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Many examples of this oft-misunderstood range of cars have passed through our hands - here is a selection of road tests, drive stories and long term tests for your delectation


Driven: Audi 100 and Rover 800

Keith Adams pays a tongue-in-cheek homage to Mel Nichols' CAR drive story Convoy. Instead of Lamborghinis, we take a Rover and Audi across country...

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Tested: Rover 800 Coupé

Jonathan Sellars road tests the rarest of all the 800 Coupé variants - the 2-litre Sterling manual... He comes away impressed.

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Drive story: Nürburgring for a "monkey"

Travelogue of Keith Adams' Coupé-bound trip to the Nürburgring.

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Drive story: Practice makes perfect

1992 Coupé meets its 1997 counterpart. The phrase "chalk and cheese" comes to mind...

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Drive story: Setting the record straight

3000 miles and six countries in ten days... by Rover 800...

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Long term test: 1990 Sterling

Brian Gunn reveals what is is like to run a 190,000-mile Sterling for over eight months...

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Project: Sterling 827SLi

Something a little different here - a Sterling 827SLi in Detroit...

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Long term test: 1992 Sterling Coupé

A suitable replacement for the 190K Sterling was found - more style, more presence, and more work to do...

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Long term test: 1996 Sterling Coupé

Bought for less than the price of a first class ticket from London to Edinburgh, this high-mileage KV6-powered Coupé came with issues...

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Rover 800 links:

· Rovertorque
· Freckleton Rover Centre

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