 Body style: 4-door saloon Engine options: [...]

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Essays : Short-selling the Syncro

Keith Adams — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:17:42 +0000

Steven Ward, ever the critical second-rate Salesman, lays bare some of the 600′s faults and failures. I’m annoyed, very annoyed – and have been for quite a while now - by this subject. It could be argued that Volkswagen’s recent ‘trendiness’ and profitable trading is down to two factors: the success of the Mk5 Volkswagen Passat (MY96) and [...]

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Essays : Adspace, Rover 600

Keith Adams — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:15:20 +0000

Was the Rover 620ti the world’s best never-advertised quick saloon? KEVIN DAVIS reckons so, and tells us how Rover missed a golden opportunity to stick one on its German owners… The ti’s the limit… THE Rover 600 Series was a competent enough range based largely on the awkward looking Honda Accord. Though the 600 Series [...]

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Archive : As British as the Japanese can make

Keith Adams — Thu, 12 Aug 1993 21:27:11 +0000

JONATHAN GLANCEY, THE INDEPENDENT The Rover 600 is a triumph of foreign know-how and bolt-on nostalgia. Jonathan Glancey welcomes it THIRTY years ago Rover unveiled its 2000 model, a four-door saloon boasting innovative engineering and uncompromisingly modern looks. Styled by David Blache – the designer who later gave shape to the Range-Rover – this well-built [...]

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