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Fellow club members and new visitors, im working on this and will be developing this continuously. Any information that is wrong, tell me in the 'comments' thread below.

Ultimate Buyers Guide - The comments thread

PURCHASING ADVICE FOR THE ROVER 75 AND MG ZT

To begin with below I’ve listed relevant sections that this forum thread will explore, will give you not only generic information about each model, but as much detail unique to each model as I could gather.

CHAPTER 01 - Ultimate Buyers Guide Introduction

CHAPTER 02 - Basic Rover 75 and MG ZT Information

CHAPTER 03 - The head gasket and reliability / Spare part myths exposed

CHAPTER 04 - Consumer rights when purchasing a car

CHAPTER 05 - How to decode a cars VIN number

CHAPTER 06 - Common faults to all Rover 75 / MG ZT's

CHAPTER 07 - Body Variants

CHAPTER 08 - Engine Variants (Including faults and costs specific to each engine) / Understanding the engine stamp code

CHAPTER 09 - Overview and common faults for the 1.8 engines
CHAPTER 09-A - K Series 1.8 120 (4 cylinder 16 valve, none turbo with 120ps/116 bhp)
CHAPTER 09-B - K Series 1.8T 160 (4 cylinder 16 valve, Turbo with 160 ps/157 bhp)

CHAPTER 10 - Overview and common faults for the V6 petrol engines
CHAPTER 10-A - KV6 2.0 150 (6 cylinder 24 valve, none turbo with 150ps /147 bhp)
CHAPTER 10-B - KV6 2.5 160 (6 cylinder 24 valve, none turbo with 160ps /157 bhp)
CHAPTER 10-C - KV6 2.5 180 (6 cylinder 24 valve, none turbo with 180ps /177 bhp)
CHAPTER 10-D - KV6 2.5 190 (6 cylinder 24 valve, none turbo with 190ps /188 bhp)
CHAPTER 10-E - KV6 2.5 220s (6 cylinder 24 valve, supercharged with 224ps /220 bhp)

CHAPTER 11 - Ford Modular Engine 4.6 260 (8 cylinder 16 valve, none turbo with 260ps /255bhp)

CHAPTER 12 - Overview and common faults for the diesel engines
CHAPTER 12-A - M47R 115 bhp - Often badged CDT (4 cylinder 16 valve turbo charged engine with 115 ps / 111bhp)
CHAPTER 12-B -M47R 131 bhp - Often badged CDTi but this can vary!! (4 cylinder 16 valve turbo charged engine with 131 ps / 128bhp)

CHAPTER 13 - Limo / Long Wheelbased Car engine info

CHAPTER 14 - Transmissions (Including faults and costs specific to automatic and manual)

CHAPTER 15 - Project Drive - Important information for cars built from 2001 and onwards

CHAPTER 16 - Interior Specifications

CHAPTER 17 - Insurance / Groups

CHAPTER 18 - Useful companys and websites

CHAPTER 19 - History of the 75 and ZT owners club

CHAPTER 20 - Authors comments

Ultimate Buyers Guide Introduction


Let me welcome you to THE 75 AND ZT CLUB. As you have no doubt posted somewhere on the forum enquiring about either the Rover 75 or MG ZT (shall be referred to 75 and ZT from now on, and 75-T and ZT-T in tourer form) as a potential car to purchase and have been redirected to this guide.

Well firstly let me make it clear that you have already made the first step to owning a true classic piece of motoring heritage. Everyone here is a enthusiast, even those who originally joined up just for assistance, often like yourselves. These cars have a wonderful soul and many of us compare it to the British equivalent of the “Alfa Romeo” effect when you drive them

The single thing you must realise before purchasing either a 75 or ZT that this guide may look like a horror story of faults and problems, HOWEVER these problems are no worse than you would get with any other manufacturer, including the German and Japanese brands and showing these issues up front will prevent you being exposed to nasty surprises and allowing you to negotiate for repairs in the purchase price. I produced this guide to allow people to avoid wasting money on cars that might seem like a bargain and are actually a money pit.

I myself purchased my current 2001 MG ZT V6 in 2009 for £500 following this guide. The car had 109,000 miles on it. It it was my second MG ZT V6, the first one was a 2002 and I payed over £2000 for it 18 months before hand for a car of lower specification and it had 92,000 miles on it! This guide will help you hopefully make the bargain buys like I myself and many others on the forum have made.

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