Metro/100
The cars : Rover Metro/100 development history
Under the skin, there was plenty to crow about the Rover Metro of 1990 – the K-Series engine and interconnected Hydragas suspension were a technical marvel in this class. However, the same-again styling stunted its long term sales success… Metromorphosis THE story of the Rover Metro is one of missed opportunities, a convoluted development programme [...]
September 23, 2011
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Car of the month : August 2005
Rover 100 Cabriolets are a rare enough sight these days, even in the UK, but here’s one of the few that found their way to Germany… Réal Heuertz, a Canadian-Luxembourg citizen based in Frankfurt, is a keen BMC>Rover enthusiast and owner of the 114 Cabriolet you see here. As Réal himself explains… LET me introduce [...]
August 1, 2005
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Archive : Metro secrets given to Ford
THE GUARDIAN The Department of Trade and Industry confirmed yesterday that Austin Rover was required to give confidential commercial information to its principal rival, Ford, at the height of merger talks last year. But officials refused to comment on Labour allegations that the former Trade and Industry Secretary, Mr Leon Brittan, instructed Sir Austin Bide, [...]
March 13, 1987
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