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I have one question: Why?
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Because there's still unsold, unregistered stock, and if the price is perceived as right, people will buy.
Garage close to our UK company office was offering an unregistered 75 and ZT for sale the last time I drove past.
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Phone & get the men in the white coats to lock the driver up fast.
Obviously a lunatic :)
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You a) don't know how much he paid for it and b) don't know that he hasn't got a couple of non-runners laid up to provide spares for it!
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I saw a 75 on a 56 plate the other day, a facelift one of course, very nice looking car, shame really.
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I'd still consider a well specced MG ZT to replace my 3 series should the need arise, some of them were very smart looking cars.
Blue
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I clean a 56 plate 75 1.8 litre and very nice its looks too.
Its a company car which was specially sourced for the driver as he had a 75 V6 before and when his met its maker, he liked it so much he asked for another, despite being offered any other car he wanted for £20,000 ( im sure his was only about £12k ish though so accountants happy ).
Best buys are the earlier 75's with the diesel as they were in production a while and parts much easier to come by than the facelifted ones which werent produced for long.
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Nostalga burns holes in pockets.
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It just proves that if the price is right, people will buy - even if the product is past its best. Even the pitiful City Rover might have succeeded if it had been 2K or 3K less.
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I am given a lift fairly regularly in a Rover 75 1.8 (W reg), the last time being last night.
The owner, who was a commercial rep for many years and drove all manner of cars, loves it, especially the ride and perceived interior image ambience.
My only gripe is that the room in the rear and just a bit less so of that in the front doesn't match up to the size of the vehicle itself.
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75s and ZTs, both Saloons and Tourers.
Great cars that I like a lot, especially with the KV6 so long as not produced during the chocolate camshaft era.
Much, much prefer the earlier cars to the blander facelift versions.
It's in a frame so I can't give a direct link, but go to www.austin-rover.co.uk, choose 75/ZT and then scroll down to see a Chinese Brilliance version, the Zhonghua 75-800; nice to see they have used the original styling theme, but the grille's a bit dodgy.
The photos themselves, without text, can be seen at www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/huachen_01.jpg and www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/huachen_02.jpg
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Likewise I am occasionally treated to a lift in a Rover:
75 diesel (new shape). Very nice, smooth and refined, well-built but cramped in the back.
25 petrol. K Series seems quieter than I remember. Quite lively. Worst seats I have experienced for a long time. Cabin plastics hard and cheap.
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I once saw a nova on a S plate (ended on a K plate), Typed it in to an insurance website and it came up with nova 1.2 merit?
Explain that one.
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There were approximately 4800 Rover and MG registered in 2006, for futher info look at
www.smmt.co.uk/home.cfm?CFID=104982&CFTOKEN=701220...1
and click on Latest News.
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I was looking at the MG ZR myself, but the bad press & the insurance was enought to put me off!
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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