Following the lacklustre performance of the Maestro on the market, the Rover 200's performace came as a pleasant surprise to the company. The quality and style was right - as was the badge - and as a result, people took the Honda based car straight to their hearts.
The development story
The Rover 200 and 400 were highly important cars in the move upmarket for Rover. The development story explains how this collaborative venture resulted in a car that met this target. |
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Buy parts from Rimmer Bros
If you you're after anything for your Rover 200/400 or any other MG Rover-era car, Rimmer Bros' online purchasing website has everything you'll ever need... |
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R8 picture gallery
A model history of the R8 in pictures.... |
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Honda Concerto TD
We all know the Honda Concerto was the Japanese version of the R8. However, this Honda was actually a badge engineered Rover! |
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Rover R8: the fourth greatest BMC>Rover
In 2004, austin-rover.co.uk polled its readers to decide what are the ten greatest cars to have been produced by BMC>Rover. The R8 featured high up the list... |
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Adventures: towropes and turbochargers
Russell Gowers and three friends take on Britain's best driving roads in an Tomcat (and Audi S2 and Peugeot 306)... |
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Staples2Naples
Read about the exploits of Team austin-rover.co.uk at the wheel of a 216GTi in the "Wage Slave" banger rally... |
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Project car: Rover 216 GTi 16V
Read about AR's project car - it's a kind of homecoming... |
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