Go Back   The 75 and ZT Owners Club Forums > The 75 and ZT Owners Club Forums > The 75 and ZT Owners Club General Forum
Register FAQ Image Gallery Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read
Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 26th March 2020, 08:00   #1
YorksMG2013
Gets stuck in
 
MG ZT 190 SE & MG ZT 260

Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Leeds
Posts: 852
Thanks: 95
Thanked 119 Times in 65 Posts
Default Rover 75 Sport

Morning All

Does anyone have any more photos (only seen one on the AROline site) of the Rover 75 Sport?

Thanks
__________________
Proud owner of a Pearl Black facelift ZT 190 SE
(or should that be the 'Black Pearl'? Just call me Cap'n Jack!)
Now joined by the Blue Beast - MG ZT 260 #57 in Trophy Blue
YorksMG2013 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 08:19   #2
trikey
Premium Trader
 
trikey's Avatar
 
Rover 75

Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Devon
Posts: 33,710
Thanks: 8,837
Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts
Default

Is that not the ZT 🤣🤣
__________________
Lest we forget..
trikey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 15:09   #3
first-things-first
Posted a thing or two
 
first-things-first's Avatar
 
MG ZT

Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Hornchurch
Posts: 1,255
Thanks: 176
Thanked 352 Times in 272 Posts
Default

Or the oxymoron special edition.

Is this another of it (second pic - first displaying)?

http://rover75-mgzt.blogspot.com/p/rover-75_1.html
first-things-first is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 16:06   #4
Rick-sta
This is my second home
 
Rick-sta's Avatar
 
MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black

Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 7,523
Thanks: 2,718
Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts
Default

I think Andrew means this one.





Not sure if both are the same car with different wheels or if they made two of them. Have never heard what happened to them. Assume they were still in the Longbridge factory until 2005 and then were crushed along with so many others?
__________________
How to retrofit Cruise Control on a diesel with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to retrofit heated electric memory seats with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to operate FBH and ATC via text Link
How to restore cloudy projector headlights Link
Rick-sta is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 16:08   #5
Rick-sta
This is my second home
 
Rick-sta's Avatar
 
MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black

Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 7,523
Thanks: 2,718
Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts
Default

According to the MOT history T339 JOP MOT expired in July 2010. So made it out of the factory, assuming that's an original and not a copy
__________________
How to retrofit Cruise Control on a diesel with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to retrofit heated electric memory seats with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to operate FBH and ATC via text Link
How to restore cloudy projector headlights Link
Rick-sta is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 16:53   #6
YorksMG2013
Gets stuck in
 
MG ZT 190 SE & MG ZT 260

Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Leeds
Posts: 852
Thanks: 95
Thanked 119 Times in 65 Posts
Default

Cheers Rick, that's the one.
I assumed the styling was not the same as a ZT?

Andrew
__________________
Proud owner of a Pearl Black facelift ZT 190 SE
(or should that be the 'Black Pearl'? Just call me Cap'n Jack!)
Now joined by the Blue Beast - MG ZT 260 #57 in Trophy Blue
YorksMG2013 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th March 2020, 19:25   #7
Rick-sta
This is my second home
 
Rick-sta's Avatar
 
MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black

Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 7,523
Thanks: 2,718
Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by YorksMG2013 View Post
Cheers Rick, that's the one.
I assumed the styling was not the same as a ZT?

Andrew
My understanding is that the Rover 75 sport prototype was designed before the MG ZT came out in 2001. So the Rover 75 sport idea was before they went ahead with the MG variants. Don't know how true that is as I've only ever been able to find very little info on it.

The rover 75 sport is where I got the inspiration from when I had my mki 75 and fitted the mesh grill and painted the lower grill silver, although didn't colour code the upper grill surround.



__________________
How to retrofit Cruise Control on a diesel with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to retrofit heated electric memory seats with no OEM wiring in place: Link
How to operate FBH and ATC via text Link
How to restore cloudy projector headlights Link
Rick-sta is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th March 2020, 13:12   #8
admiralalcatraz
Avid contributor
 
admiralalcatraz's Avatar
 
2000 Rover 75 Saloon 1.8 Club SE/ 2004 Rover 75 Contemporary T 1.8T / 2005/55 Rover 75 Classic T

Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Stoke On Trent
Posts: 101
Thanks: 36
Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts
Default

Was the sport just a styling package? Does anyone know what the different spec was?



Thanks Tom
admiralalcatraz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th March 2020, 14:12   #9
rab60bit
Posted a thing or two
 
rab60bit's Avatar
 
Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer

Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Wilmslow
Posts: 1,509
Thanks: 433
Thanked 301 Times in 212 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick-sta View Post
I think Andrew means this one.





Not sure if both are the same car with different wheels or if they made two of them. Have never heard what happened to them. Assume they were still in the Longbridge factory until 2005 and then were crushed along with so many others?
I know zilch about these but IMHO it looks really nice - just enough adjustments to give it a 'sharper' shape.
There are more than just wheel differences - albeit torpedo badge and bullet chrome trim are both 'clip-on' jobs, headlight power wash is clearly on one, not sure about 'tother and maybe the bonnet shut line is different. Perhaps your images are better rendered than mine but they look two different colours to me (black and perhaps one of the dark green shades?)
rab60bit is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th March 2020, 17:46   #10
Pete
Owners Club Director
 
Pete's Avatar
 
Rover 75

Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sherfield-on-Loddon
Posts: 4,871
Thanks: 137
Thanked 996 Times in 444 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by admiralalcatraz View Post
Was the sport just a styling package? Does anyone know what the different spec was?

Thanks Tom
It was an idea mooted by the designer Richard Woolley. Changes were mostly cosmetic but did also include about an inch chopped off the ride height. Although in retrospect a few elements were of the time, it also looked rather gorgeous.
__________________


Follow The Club On Twitter
Pete is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 13:35.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright © 2006-2023, The Rover 75 & MG ZT Owners Club Ltd