Austin/MG Montego Reviews

Austin/MG Montego: 10.9 Seconds, Dont pull my leg!!! (1147 words)
by SEAT IBIZA CUPRA - written on 08.02.02 (Very useful, 889 readings)
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I was a very happy owner of a 1985 Austin Montego until it clapped out on me during winter 2 years back. It lived a good long life. I had very little trouble with my Montego in the 3 years I owned it for. During the time I had my Montego I bought another spares or repairs so I was able to swap any parts over. What is an Austin Montego? ...

Don't believe the bad press (567 words)
by GraWar - written on 12.07.01 (Very useful, 407 readings)
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The Austin-Rover Montego was another of the British cars of the time that seems destined to be wrote into history as a typical British Leyland failure. However if you scratch beneath the surface it really is significantly different this. As everyone can remember the British motor industry was in ruin in the late 70's and early ...

Austin/MG Montego: Cheapest people carrier available? (358 words)
by woodburnr - written on 10.07.01 (Very useful, 301 readings)
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The seven seater 2.0 Montego Countryman estate variant is available on the 2nd hand market for very reasonable prices. An M reg 1994 with 55000 miles costs around £1500. Compare that to a Renault Espace of equivalent age and mileage, £5500. Now let me clarify my position. I do not for one minute suggest that they are equivalents, they ...

Montego Bay it aint. (277 words)
by mqueen - written on 05.01.01 (Somewhat useful, 95 readings)
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Can you remember the Austin Montego? I actually had one a few years ago, an F reg 1.6L model in white. I bought it because I needed a car and it was cheap. The operative word here is, cheap. You realised this when you climbed aboard, and just peroused the tacky cock-pit. Buttons on the dash that once had a purpose, now fell off when ...