First City Rover experience
 

While rummaging around at the breakers on Friday, I came across a City Rover. Now this is the first time I have actually had a chance to have a good look at one. Well, what can I say......... To be honest I was gobsmacked, this "thing" was worse than I was expecting. This thinly, very thinly veiled piece of Indian tat was just appalling. It's monotone grey hosedown interior was a joke, but the biggest joke was the Rover badge adorning the cheap and nasty steering wheel.

I realise things were tight back then, but shame on you Rover, that was a horror! :eek::puke:

Saw one on the MGR stand at the 2004 Birmingham Motor Show.

Utterly horrific.

That interior - unbelievable quality for Rover to have been selling in 2004. My Allegro is nicer inside.

I quite like the look of it. If it does what it says on the tin a cheap reliable transport then a thumbs up from me. At the time should of been branded as an Austin and sold about £2000 cheaper to make it work.

Not sure about £2000 cheaper, £2000 basic price seems more realistic. I sat in it and wondered at the poorly fitting cheap and nasty plastics, the woeful switchgear and the general ambience of a 1980s Yugo.

Mmm Tata Indica :drool4:

I've never T4'd one of these, however I do have all of the dealer tools :duh::getmecoat:

Ahh Indian plastics, I wonder if they were still using mahogany mould tools to make the interior plastics :eek:

Not sure they were moulded at all, more like hand carved from the finest Indian plastic by 6 year olds with a particularly poor eye for detail! :getmecoat:

But who was it at MGR that thought it was a good idea? :confused:

All the dealer tools? So is that both hammers AND the screw driver?

No hammer required on a City rover, just push with a finger and the steel will deform :rofl: