Sleepers

hogweed · 8th December 2021, 09:17

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/...n=true#image=1

Arctic · 8th December 2021, 09:24

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Originally Posted by hogweed

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/...n=true#image=1

Hi Roger.
Dave picked upon this earlier this morning link below.

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=316747

hogweed · 8th December 2021, 10:13

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Roger.
Dave picked upon this earlier this morning link below.

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=316747

D'Oh!!! I did look in the forum I posted in to see if anybody had posted it already, but not that one. Fun anyway.

The thing that got me most apart from the Rovery stuff was the Dolly Sprint at £20k - I saw an immaculate one for sale for £8000 7 or 8 years ago at a classic car show in Stroud, and very nearly put my hand in my pocket. Looks like I'd have made a bob or two...

AndyN01 · 8th December 2021, 12:41

Thanks for the links

.

There's a fair few that I lusted after from my younger days, although I never got to ride in any of them

. A Dolly Sprint was definitely on my list.

I'd happily have something like that rather than a Eurobox. Oh, I do except it's not a V8

VVC-Geeza · 8th December 2021, 13:12

Rover should have built a flagship model 75 with 400bhp straight out of the box.It would have transformed the image of the company and who knows may have saved them.All major manufactures have a sport/performance arm.

macafee2 · 8th December 2021, 15:17

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Originally Posted by VVC-Geeza

Rover should have built a flagship model 75 with 400bhp straight out of the box.It would have transformed the image of the company and who knows may have saved them.All major manufactures have a sport/performance arm.

na the head gasket would have blown, didn't you know, they all do that mate

macafee2

macafee2 · 8th December 2021, 15:24

can anyone find the clip of a V8 is it, towing a car transporter out accelerating I think a transit?

macafee2

Typhoon190 · 8th December 2021, 18:42

I felt the 620ti was quite the sleeper car as well.

bikerdude666 · 8th December 2021, 19:37

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Originally Posted by VVC-Geeza

Rover should have built a flagship model 75 with 400bhp straight out of the box.It would have transformed the image of the company and who knows may have saved them.All major manufactures have a sport/performance arm.

Nice thought, but the press would still have hammered them over the old man AKA retro styling, mocked anyone who would bother buying a performance Rover, and generally done their best to sell the BMW/Audi etc alternative. Aside from that, as much as we all like the cars, the company needed a lot more of a shake up, modernising and investment than could ever realistically have been put into it.

The Rovering Member · 8th December 2021, 21:30

I love my 1.8 75 dearly but l wouldn't necessarily label it the best car Rover ever made. True, it has modern efficiencies not available at the time of the classic Rover's & the rust protection knocks the older cars into a cocked hat but still, the P5B has road presence by the bucketload & P6 was years ahead of it's time & still looks pretty futuristic at sixty years old.
You have to look at things in the context of their times.

8th December 2021, 09:17	#1
hogweed I really should get out more....... Vauxhall Insignia CDTi; MG TF 135 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 942 Thanked 378 Times in 297 Posts	Sleepers https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/...n=true#image=1 __________________ Past cars: MGB GT; Escort 1300 Sport; Vauxhall VX4/90; Marina Coupe TC; Celica ST (1972); Montego Turbo; Astra GTE 16V; Astra GSI 16V; Golf GTI 16V (Mk II); Sierra XR4x4 Estate; BMW 325i (E30); BMW M3 3.0; BMW M3 3.2 Evo. Left some of the more embarrassing ones out. And about 30 motorbikes.

8th December 2021, 12:41	#4
AndyN01 This is my second home Toyota RAV4 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tamworth Posts: 3,068 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,579 Times in 968 Posts	Thanks for the links . There's a fair few that I lusted after from my younger days, although I never got to ride in any of them . A Dolly Sprint was definitely on my list. I'd happily have something like that rather than a Eurobox. Oh, I do except it's not a V8 __________________ Andy. http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/

8th December 2021, 13:12	#5
VVC-Geeza This is my second home 2005 Connoisseur SE 1.8 Turbo,2004 45 1.8 Connoisseur and my beloved 1998 VVC Coupe. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Derby. Posts: 8,756 Thanks: 2,022 Thanked 1,016 Times in 739 Posts	Rover should have built a flagship model 75 with 400bhp straight out of the box.It would have transformed the image of the company and who knows may have saved them.All major manufactures have a sport/performance arm. __________________

8th December 2021, 21:30	#10
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,952 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	I love my 1.8 75 dearly but l wouldn't necessarily label it the best car Rover ever made. True, it has modern efficiencies not available at the time of the classic Rover's & the rust protection knocks the older cars into a cocked hat but still, the P5B has road presence by the bucketload & P6 was years ahead of it's time & still looks pretty futuristic at sixty years old. You have to look at things in the context of their times. __________________ Reducing the size of my Rover fleet by adding a 75 to it.

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8th December 2021, 15:24	#7
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,911 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	can anyone find the clip of a V8 is it, towing a car transporter out accelerating I think a transit? macafee2

8th December 2021, 18:42	#8
Typhoon190 This is my second home MG ZT-T 190 Monogram Typhoon Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 4,704 Thanks: 328 Thanked 557 Times in 443 Posts	I felt the 620ti was quite the sleeper car as well.